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The Arduino serial monitor is an incredible tool for working with Arduinos! Mostly because of the shear simplicity of it. So simple, yet so powerful! The serial monitor can be used both to receive communications from the Arduino, but also to send communications to the Arduino. Many hobbyists forget the latter. Arduino to PC/Mac Serial […]
Now that you’ve made you first program, we’re ready to move on and to actually understand a bit about what we wrote, why it worked, and some basics about the code structure of the Arduino platform. Arduino Code Basics Arduino calls its programs “Sketches”. So from this point forward we will be using that term […]
Now that you’ve acquired your Arduino, have the IDE installed, and have your Arduino plugged into your USB port on your PC or Mac, it’s time to write our first little program “Hello World!” Opening the IDE and Selecting Your Arduino To get started, find the IDE icon or search for Arduino on your PC […]
Now that you have the Arduino IDE installed, it’s time to move on to getting your hardware prepped. For many this means purchasing the hardware! There are several ways to go. You could buy a kit (highly recommended), or if money is tight you can just buy the components you need to get started: an […]
I recently purchased a Sense HAT for the Raspberry Pi. It’s something I have had my eye on for quite some time. The Sense HAT has many features including gyros, accelerometers, environmental sensors (temperature, humidity, pressure), and a joystick control button. What may be my favorite feature happens to be an output device. The Sense […]
I’ve built a lot of arcades and packed them with Raspberry Pi goodness over the years, but today’s project is going to be quite a bit different! We’re going to pack a Raspberry Pi running Retropie into a Commodore 64. A Raspberry Pi Commodore 64 is something that has been on my list of To-Dos […]
Retrobighting (stylized Retr0bright) is a way of restoring aged plastics from the 1980s to their original color and/or appearance. Plastics from the early days of computing were all made from ABS plastic. ABS was specifically invented for the injection molding process. During this area it was typical for the ABS to be “brominated” with bromine. […]
Rob the Obsolete Geek was traveling in Texas to a place called Canton, TX. Canton is well known for their flea market and swap meets. During this visit Rob found something of an oddity. A Commodore VIC-20 that was so utterly disgusting that he was compelled to purchase it, just to see if it was […]
If you’re looking to learn more about Dallas Fort Worth crypto-mining you’ve come to the right place. I’ve been trying to connect with other people mining crypto in DFW for a few months now with little to no luck. The Facebook groups are rarely posted on, and most of the people who are members don’t […]
Installing pfSense on the WANBOX is a simple task that can be accomplished in just a few minutes. There are many operating systems that can be installed on The Geek Pub WANBOX. Also supported is OpenSense, RouterOS, m0n0wall, and others. pfSense however is the primary OS our customers install due to it’s ease of use, […]