I have updated my GitHub with a number of projects both complete and in-progress.
Jul
21
Aug
07
I host all my code in GitHub now that it is free for private as well as public repositories. Before that I used GitLab, which I may return if I implement CI/CD on my own personal projects. One of the concerns I have is what happens if GitHub is unavailable?... read more →
Jul
24
Received my ScrumMaster certification today. Very excited to put the scrum framework into practice.
Jul
20
The DS3231 by Maxim is a "low-cost, extremely accurate I2C real-time clock (RTC) with an integrated temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) and crystal." You can pick these up, battery and shipping included, for under $4 on eBay. Note: I have updated this to use the DS3231 library by Andrew Wickert,... read more →
Jul
19
I have a custom domain I use for short URLs, tlab.co, which works out to be a lot cheaper than bit.ly for custom domain redirections. While I am in the very early stages of developing the backend system and analytics for the site, I have implemented a very simple Bash... read more →
Jul
18
I picked up a couple of very low cost 16x2 LCD display modules for a project I am working on. They are based on the Texas Instruments PCF8574 Remote 8-Bit I/O Expander for I2C Bus. Since there are a myriad of different LCD libraries for Arduino, I thought I would... read more →
Jul
18
I've got an I2C 16x2 display module for an Arduino project (the upcoming 'Arduino Giardino' Aerogarden clone). Instead of trying to manually find the I2C address, I discovered that a number of people have contributed to an Arduino sketch that scan the I2C bus and returns the addresses of the... read more →
Jul
18
Have you ever had a water leak that damaged your property? I know I did when a kitchen faucet started leaking. I decided to put together an Arduino based solution using an ATtiny85 MCU. This was my first foray into the world of the ATtiny MCU family, and I was... read more →
Jul
17
Welcome to the new-look Toby's Lab web site! I hope you fund the content here interesting, and please feel free to engage in discussion on any of the posted topics and projects.