Author: skullkey

Air conditioning

The training area (Space I) in the house gets very hot in summer and we got some airconditioning on Friday. This made a huge difference. We installed two 18000 BTU units Samsung Mid wall Smartinverter units which seems to have done the trick. The company that installed it was GNAir (http://www.gnair.co.za/) – I could really…

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We got a visitor – Tuesday Build 15 Nov

Neal came to visit us last night and brought two of his Arduino projects. In the spirit of Engadget, I will make up some names for the projects: 1 Sun seeking pan-and-tilter Pan and tilt kit with servo’s solar charged battery and sun location according to GPS coordinates in the Arduino. 2 Iberian Peninsula temperature…

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Arduino Introduction Course – Saturday 16 November

We are planning an Arduino Introduction Course this Saturday 19 November. An overview of the course, the cost, where it is etc is here: http://www.house4hack.co.za/?page_id=453 Please bring a laptop and if possible, install the software beforehand The following people confirmed for Saturday: This is great!  We are now fully booked for the day 🙂 If…

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