Category Archives: Hobbies

Load Arduino / avr bootloader using Raspberry Pi

December 8, 2020

This is more notes for me than anything else, but maybe someone else interested in using a Pi to program their Arduino would be interested. It can be done: https://learn.adafruit.com/ftdi-friend/programming-the-arduino-bootloader https://learn.adafruit.com/program-an-avr-or-arduino-using-raspberry-pi-gpio-pins/programming https://oxygene.sk/2015/02/using-raspberry-pi-as-an-arduino-avr-programmer/ https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/raspberry-gpio/gpio-pinout https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-pro-trinket/pinouts https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_ProTrinket_Bootloader sudo avrdude -p atmega328p -C … Continue reading →

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8bit Metronome

June 9, 2020

Editor’s note: This post has been over a year in the making (I just kept procrastinating). It’s finally here, time to share some Arduino fun. After creating my last metronome, based on a 555 IC, I decided I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Copper pipe guitar wall hanger

May 11, 2020

I’ve finally made a wall hanger for my telecaster. Everything was scrap from other projects. The wood came from the underside of a dresser that got taken apart, the copper is from old baseboard, the wooden “plugs” in the copper … Continue reading →

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Simple guitar cable tester

March 31, 2020

With social distancing being the current norm, I’m working primarily from home right now. As such, I found I needed to clean my work area. Doing this, I also found I had a lot of random bits around and decided … Continue reading →

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Original iPod Shuffle – on Linux

March 14, 2019

That’s right, I’ve finally found a way to use my old 512mb Shuffle on Linux. Thanks to keyj for making a simple python script in 2006. How it works is you put whatever you want for mp3s onto the shuffle … Continue reading →

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