Category Archives: Robotic DVD burner

Derailed!

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Skye Sweeney

Today I was going to finish the GPS code for the robot when I discovered that my automated backups had not run in a few days. Sure enough I found a bug in my software that does backups. Lets hope … Continue reading →

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Drilling and populating the SUNDAR PCB

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Skye Sweeney

Last night I stopped at Harbor Freight and picked up a ‘set’ of solid carbide drills. To call them a set is a silly as each package has 20 random sized bits. But since the packaging is clear, you can … Continue reading →

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Backup SW bug V2

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Skye Sweeney

Last night I spent some time with this bug. The problem is it takes several hours to reproduce and hence I get just one iteration a day. But what I found is that the reason the MD5 checksums do not … Continue reading →

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Bug in Backup Software

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Skye Sweeney

I recently went to backup a laptop drive that is in an USB chassis. The drive was an old backup drive. I connected it to my Linux box and mounted the drive. I then configured my backup software to perform … Continue reading →

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Robotic DVD Burner

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Skye Sweeney

Over the years I have had the need for a robotic DVD burner. A device I can load a stack of DVD into and unleash. Hours later, I have a neat stack of burned disks. Luckily for me, I had … Continue reading →

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