OutPut – Page 10 – Sallee Technology

August 18, 2020November 26, 2023

Otis

Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay

Law Work – Otis Redding

Otis R. – Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay

Make your dock close to home, chose a dock close to home, somewhere you can relax ‘waste time’. OTIS LIVES ON. If you’ve not heard of Otis Redding and “Sittin’ On The Dock of the Bay”, queue it up… find it on YouTube, just find it, anywhere. Buy it on your fav media service provider… Do something, here’s to great memories.

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August 17, 2020November 26, 2023

Typhoon

Tyco Typhoon Hovercraft

Tech | Tools – Typoon

Typhoon Hovercraft

Seriously, a Radio Controlled (RC) hovercraft… wait, what? RC HOVERCRAFTS ARE REAL! Who does that? Tyco Does! Childhood nostalgia, commerical for the Tyco Typhoon and Mini Typhoon. Early drone, like some toy drones today, Typoon and Mini Typhoon were awesome. Very cool! 90’s tech gadgets/toys… above all else, it worked! I’d like to think this would work in a pool, stream or small lake or pond. For perspective, I use to drive the Typhoon over the pool cover in the dead of winter. No fear of loosing the boat in water due to battery loss or boat failure. Ice worked well, since it’s a moderately smooth surface, some snow impedence from time-to-teim; no major blockage. Ice performed pretty well now that I’ve journeyed back in memory.

As the memory becomes more clear, as a kid, this boat/thing could rip through land and ice obsticales pretty well. Various water traps, sand and pond ice as well. Never had the heart to try the hovercraft in snow/snow covered drive or street. A perfect RC for beginners, NOOBS and your avid RC race fan. If, and a big if at that, if you could get your hands on one of these RC boats today, where would you choose to race the Typhoon? Perhaps, but this was a very cool RC boat back in the day.

August 17, 2020December 8, 2023

Anthropomorphic – Dali

Lab Work – Dali

Get Some More Dali…

Dali anyone? If you get a chance, take a peak at some of Dali’s work on the interwebs, check out this piece – The Anthropomorphic Cabinet, S. Dali ’36. Image provided by dalipaintings.com.

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August 17, 2020November 26, 2023

Street Fighter II TURBO

Calling All Street Fighter Fans

Lab Work – Street Fighter

SF2 Turbo

Building on the Tech Gadgets post, thought I would touch on one of the greatest Capcom, SNK franchise games ever… Street Fighter. Today, we will talk SSFTurbo, a new kind of gaming(in 1997?), the best kind! The introduction of new game pads, including rapid/auto button smashing dubbed ‘greatest gaming pad ever’, ASCII PAD SNES.

Of course, with time, #SSF was quickly replaced by Capcom vs SNK, the Tekken/Mortal Combat series, Virtua Fighter, Dead Or Alive, Soul Calibur and more Street Fighter iterations. Only for reference Street Fighter Wiki entry.

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August 17, 2020November 26, 2023

Crossfire

SRV – Crossfire

Lab Work – SRV

STEVE RAY VAUGHN

Nothing like a little “Crossfire” by Steve ((Stevie)) Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble… Of course, I would have to imagine a live Double Trouble show. Unfortunately, I was not around for Steve’s Blues Rock shows nor was I able to hear more than a tribute played by his brother Jimmie V., Eric Clapton and Gary Clark Jr. at the RR_HOF Induction ’15. May not be your cup of tea or Gentlemen’s ‘Jack’ Jack Daniel’s. However, you can appreciate this legends ability to rip an @fender. SRV Music Lives On At The Hall.

Steve Ray is in my opinion one of the best, up there with the greatest musicians. I’m partial, I guess. I’m assuming modern music, player/singer songwriter, regardless of music genre, type etc. Maybe one or two, again, in my opinion compliment his body of work. Gary Clark, BB, I don’t know. I thought it would be nice to post his song, Crossfire… Legendary. We did get to see, his Brother Jimmie and a few others at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, once in a lifetime to relive Steve’s music live.

August 17, 2020November 26, 2023

Tech Toys

Next Level Toys and Gadgets

Tech | Tools – Cool Toys

Next Level Scifi-Toys

You like electronics, check out @NextLevelScience to dig up the latest next gen. toys? Well, you might be in luck. Here is a small glimpse of the toys on the market circa 05/20. Nothing particularly significant about the date. More curious to know if the items contained within the YT video make the Christmas 20′ list for some of you. I’m sure there will be something here, you might find interesting, some far more. Check out the #nextF****level tech toys and gadgets, not judging… just have a look around.

Two, I’ll post some 80’s/90’s gadgets, gear and games. We can make short work of early 80s/90s gadgets. Some good, some bad, some ugly… Top Gun, Gyromite, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!, Blades of Steel, Golf, Duckhunt, Kungfu, Pro Wrestling, Slalom, Rampage, Ice Climber, Tetris, Kid Icarus, Hogans Ally, MegaMan, Metroid…

Full Listing via Wikipedia NES Games Altered Beast, Contra, Super Contra, Donkey Kong, After Burner, Sonic, Out Run, Gauntlet, Golden Axe, Hang-On, Lemmings, Ninja Gaiden, Paperboy, R-Type, Shinobi, Super Off Road…

Full Listing via Wikipedia Sega Master System Games. Referenced both NES and Sega System games for time as I could go on for hours… Lastly, today is your lucky day (easter egg). Remember the old Sega Master System game cartridge case design… look familiar? Simple design, 10/1985… May be someday we can discuss, SNES, Dreamcast, Playstation, Xbox… Scooby Do and the gang, Mask and Micro Machines.

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August 17, 2020December 9, 2023

WORKHORSE – Nokia 3310 3g

Nokia 3310

Gear – Nokia 3310

Backup Phone – Nokia 3310

#Samsung #S10+ lost to the world of damaged goods, to the land of lost ‘warez’ and broken devices. Video helps to explain various issues with the phone… And, yes, that is the flickering screen or what remains as usable screen. Although this is a rarity, got to give #BestBuy a ((** SHOUT OUT **)) not accepting new ‘squad requests’ B.S… However, the device is under warranty, remains under service warranty and that particular coverage extends out beyond 06/21. So time will tell. In the meantime, running the workshop with the old Nokia 3310, relying on a #barebones #3g #workhorse.

In the meantime, Nokia it is… phone backup to follow. Check out the used phone market, lots of choices assuming you know what to buy and not overpay for something out of ‘want’ vs ‘need’. Just saying, in this case we need to go with usability and toughness over latest or new.

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August 17, 2020December 8, 2023

Barebones Torch

One The Bench – Barebones Torch

Lab Work – C Battery Torch

Torch

Side Projects – Working on this little widget… cleaning up some old solder welds… reskilled. Thought I would put a little video together, something simple, little and it lights up the room. A torch? Flashlight requirements – 2 large paperclips, D battery, flashlight bulb and two solder points(a. solder two paperclips together b. one on the negative side as a larger touchpad). Simple right?

August 17, 2020December 8, 2023

EMAX Fix: Part 1

Hacker-A-Thon

Lab Work – EMAX Hack-A-Thon

On The Bench – TH2

Back from the airfield, part 1… what a day, got the TH2 out/up in the air no problems. The landing and the flight was another story. Damage report, minor issues: 2 LED strips out, severed, Antennae, severed, Power lead loose (+positive lead), Burned/malformed poly frame, Fix – clipped and prepped for new wires, new led strips, new poly frame ordered, replaced antennae, re-soldered leads and shrink wrapped wires were applicable.

August 16, 2020December 8, 2023

EMAX Fix: Part 2

Hacker-A-Thon (2)

Lab Work – EMAX Hack-A-Thon

On The Bench – EMAX Tiny Hawk 2

Back from the airfield, part 2… practice makes perfection. Not in my case. Soldering these nano/micro drones takes serious patience. However, got into some trouble, minor issues: 2 LED strips out – severed, Antennae – severed, Power lead loose (+positive lead), Burned/malformed poly frame, Fix – clipped and prepped for new wires, new led strips, new poly frame ordered, replaced antennae, re-soldered leads and shrink wrapped wires were applicable.

August 16, 2020December 8, 2023

Airfield Bound

RC Airfield

Lab Work – PH4V2 Gimbal

Airfield Bound – PH4V2 FIXED

Fixed Gimbal, freshly removed from the DJI packaging and repacked for the airfield… Airfield BOUND! Re-posted. Nice to see the drone back in working order, taking to the sky again. Must do, need to put the drone through its paces…

I don’t normally call out manufactures content or help videos, however, added a few drone shots, The Reveal, Panning, Orbit and Overhead Flight. DJI has nice article on drone shots, and how you might incorporate those shots into your flying arsenal.

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August 14, 2020December 8, 2023

FRSky Taranis Q

Taranis-‘SAURUS’ QX7S ((ROAR))

Tech | Tools – Taranis

TARANIS QX7S

Time well spent over at the @GetFPV shop located in Sarasota, Fl. Always appreciate the help, good people and endless options for drone hobbyist/enthusiasts. After a few clicks, a few questions and some tinkering around… Added the @FrSkyRC Taranis Q X7S + Hall Sensor Gimbals to the drone arsenal.

Punchline – After dropping the remote, bummer… added a new switch, pretty easy switch remove/replace. Plus this particular model has the Ni-MH charger, so no need to remove the battery pack to charge. Handy, reduces ‘accidents’ or my case just a simple recharging. Again, a bummer… but it was good to get under the ‘hood’ and fix the switch. If you need to tighten or loosen up the gimbal pressure clips, you might crank on those while the cover is off.

Goal: price, serviceability, scalability – 1 to many, (fixed wing, hybrid – FV-31 Cypher micro quads including the EMAX products@emax. Perhaps there are other Diatone Cinewhoop, tiny whoops or quadcopters you might bind to this remote. Have at it!

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Blown Top, Internal Guts of the Taranis Q

August 14, 2020December 9, 2023

CompTIA 901/902

Test Time, Check Out CompTIA Digital

Materials – CompTIA

Testing Time, get out the books, cramp for that test, come on… Let’s get after it.

@CompTIA, got to love study time… Need to brush up on your tech skills, want to dive into R? I do, a good day consists of computer challenges, terminal line commands, while sprinkling in a little R or Python? Sticking to the storyline, if your looking for A+ exam prep books… give CompTIA a chance.

CompTIA I CHOSE YOU! Quickly, although the article is old, the content is not outdated. Below you’ll find a screenshot of the various forms of discounts and how you can take advantage of those offerings. For the specifics, please check out the CompTIA Discount Blog post from Aug ’19.

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August 14, 2020December 8, 2023

Borg Housing

Borg2Borg Lego Board Containment

Lab Work – Lego Board Housing

Lego Board Housing by Borg2Borg

Need to start our own @LEGO_Group. Anyone? Anyone? The goal of the group? Lego + Tech, bring the two together… Those of you who enjoy SciFi or StarTrek? You might appreciate the Borg references. So, Legos… IoT boards… BAM! I want to introduce the #starTrekBorg, #theBorg.

Although small, the Lego BORG housing takes the cake. Literally, this is my version of the BORG spaceship. This one, this particular BORG housing holds two IoT boards, both the @Raspberry_Pi #RPi4 And @Qualcomm #Snapdragon410C. Including a picture of the original Snapdragon case by Arrow – Snapdragon. Two, if you get a chance, look at the touch screen housing as well Arrow – Touch Screen Housing…both devices are running the latest version of Ubuntu IOT OS. Now, I can flash/re-flash Android and Ubuntu if ever needed. Pretty cool.

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August 14, 2020December 8, 2023

Flight Test

PH4 On The Bench – Flight Test

Lab Work – Gimbal Issues

DJI Gimbal FIXED

Fixed Gimbal, flight test sequence begin… need to put the drone through its paces… We take the DJI Phantom 4 out for test run following it’s time ‘in the DJI shop’ for repair. See our previous post specifically on the gimbal issues. Unfortunately we were not able to revive our video capturing the gimbal issues. So a quick synopsis and a few photos will have to do en lue of the video. Anyhow, if you have a similar issues, its best to reach out to DJI if the device is still under warranty. If not, give me a shout.

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August 14, 2020December 8, 2023

DJI Fix

Gimbal Issues, Gimbal Motor Replacement

Lab Work – DJI Fix

Back To The Field FIXED

Airfield day is here… After 25+ days or so, received this beaut in the mail. A package arrived with some sense of anxiety. What was fixed? How long would it take to get the drone fixed if this didn’t get fixed the first time? What was added to my drone? Is this my drone, or some other drone? IS THIS MY DJI P4ProV2, and is it in working condition… are the gimbal, gimbal motors fixed. Will the gimbal motors fail again? I hope not, cause it is field day.

Update to come, will include video of the airfield, highlight different maneuvers and views. Or just check the above post… Also a repost.

August 14, 2020December 8, 2023

Other Lego ‘Side’ Projects

Workshop Side Projects, On The Bench

Lab Work – Lego Projects

Repost – On The Bench with the Lego Tablet Base

Re-post, similar to the Gimbal repost (had to repurpose some content, goal was to better utilize material posted in various places around the web). So, I’ll start with the Legos®… Gotta love Lego®.

Situation – think fast, tablet housing. Need a handsfree, desktop friendly table housing.
Challenge – build a tablet housing (landscape orientation only) to house an iPad. Regardless of what model or make, we had an iPad, make something that will work in 5 mins.
Accessible materials – Legos®, Toothpicks, Pipe cleaners, various
Go!

In short, we were looking for a quick solution, accessible materials – allowing for various solutions, an iterative build process, and tabletop/desktop friendly. Additionally, the new iPad/iPad case purchased separately did NOT come with a handy, integrated stand. This too will be a future piece of content. Perhaps we can review a few cases which have integrated stands. Recommendation if I may… the Brenthaven.

Moving on, this case didn’t have any resemblance of a stand. FACT: Buyer remorse, buy a tablet case with a stand. Ideally, we should’ve purchased this case CASE. In conclusion, we had a few bins of Legos laying around the workshop, Voila! Presto! We have ourselves a fully functioning tablet stand/base (See Above). First edition in all its glory. There were other iterations, second and third iterations were canned due to instability and number of Lego bricks used… The forth iteration, coming soon… we will reduce the number of bricks used and adjust screen angle so that we can compensate for various viewers/users. Last, but not least, the featured Lego Housing needs to allow for both portrait and landscape viewing and charging cord integration.

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July 19, 2020December 8, 2023

DJI Gimbal Grumble

DJI Blunders, Days Wasted Away

Lab Work – DJI Issues

Diagnosis, bleak…camera, camera gimbal inoperable, the 45° gimbal tilt, right of center is a known issue coming out of the factory…

Gimbal alignment, gimbal motor trouble(s). So, I thought I would re-post this ‘dm’ which included a 24+ day duration from workshop-to-DJI and back.

Keep in mind, ‘repair days’ are only calculated as ‘days in repair’ when the device is received by a DJI facility here in the US (CA? Maybe) or abroad (** the total # of repair days do not include ‘in transit’ days and not included in the UI status tracker **). Bummer! What malarkey! Good to know now folks! Yes, from a customers perspective, this was a nightmare. ‘Hey, we don’t count the time it take to and from customer to DJI and back, sorry about that…’ Also, assuming most of you, me included, we just don’t have a second Phantom 4 ProV2 just laying around the shop. Say, something like a defective gimbal, defective gimbal motor(s)? Moreover, a brand new drone was shipped back to DJI for repair. A nightmare I would prefer to not have again.

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June 28, 2020November 27, 2023

Zeus & Ruby

Zeus & Ruby: Office Pals

Lab Work – Office Animals

Office pals… have a look around, don’t might the fur everywhere, Zeus’s hair has a life of it’s own, it’s everywhere. Ruby is usually ‘sneaking’ around, surefooted, like a ninja. This is a usual day in the life of Ruby, hanging out on any soft, accessible blanket with her head pillow.

April 11, 2020January 4, 2024

EMAX_TH2

Night Flight – EMAX TH2 Unboxing & Test Flight

Lab Work – TH2 Test Flight

We Unbox The EMAX TH2

Pulling this off the ‘heap of old’ posts, archive posts if you will. While looking over now decommissioned social media posts… thought I would share the (( GEM )), here is the EMAX Tiny Hawk 2 unboxing from early ’20.

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