onsdag 8 december 2021

As a computer owner I want an extra monitor, for cheap, and with a bit of DIY

Boutght myself a spare LCD screen, together with this LCD controller board. Want to do something (fun?) with that. https://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=173860797345&category=168061&pm=1&ds=0&t=1594397613000&ver=0&cspheader=1

tisdag 23 november 2021

As a Saab I want my emblem to be colorful

The emblem of the Saab is really horrible. It's scratched and all worn out. I found these color code, presumably for the Saab logo: https://www.codeofcolors.com/saab-colors.html Dunno if these might cover it: https://cdon.se/hobby-fest/revell-blue-gloss-14ml-p67724084?gclid=CjwKCAiAv_KMBhAzEiwAs-rX1D7D0xRh1JuJFW4slj5KP1pFC4ooq1DDJgNNrFzboKaaoiIXWnifohoCstsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

söndag 24 oktober 2021

When I have a thought, I want a quick way to jot it down

I want to be able to create a quick way of gathering thoughts and links somewhere central, using various devices. I'm thinking of utilizing the blogger API to quickly edit and create blog posts with random thoughts, links, and stuff. There's an API for blogger: https://developers.google.com/blogger/docs/3.0/using I'm thinkig of both an AmigaOS GUI for this, as well as a simple way to share links and other stuff from my iPhone/iPad.

onsdag 20 oktober 2021

As a AmigaOne X1000 user, I want a silent graphics card

At http://hdrlab.org.nz/projects/amiga-os-4-projects/radeonhd-driver/radeonhd-driver-hardware-compatibility/ you can see all graphics cards supported by AmigaOS 4. My A1 was fitted with an Radeon HD 5450. This card works great actually; it can display resolutions up to 3480x2300 (or whatever it is is, it fills my 32 inch screen at least). I however wanted an upgrade. I chose a used R9 280x. Compared to the 5450 it’s huuuuge, and it has 3, yes three, fans. It’s a friggin' monster! But it works. However, the fans are loud. It starts off ok with the three fans going at moderate speeds, but it quickly gets hot, and the fans try their best to cool it down. Keeping an eye on my A1's temperature, I noticed its approaching 50 degrees and above. Also, I couldn’t stand the noise. So I downgraded back to my passively cooled 5450. And the temperatures of my entire system went down to a more healthy 40 degrees.

But still, I want a new card. So, the hunt for fanless cards begin.

Radeon HD 5450
Radeon HD 7750



torsdag 23 september 2021

IC inventory

 

SN74LS165N8-Bit Parallel/serial Converter
74LS125ANQuad buffer/line driver, 3-state
MC4044P 
LM324N
TC232PE
74HC595N
PIC16F84A
DM74LS00N
CD47HCT03E
ADC0808CCN
LTV847

onsdag 22 september 2021

As a micro AmigaOne, I want to connect via WiFi

With my AmigaOne micro (mini-itx) stuffed in a small case, together with a raspberry pi zero, I thought it’d be excellent if the raspberry could share its WiFi with the miggy.

Turns out it can!

I’m using the wifi-to-eth-route.sh script:

https://github.com/arpitjindal97/raspbian-recipes

onsdag 15 september 2021

As an owner of a neat phone number, I want to be able to call it and reach my Raspberry Pi

 Need to build sip on raspberry:

https://binerry.de/post/29180946733/raspberry-pi-caller-and-answering-machine

Going to try with pjsip.


As a neat-freak, I want to put a Raspberry PI inside my Amiga

I’ve got a Raspberry PI dangling on the side of my AmigaOne X1000. It’s connected to an old router that gets a wired connection to the Pi and the Amiga. I want to switch that to a small switch, and put the whole shebang into the X1000.