Re: [57north-discuss] Car battery as portable electricity setup

2021-10-14 Thread Wouter Piessens
a vehicle next to you? Makes a good place to install a power source properly. Lawrence. On 13/10/2021 20:46, Wouter Piessens wrote: Hey all, Next month I hope to attend the first outdoor Christmas fair

[57north-discuss] Car battery as portable electricity setup

2021-10-13 Thread Wouter Piessens
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Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday, 2021-09-14

2021-09-14 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey folks, Tuesday again? Last time I checked my watch, it was still weekend. I will pop in today as well, to play with a switch controlled by the Raspberry Pi, or an ESP Cheerio, W On Tue, 14 Sep 2021, 13:54 Dave Hibberd, wrote: > Hi All, > > Aberdeen City remains at protection level

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday, 17:00, 7th Sept 2021

2021-09-07 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey all, I will pop in as well today, getting into raspberry pi territory tonight, fairly early from about 730 ish See you soon, W On Tue, 7 Sep 2021, 17:10 Dave Hibberd, wrote: > Hi All, > > Aberdeen City remains at protection level SWEET HARMONY, which means we > can invite all interested

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday, August 17th

2021-08-17 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey all, I will also pop in tonight, maybe 8ish, to start working on a new project. Install CCTV package on a raspberry Pi for in my garage. Who else is coming tonight? W On Tue, 17 Aug 2021, 15:32 Edward Watson, wrote: > On Tue, 17 Aug 2021, 15:11 Dave Hibberd, wrote: > >> I'll be in for

Re: [57north-discuss] Open Tuesday - 10th August 2021

2021-08-10 Thread Wouter Piessens
I was planning to come this evening, but something urgent came in between...I might pop for a quick hello if home on time. Cheerio, W Op di 10 aug. 2021 om 10:15 schreef Edward Watson : > On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 at 10:05, Iain R. Learmonth wrote: > >> If you're coming in today, consider sendng a

[57north-discuss] 57North Open night - 3 August

2021-08-03 Thread Wouter Piessens
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Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday 06 July 2021!

2021-07-06 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hello, I might pop in at the space, briefly, to drop off my personalised box, after being a member for nearly 2 years..now I will just need hackstuff for in the box, before someone mistakes it for a bin. Cheerio, W On Tue, 6 Jul 2021, 15:56 Dave Hibberd, wrote: > I declared proudly in a bad

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday 29th June 2021!

2021-06-29 Thread Wouter Piessens
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[57north-discuss] E-ink display

2021-06-07 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey all, For a new fun project at home, I am looking for an e-ink display, approx 5 inch in diamater. Can anyone recommend any such display or advise against a specific brand? Cheerio, Wouter - Wouter Piessens (Wisp & Willows) Find me at :

[57north-discuss] Friday Workadventure

2021-05-14 Thread Wouter Piessens
/master/main.json See you there, Wouter - Wouter Piessens (Wisp & Willows) Find me at : http://www.wispandwillows.co.uk/ and https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/WispAndWillows ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-dis

Re: [57north-discuss] Friday Night work adventure

2021-05-07 Thread Wouter Piessens
Please ignore this message...or just delete it...Seems I had missed Nick's message from earlier today  On 07/05/2021 18:34, Wouter Piessens wrote: Good evening folks, It feels like yesterday was Tuesday and today already Friday. Time is fooling us, so lets put our minds together to counter

[57north-discuss] Friday Night work adventure

2021-05-07 Thread Wouter Piessens
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[57north-discuss] 3.5 inch disc reader

2021-05-07 Thread Wouter Piessens
my curious mindset? Cheerio, Wouter - Wouter Piessens (Wisp & Willows) Find me at : http://www.wispandwillows.co.uk/ and https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/WispAndWillows ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@l

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 57N Tuesday Hangout!

2021-03-16 Thread Wouter Piessens
It is really gorgeous outside.  Sheltered from the wind, it feels actually rather pleasant in the sunshine..And that is mile away from the same beach. Since Workadventure is quite fun, I will join yous again tonight.  With one eye on the Workadventure and the other on a Datascience course in

Re: [57north-discuss] [REMOTE] Friday Night: Mublin' and Beerin'

2020-10-02 Thread Wouter Piessens
After some minor travels and other adventures, I shall call in again this evening.  In between the chatting, I hope to get an NFS-client working on the Chromebook, after a failed attempt yesterday. See you in the mumbleverse. W On 02/10/2020 13:30, Tom Jones wrote: Hello Hackers, Once

Re: [57north-discuss] [REMOTE] Sneaking around Mumble

2020-09-25 Thread Wouter Piessens
Unless Asteroid 2020 RO hits earth today rather unexpectedly, I shall attend this evening's Mumble/movie night. Cheerio, W On 25/09/2020 09:18, Tom Jones wrote: Hello Hakers, Again it is Friday, so we will have our weekly Friday call. As it is the last Friday of the month we are going to

Re: [57north-discuss] [REMOTE] Tuesday Mumblin'

2020-08-25 Thread Wouter Piessens
Good morning, I doubt the weather will cause much disruption to our digital realm, as I have had a strong conversation earlier today with the almighty computer controlling it all, to ensure safety off our space. Should the space however blow away and get flooded, then I will revise my

Re: [57north-discuss] [REMOTE] Friday Mumblin

2020-08-21 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey all, I might call in this evening, maybe only after 9 or so if I can convince myself in cycling in this is gale... Either way, something else:  Has anyone perhaps a Torx T50 and T55 bit I could borrow, for unscrewing 4 screws from a washing machine drum and convert it into a firepit. I

Re: [57north-discuss] [REMOTE] Tuesday Mumbulations @ 2000

2020-07-14 Thread Wouter Piessens
Good morning folks, I might call inYesterday I burnt through another SD card with the raspberry pi/smartmirror, only a month after the previous one died.   So I will ask for your ideas on alternatives, as I need to get a more permanent alternative, equally energy efficient and less time

Re: [57north-discuss] [IN-PERSON] Hackerspace BBQ 18th July 2020

2020-07-10 Thread Wouter Piessens
I will be there...Will bring beer, food, no bbq, unless we can hack one from my bike. Wouter On 10/07/2020 20:17, Alfie Pates wrote: Charlie and I will attempt to attend I am not sure how much the car will enjoy it - it hasn’t done a long drive since February! If I end up having a BBQ

Re: [57north-discuss] [REMOTE] Hackin and mumblin

2020-06-26 Thread Wouter Piessens
Unless there are photogenic thunderstorms in the area at that time, I shall join the chat. And maybe I will ask you guys how it is possible that InfluxDB, running on a Raspberry pi 4, can remove about 68 hour of logged data (except for 2 spurious time steps) on a USB stick in one database, but

[57north-discuss] Friday night Mumble

2020-06-12 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey hackers and hacksters, Rumour goes we will have a mumble chat this evening from about 8pm. I will be there to check the validity of this rumour. If you are curious about the same, then please pop in in our digital vacuum. Cheerio, Wouter ___

Re: [57north-discuss] [REMOTE] Beer and bull shit

2020-05-22 Thread Wouter Piessens
Good morning all, I will quite likely join you this evening. Something else: Upon emptying boxes, I just found a 10y old tyre pressure sensor tyrepal TD1000, which still seems to work... The sensors fit on the tyre valves, typically on caravans or trailers, but also on cars, bicycles,

[57north-discuss] ESP32 poor wifi, likely due shielding by a nearby ESP8266

2020-05-16 Thread Wouter Piessens
Good morning folks, Yesterday I managed to move my weather station to the back of the garden and at same time install Kevin's air quality sensor on the same mount. Unfortunately, due to the design of the mount, the ESP32 in the weather station is shielded in the direction of the router by the

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Virual Openday

2020-05-12 Thread Wouter Piessens
Good morning all, I will join the virtual space this evening for a while, and maybe showcase the smart mirror I have been building lately. Btw: has anyone experience with the RS485 communication standard and Modbus for python, and is willing to give me a quick introduction about it tonight? I am

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Openday 17th March, and Current situation.

2020-03-17 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey Kevin, I will pop in this evening as well, to rattle a bit on my keyboard and drop off the plant i had promised you many weeks ago. Will you be in in all evening, or out before my ETA of 730-8pm? BTW: can I buy an air quality kit from you, to hang in my garden and contribute to the Luftdaten

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday 25th Feb 2020

2020-02-25 Thread Wouter Piessens
hello hello, yeayopen day!  I will be in tonightI will be building a case [1] for my wind sensor's outdoor installation (thanks Midder for  and contemplate solutions to fit the same outdoor on the roof of my shed See you tonight, Wouter [1]:

Re: [57north-discuss] Hackurday: Saturday 8th Feb 2020

2020-02-06 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey, I might pop in for a couple of hours from about 2pm ish, coding my anemometer setup and prepare it for outdoor installation. Weather may go nuts next week, and I would love to measure it. See you on Saturday, W On Thu, 6 Feb 2020, 09:46 Tom Jones, wrote: > Hello Hackers, > > I plan to

[57north-discuss] UV-light

2020-02-02 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey all, Does anyone know if there is a portable UV-light in the Hackerspace or does anyone have one that I can borrow for a day or two? My car is loosing coolant very slowly (about 0.2liter in a week), but I can't find any visual signs of leaks in the engine compartment. Apparently coolant

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday 29th October

2019-10-29 Thread Wouter Piessens
I will pop in as well today. I can offer a ride from city center /George Street area around 8pm returning south by 10pm. Cheerio, Wouter On Tue, 29 Oct 2019, 13:37 , wrote: > I’ll be in too, screaming at the FreeBSD kernel till it does what I want. > Pizza sounds really good :) > > Jules > >

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday (15th Oct 2019)

2019-10-15 Thread Wouter Piessens
hey, I will be there too tonight...going to hack my alarm clock radio..The screen is so bright that it keeps me awake at night, and after a year of sleepless nights it is time to fix it. see you this evening. Cheerio, W On 15/10/2019 09:16, Tom Jones wrote: On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday

2019-10-01 Thread Wouter Piessens
Good morning all, I will pop in this evening with the car, coming from George Street area, ETA 8pm. If anyone needs a ride, please let me know. Is there a need for another shelving unit in the space, or are we good?  I have a garage shelving unit, similar to this one

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Help us move on Saturday

2019-09-26 Thread Wouter Piessens
hey folks, I can free up some time in the afternoon to help unloading stuff, so I will present myself at the new place by 1pm then. I can offer a ride in the car from the city centre (George Street area), if anyone needs a ride. Cheerio, Wouter On 26/09/2019 13:19, Edward Watson wrote: Hi

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday 24th Sep '19

2019-09-24 Thread Wouter Piessens
I will pop in to say hello, after 8pm.might bring some things to solder. See you tonight, Wouter On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, 10:34 Tom Jones, wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:30:09AM +0100, Hibby wrote: > > Hello Hackers > > > > Another week another open day, We Are open to everyone so if you

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday - Today, 7pm

2019-09-10 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey all,I will be in too, gathering ideas to build a smart mirror/integrate into an internal door. Has anyone got a spare mirror, max size approx 400 X 700mm, and or an a spare LCD screen 20-23 inch (can have dead pixels)? I am looking at gumtree, but especially a mirror of that size is

Re: [57north-discuss] 16 x 2 LCD screen in Japenese font

2019-09-03 Thread Wouter Piessens
(EU > Font) may be worth checking the number to see f you have one of the former. > > Kevin. > > On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 09:02:09PM +0100, Wouter Piessens wrote: > > Hey folks, > > > > Looking for a bit of guidance here: I am playing about with the 16 -2 > L

[57north-discuss] 16 x 2 LCD screen in Japenese font

2019-09-02 Thread Wouter Piessens
Hey folks, Looking for a bit of guidance here: I am playing about with the 16 -2 LCD purchased from Pimoroni, likely with the Hitachi HD4478U on board and then connected to RPI 3B+. I have wired it up just like the following website :