Goofin’ Around with 7-Segment Displays & my Arduino
Dec 2, 2008 · 1 min read · hardware arduino led diy shift registers 7-segment display 7-seg display LEDs 3 wires microcontroller ·I’ve taken a few little steps forward towards my plans of building some cool stuff I’ve yet to announce. Yesterday I focused on testing out a tutorial I found on the Arduino website regarding driving multiple LEDs via chained shift registers. This setup is pretty cool as it only takes 3 pins off of the arduino …
Read MoreHere’s a video I decided to toss up on YouTube just showing some of the results of some of the goofing around I’ve been doing with my Arduino board (it’s actually a Freeduino). I had a lot of trouble getting the board to work at first, but once I ran it through an ultrasonic cleaner it seemed to smooth out a lot. …
Read MoreHey gang, for those interested, I found on the openmoko website this awesome little file you can download, extract and quickly use to get the OpenMoko firmware to boot up in QEMU. So those who are interested in checking this phone out can get a slight sample of it this way. What I like about it is that I can begin …
Read MoreUbuntu Samba Apache Active Directory Authentication
Jul 16, 2008 · 1 min read · samba active directory apache authentication remote authentication lib-pam winbind ubuntu ubuntu 8.04 8.04 Windows 2003 Server Win2k3 Server Win2k3 ·So I’ve spent some time for something at work figuring out how to get an Ubuntu server to authenticate users with a Windows 2003 Server Active Directory. Using the process I’ve found by combining various sources, my instructions show how to get a machine setup such that users logging in to the shell, accessing a samba …
Read MoreUsing a Clone PC Video card in a Mac Pro
Jun 29, 2008 · 1 min read · mac pro apple clone pc clone pc video card video card nvinject 8800 gt ·Howdy World, I seek your input. I want to run a clone PC video card in my 2008 Mac Pro machine. In particular, I was thinking I’d get something as close to the $280.00 Apple provided NVIDIA 8800 GT card as possible. My current first choice is the $180 eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GT. I expect the potential major problem to be …
Read MoreCross Over vs. Switched Network performance
May 19, 2008 · 2 min read · gigabit ethernet performance network transfer rate speed cross over swtich DGS-1005D GA311NAR GA311 ·Howdy, so I just changed my setup from having a single ethernet cable running from my mac pro to my file server (using a Netgear gigabit NIC - GA311NAR) to connecting over a DLink Gigabit switch (DGS-1005D). I have had the understanding that network transfer rates through switching fabric will constrain the transfer …
Read MoreHere’s a little video I did up of what’s got to be as good as it’s gonna get over VNC. The Video speaks for itself. Have fun.
Read MoreThis is something I’m working on for school.. Pretty gruesome project, though at times it’s fun..
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