July 2012: Using a LS-Y201 Serial Camera to read a Smart Meter using a computer vision program written in Visual Basic 6 on an old XP Computer.
October 2012: Two unsuccessful attempts to make a beta type Stirling Engine to pump spa water and solar array fluid.
September 2013: A VB6 program that uses a USB camera to read, solve and write the answers to newspaper Sudoku puzzles.
March 2014: Building a rickshaw pulled by pneumatic powered robotic legs.
February 2015: No blog entries because working full-time again.
June 2017: Built the Lociscope, that uses two zener diode point sources of random sawtooth waveforms to attempt to map the random noise background signature of the universe.
Welcome to doghouseOne
The doghouse is a small workshop in my backyard overlooking my garden here in Goleta, CA. I
spend a lot of time in the doghouse, since I retired (again) from 40 years of
working in clinical laboratories. My degree in 1974 was in microbiology
from San Francisco State, but I have always had an interest in electronics,
computers and robotics. I like to tackle obscure projects in creative ways.
Disclaimer:
I am not a professional programmer or an engineer. Anything that
you learn here that destroys something, is your own problem. I use VB6 for
programming because it allows me to be creative in a non-structured kind of
way. You may know better ways of doing what I have done; Good for you! My
purpose here is not to build the super-highway; it is to do some trail blazing
for those wanting to find their way through the wilderness. Good luck to all
who attempt to use this information. Dexter
