One of the things that has been bugging me recently is the power consumption of the SD card that I now have in the Tiny Sensor v1.2 design. I intend to power the sensor either via an external source (2xAA…
Remote sensor’s PCB is a failure :(
Apart from the pathetic etching job on the PCB I described yesterday, I found out this morning that I also managed to etch the kitchen sink and made wife unhappy. It have been warned not to pour ferric tri-chloride in…
Home made PCB for the remote temperature sensor
As I mentioned in my other post, I wanted to re-do the temperature sensor, this time on my own PCB. Driven by the hunger for instant gratification, I have overcome my fear of home-made PCBs using toner transfer and ferric…
Arduino shield for energy monitoring
Few weeks ago I decided to teach myself Eagle PCB so I can put my current spaghetti-style solution for heat pump monitoring to some order. That’s just an excuse of course, I was curious how laying out a new PCB works to…