With two lines of code and cutting one trace I reduced the use of my Arduino Nano Wireless Weather Beacon by 66%! Baseline Low Power Library Cut LED Trace Max (mA) 14.48 13.22 11.70 Min (mA) 12.73 4.8 2.75 Average 13.50 6.54 4.58 Notes Always on 7 seconds @ 4.72 seconds @ 13.0 7 seconds […]
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Weather is Local
With the temperatures rising and nearing 100°F, my son started paying more attention to the temperature. It didn’t take him long to notice that the various devices that can display the current temperature were different. Together, we found that the thermostat, my phone’s lock screen, a weather app, and a smart display in our living […]
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If Your Kid Won’t Help, Automate!
This weekend project starts with my 5 year old, as so many do these days. Armed to the teeth with NERF guns, we we’re shooting the evil toilet paper rolls off the coffee table. When we had cleared the table of targets, I asked my son to set the targets up again. He had quickly […]
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