Monthly Archives: January 2015

Building a cellular tracker: Part3a – Circumventing unreliable Watchdog with external 555 timer

Posted on 24. January 2015 by

In my current endeavor to build a cellular tracker that can run autonomously for months i stumpled upon a strange problem during outdoor tests which could only be resolved the hard way… Initially i intended to use the built in … Continue reading →

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Basic Electronic tinkering set

Posted on 15. January 2015 by

The idea was to assemble the cheapest and most straightforward tinkering set for beginners. It’s designed to be used in a huge Workshop at a conference. All parts together (including packaging) cost less than 1 EUR.

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This is why i love the Internet so much…

Posted on 13. January 2015 by

One of the reasons for this blog is that i wanted to share my learnings with the world, because i learned so much by shared stuff of others, it’s just amazing. Yesterday i asked a really tricky question on the … Continue reading →

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Building a cellular tracker: Part4 – Which cloud-service to chose for storing the data

Posted on 3. January 2015 by

As described earlier, i want to create a cellular tracker – below i am going to describe where to store the data… Tracking sensor-data only makes sense if the data is being stored in a central place for further action. Usually you … Continue reading →

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Building a cellular tracker: Part3 – Running on Batteries for Months

Posted on 2. January 2015 by

As described earlier, i want to create a cellular tracker – below i am going to describe what i learned about power-consumption and why i believe that the tracker could run on batteries for months… My goal is to have a … Continue reading →

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