by Jamie Starling | Mar 15, 2022 | The Art of Technology
My automation project keeps evolving. Here is an image of what one of the sensor/display nodes looks like now. The image is of the IOT Node Base. Contains power regulator. ESP8266 based on the Wemos D1 Mini. A basic sensor node consists of the board above and sensor....
by Jamie Starling | Mar 8, 2022 | The Art of Technology
I had a project come up where I was looking for a Raspberry Pi to host it. However, I don’t know if you have checked Raspberry Pi pricing or not lately, it seems the “shortages” are effecting them as well. Thus causing the prices to increase for...
by Jamie Starling | Jan 26, 2022 | The Art of Technology
This Python function will read and text file and return the contents. #usage yourContentHolder = return_text_file_content(path to text file) def return_text_file_content(file): encoding_format = “utf-8″ textDataFile = open(file,...
by Jamie Starling | Jan 18, 2022 | The Art of Technology
I have been using hydroponics to grow various herbs, lettuces, and other food plants for some time now. It is a great way to grow fresh veggies. Recently I ventured into designing my own hydroponic systems – as you can see below – this is the test bed I...
by Jamie Starling | Jan 14, 2022 | The Art of Technology
This is a Python Code Snippet that will return a list of files based on extension from a directory including full path. #Usage yourlist = return_file_list_by_ext(“directory”,”.ext”) def return_file_list_by_ext(directory,ext): import os...
by Jamie Starling | Jan 13, 2022 | The Art of Technology
I have been working with computers and other technologies going on 35 years now… I get a kick out of automating stuff. If you want to do more with less – or not have to worry about the boring stuff. Or even if you are not doing the time sucking task – but...
