This is part 4 of a series of blog posts documenting how I designed and built a multi-node wireless temperature sensor system. Links to all of the posts in the series: Part 1: Requirements and gen…| SaintGimp
I’m teaching a high school astronomy class this year (which I thoroughly enjoy, by the way!), and one of my students lives a couple hours away and uses Skype to attend the class sessions. Th…| SaintGimp
I’m using a Beaglebone Black to log some science data around the house. My internet connection isn’t the most reliable in the world so I first cache the data locally on the BBB and upload it separately; this means I need to capture accurate timestamps for the data. If the BBB reboots due to a … Continue reading "Add a real-time clock to a Beaglebone Black"| SaintGimp
This is part 3 of a series of blog posts documenting how I designed and built a multi-node wireless temperature sensor system. Links to all of the posts in the series: Part 1: Requirements and gen…| SaintGimp
This is part 2 of a series of blog posts documenting how I designed and built a multi-node wireless temperature sensor system. Links to all of the posts in the series: Part 1: Requirements and gen…| SaintGimp
Over the past few months I’ve been working on an electronics project that has taught me a lot. Because I’ve benefited so much from the internet community in the process of my own learning, I’ll do…| SaintGimp
I studied Software Engineering in college. Most of the major classes were about various software topics, of course, but I was also required to take a couple of hardware/electronics classes where w…| SaintGimp
The job market for senior software developers is very hot right now (as of early 2014), at least in Seattle. I know of several companies in the area that have aggressive hiring plans for the next …| SaintGimp
I recently had a problem with a Windows 8 computer where I couldn’t run the Windows Experience Index. I had previously run the WEI just fine on this computer but all of a sudden it started gi…| SaintGimp
A while ago my team had code for our project spread out in two different Git repositories. Over time we realized that there was no good reason for this arrangement and was just a general hassle an…| SaintGimp
