Category Archives: Personal

Super magnet

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Skye Sweeney

I just purchased a rather larger (1″ dia, 3/4″ thick) N52 super magnet to erase MiniDV video tapes. Wow! What an amazing thing. I can see why I had to agree to all the safety notices on the item. If … Continue reading →

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Sandy and gyros

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

Seems like I spend more time logging non robotic events than the other way around. This weekend I was planning on spending quality time with a new ARM development board I purchased, but my wife and I decided that this … Continue reading →

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Spam out of control

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

Spaming the comments on this blog has gotten out of control. I had 83 in one day. In self defense I implemented a simple Captcha system. So far i have had zero spam comments and it would appear zero failures … Continue reading →

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Back from vacation. Will start to post again

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

I was on a sailing vacation in Maine for the last two weeks. My type of sailing is small boat sailing that leaves you bruised and sore, no the Margarita sipping type. Need to get ready to teach a class … Continue reading →

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Another break

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

Having to take another short break. Time to take a small vacations and to get the kids off to college. I had been working on a gyroscope calibration table but that will all have to be put aside for a … Continue reading →

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Offline for a while

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

I have not been posting recently nor do I expect to be active for the next few weeks. My son had a significant surgery last week. The procedure went very well, but he has a long recovery ahead of him. … Continue reading →

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Imagine RTI 2012 edition

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

Just came back this weekend from Imagine RIT. Imagine RIT is a huge science fair like event at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester New York. 30 thousand people come to look at exhibits from individual students, classes, graduate students, … Continue reading →

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Twitter notification

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

For those that may wish notification when I update my blog, you can follow me (SkyeSweeney) on Twitter.

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Adjusting the timing of an industrial sewing machine

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

My wife has an industrial sewing machine used for quilt making. Over the last few days it has started to act up. Last night and tonight I have been working on the machine adjusting the timing rather than doing any … Continue reading →

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NIOS2 FPGA work

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

At work I got assigned to write a very simple control system for a device we are making a prototype of. For various reasons, the designers choice to use an FPGA with a soft-core processor. What this means is that … Continue reading →

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