Lecroy WaveAce 224 — Mini-rant #1

Posted on April 23, 2012 by robert

This is the first post regarding the Lecroy WaveAce 224 DSO. As it currently seems I have material for at least a few short posts. Currently I’m having issues with one important knob and the triggering system.

Triggering on a certain slope

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Adding IR remote control

Posted on March 20, 2012 by robert

Recently I bought a small IR remote control + matching (38kHz) demodulating receiver at Adafruit. I just couldn’t find such a small remote over here. As it turns out the remote uses the extended NEC data format, which is nicely described on this site.

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Mood light coaster

Posted on March 4, 2012 by robert

Yes, that’s what you get if you throw some laser-cut acrylic sheets (via Ponoko or Formulor) and a LED board into one big pot and stir it vigorously.

Mood light coaster - caliper

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Pentax Optio S5z – leap year bug

Posted on February 29, 2012 by robert

Now I’d need a 2nd camera to show what’s going on. Let’s see if I can find an old web-cam…

Done.

How do I record from it using linux? Hmmm.

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RGB LED Ring V2 + ShiftPWM — super smooth color fading

Posted on January 20, 2012 by robert

IKEA - quick mood-lamp mod

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