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Post by shred on Sept 30, 2013 8:14:18 GMT -5
Does anyone have an Arduino? I've got one spare and I'm wondering what to make with it.
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Post by peteetongman on Sept 30, 2013 10:16:49 GMT -5
Does anyone have an Arduino? I've got one spare and I'm wondering what to make with it. turn it into an autoroll device to get free satellite TV service ;-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoroll
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Post by shred on Oct 1, 2013 3:44:06 GMT -5
I've already got freesat I was thinking of some kind of robotic toy or maybe a rate of climb / descent sensor (variometer).
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Post by peteetongman on Oct 1, 2013 9:11:29 GMT -5
I've already got freesat I was thinking of some kind of robotic toy or maybe a rate of climb / descent sensor (variometer). yeah, just kidding really. seeing that board reminded me of a project I did many years ago (the statute of limitations has run, people. don't get any wild ideas ;-) I had a Dish receiver, and a dish mounted on the side of the house, I installed the auto-roll software on an old computer I had and suddenly I had every Dish channel available including several HBO's, several Showtimes, all of the pay-per-views were wide open, Playboy, etc etc etc. Basically the box was wide open to everything possibly available. I was shooting a Canadian bird called ExpressVu (may be called something else now) I had cable TV so i didn't really need the dish, but it was a fun learning experience
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Post by shred on Oct 2, 2013 5:05:00 GMT -5
Cable tv coverage here is patchy, it's available in the cities, but not around here, my sat dish is pretty good most of the time, except when it snows then most of the channels disappear. I've toyed with the idea of getting a sky subscription in the past but the prices are extortionate and I don't watch enough tv to justify it. When I do watch TV it's either classics like this: www.itv.com/itvplayer/the-professionalsThis: player.stv.tv/programmes/taggart/Doctor Who, Formula 1 (except when it's on Sky) and the occasional bit of news. Electronics projects of mine in the past have been mainly amplifiers and radios.
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