Year: 2013

Now available in SSL

My website is now available over SSL by using the https:// prefix. You will need to have the CAcert Root certificate installed – Follow the instructions here. Once you’ve installed the CAcert Root certificate, click here to access…

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Soldering ESCs

I’m using 30 Amp hobby King ESCs in my Quad Copter. They each come with five bare ends which need connectors soldered to them. Here’s a picture showing the result of about two hours of soldering and heat…

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Fun with Loctite and Brushless Motors

It turns out four motors is four times the work of one… and four times the Loctite. I’ve attached the spinners to the motors and the motors to the motor mounts using Loctite Threadlocker Red 271. This should…

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Quadcopter frame assembled

I’ve finished assembling the Quadcopter frame. The instructions are a little cryptic and I have plenty of screws missing over, but I’m confident it will work. The build quality is reasonable for the price tag. I’m still waiting…

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Quadcopter frame arrives

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My Quadcopter frame arrived in the mail today. It’s the Turnigy H.A.L Quadcopter from HobbyKing. I hope to start assembling it over the next day.

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Autopilot parts arrive

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The first package of parts for my Quadcopter have arrived. I ordered these parts from 3D Robotics. The picture is of the two Telemetry Transceivers, Power Module, Ardupilot Mega 2.5 and Ublox GPS

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Quadcopter Project

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It’s been way too long since my last post – I’ve been busy looking after my bees, working on the house, doing development work and obviously, my day job. I’ve taken the plunge and started to order the…

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Migrating to new server

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I’m in the middle of migrating to a new server. If you have any problems on my site, please send an email to

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Update – Bosch BMP085 Source (Raspberry Pi)

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I have updated my code to Read data from a Bosch BMP085 with a Raspberry Pi to correct some bugs reported back to me. The main bug was that I’d forgotten to close the i2c file at the…

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Water Meter Project

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Our water at home is supplied by way of rainwater off the roof of the house. We have about 55000 Litres (~14500 Gallons) of storage capacity but a long dry summer sees the levels drop considerably. I decided…

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