24 DECEMBER 2015
I have now launched a new version of the blog which has a new design and a completely new back end management system which we have designed and written ourselves.
Andrew has helped me with the front end design, graphics...
04 DECEMBER 2015
Today the new 3rd Gen Nest Learning Thermostat with hot water control arrived which we had ordered last month when the new UK model with hot water control was announced.
We needed the Nest Thermostat with the hot water...
03 DECEMBER 2015
When we launched our ecommerce shop AB Electronics UK selling the Raspberry Pi expansion boards which myself and my brother Andrew have designed and hand built we thought that we knew all the potential issues and pitfalls...
30 NOVEMBER 2015
Three years ago we designed a solar data logger based on a Raspberry Pi which monitored the solar heating and PV system in the house as well as measuring the amount of energy we were using. This system has served...
14 NOVEMBER 2015
Update 17th June 2016:
There is a new version of this code on http://www.briandorey.com/post/Google-Analytics-server-side-ecommerce-tracking-V2
A recurring issue we have on several of the ecommerce websites we...
31 OCTOBER 2015
This is part two of the USB MultiComms project, you can view part one where we built the controller board at USB MultiComms Part One - USB Board
In part one of this USB MultiComms I detailed the design and construction...
15 OCTOBER 2015
Designing a USB communications box.
Several of the projects we have been working on recently needed some form of serial communication with our PC, either through RS232, UART, I2C or SPI and at the moment we use a handful...
30 SEPTEMBER 2015
With the dark winter evenings drawing in we are starting to use the bikes more at night than in the day time due to work commitments to try to keep fit.
We purchased a set of Hope One LED lights earlier this year and they...
22 AUGUST 2015
Last week we ordered a new compact pc for the loft workshop and a new wide screen monitor to use for our electronics development and also to use with our SDR radio.We purchased a Quiet PC Sentinel Mini system from www.quietpc.com...
26 JANUARY 2015
In November 2014 my brother and I decided to buy a pair of Specialized CruX E5 cyclocross bikes to use in addition to our full suspension mountain bikes. We decided to buy cyclocross style bikes rather than pure road bikes...