After using a static site generator (Pelican) in the past and not being happy with WordPress, I decided to try Jekyll. I found a really nice theme which comes with a complete starter repository as...

Yesterday I saw the recording of the talk from Christine Spindler on the 35c3 about MicroPython here, which was great by the way. I heard about MicroPython before and had already looked into it. S...

Over the last weeks I was building a moving platform. The platform should serve as a base for future development with the Raspberry Pi and openCV. The platform The platform uses aluminum profiles...

So my Prusa i3 MK2 is printing just fine, and I get awesome results with PLA and nGen. But two things are missing to be a perfect printer which is living room compatible. The y-axis in comparison ...

Last year I purchased the new kit version of the original Prusa i3 MK2. It finally arrived and it was worth the waiting. I ordered the third printer only because I want to try building a printer. B...

Started working on a little ESP8266 project again. This time with an ESP-12 module from Ai-Thinker. For that I created a new part in Eagle after the specifications from Ai-Thinker (Technical Specif...

So in this year I choose to only grow one type of peppers. It’s a jalapeño pepper. More specific it’s called an early jalapeño. After bloom, they should carry green fruits after 60 days and red fru...

I tried to install NodeMCU with the help of my article from January 2015, but had some problems to do so. So I write a new article with a new approach, which works today. I also try to provide all ...

After printing a good amount of filament with the GRR Neo, I’m really happy with a 3D printer as another tool in my drawer. So the investment was worth it. From time to time I’m printing a part fro...

The end of the year is near, and I harvested the last plants in the garden. This year I had different variants of peppers in the smart pots full of dirt. But they were in a dark corner with limited...