[other parts of this series] After the breadboard version of the circuit was proven to be functional and the software I came up with was working I decided to use KiCAD to make useful schematics and design my own PCB that I can use in my Nixie Tube SoundCloud Play-Counter project. There is a really […]
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Nixie Display (4): Final Program and One Nixie
[other parts of this series] By now I had two working Arduino programs (sketches) and a PHP script on my own web server. When you call it (type in it’s address: http://mixedtinkerings.com/tillefon/calcscplays.php?SCUserID=229446377&SCApiClientID=JlZIsxg2hY5WnBgtn3jfS0UYCl0K8DOg) the PHP script uses the SoundCloud API to retrieve JSON-formatted information about a user and a list of all of a user’s tracks. […]
Nixie Display (3): Serializing Digits
[other parts of this series] Next I had to come up with some Arduino methods that would take a number and make a series of 0s and 1s out of it and then output those through the pins of my chip to the shift registers that are switching the Nixie digits on and off. This […]
Nixie Display (2): APIs and Parts
[other parts of this series] The first thing I did was go on eBay and buy twelve cheap Nixie IN-12A tubes. They don’t have the decimal point like the IN-12B but I don’t need it. Then I watched Dave’s EEVBlog videos again quite a few times and I was able to screen capture his schematics […]
Nixie Tube Display (1): Play Counter for SoundCloud, The Idea
[other parts of this series] I want to build a counter display that tells me how many people have hit PLAY on my track on SoundCloud in total in all times so far. The idea came to me when I watched Dave’s EEVblog Youtube video of his Nixie Tube subscriber display he made out of […]
My First Multimeter: “DT-3800” From 1990
This is my very first multimeter. I bought it in 1990 when I was 14 years old. Back then it cost DM50,- (Deutsche Mark in West Germany). It still works, though I don’t really use it anymore. Its best feature is its instant continuity buzzer. Today I use a Fluke 177 and the EEVblog multimeter.
RF-Explorer
My newest favourite tool is the RF-Explorer 6G combo. I originally bought it to check out the frequemcies for the wireless lav mics I work with as a sound guy on set for tv and movies. But it turns out that the thing is also great for checking 5.8GHz channels when flying FPV with friends. […]
Syncing Video and Audio using Tentacles
Testing Tentacles to synchronize via Timecode the video files of my Canon 5D Mark III DSLR to the sound files of my Tascam HD-P2 audio recorder. The camera doesn’t have a TC input, so I record it to the mic input on one of the camera’s audio tracks. The HD-P2 however has a real TC […]
DIY Coat Rack
This year for christmas I built a nice coat rack as a present for my sister. I thought I’d just share the idea. It’s actually really simple. All you need is a wooden board some nice-looking hooks a decorative piece of fabric or a photo that is a little larger than the piece of wood […]
Dead Woofer in Opera Active PA Speaker
The other day I got my two Opera Live 210 active PA speakers out and I noticed that in one of them only the tweeter was working. Oh no! So I decided to take it apart since it is way too old to be eligible for warranty. I was really surprised how well designed they […]