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PoE-Powered VFD Tube Clock
The completed and assembled PoE-powered vintage VFD tube clock. This is a vintage VFD tube clock that uses Ethernet for both power and data. The power is provided using 802.3at PoE+ and a Molex PD Jack...
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Fort Collins Connexion FTTH Construction – Part Three
After four years of hard work, hundreds of hours of volunteer time, and taking on and winning against one of the largest and most powerful corporations in the world, Colin got his Fort Collins...
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PoE-Powered RGB LED Floodlight
Philip Color Kinetics ColorBurst 4 10 watt RGB LED flood light controlled and powered over the network. Time for another PoE project! This project uses a Silvertel 802.3at Ag5300 PoE+ module with a...
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Build a DMX FeatherWing to Control Lights with a Feather M0
Playing around with the DMX FeatherWing, a Particle Ethernet FeatherWing, an Adafruit Feather M0 Basic Proto, the official Nanoleaf DMX interface, and a Nanoleaf Aurora tile. The GUI on the iPad tells...
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Fort Collins Connexion FTTH Construction – Part Four
A 24-count, gel-filled fiber cable is terminated inside this small splice enclosure. The splice enclosure is then placed inside the underground vault to await connections to drop fibers to people’s...
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Building an Add-On Module for the Automation Direct P1AM-100 Open-Source PLC
Inside my first add-on module for the P1AM-100 open source PLC. Two optically-isolated inputs, two relay outputs, a display, a half-duplex RS-485 transceiver, and a serial EEROM with a MAC address for...
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An Isolated RS-422 / RS-485 Shield for the Automation Direct P1AM-100...
The completed RS-422 / RS-485 shield for the Automation Direct P1AM-100 open source PLC. The RS-422 / RS-485 shield is an open source shield designed to add RS-422 and RS-485 communication capabilities...
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Spotify and Pandora Wireless Remote Track / Artist / Album Display
The completed music server remote track/artist/album display. I use Pandora and Spotify a lot–typically from 7 in the morning until 11 at night. I got frustrated with the Spotify and Pandora apps on my...
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Mopidy Music Server Remote Control
The finished wireless remote control for my Mopidy music server. Playback control and volume Icons by Icons by Darrin Loeliger (@MrNumma) and the Noun Project. After wiring the house for a Dante...
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The Single USB RGB LED
An animated GIF of the single USB RGB LED cycling through red, green, and blue. This project is a single RGB LED that is controlled over USB using a command line interface from a serial terminal...
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