https://www.photonicsguy.ca/ 2026-04-06T20:37:52+00:00 https://www.photonicsguy.ca/ https://www.photonicsguy.ca/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/htaguide?rev=1415904614&do=diff My quick guide to the Ontario HTA for Bicyclists and Drivers Ontario Highway Traffic Act “highway” includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, any part of which is intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles and includes the area between the lateral property lines thereof; text/html 2024-02-12T12:09:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/wiki/syntax?rev=1707739749&do=diff Formatting Syntax DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. 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Lights text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/arduino/lcd?rev=1415904614&do=diff LCD Display MJKDZ I2C board from eBay. Notes: * eBay search for board * * I2C address is actually 0x20, not 0x27 * I'm using the New LiquidCrystal library * Need pull-up resistors on SDA and SCL lines (A4 & A5 pins) Test Code #include <Wire.h> #include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h> #define lcdAddr 0x20 // set the address of the I2C device the LCD is connected to // create an lcd instance with correct constructor for how the lcd is wired to the I2C chip LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(lcdAddr, 4, … text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/ebay/voltammeter?rev=1415904614&do=diff Volt/Ammeter from eBay Search string: DC 4.5-30V 0-10A LED Digital Volt meter Ammeter Specifications: * Supply voltage: 4.5 30V (wide range) * Test voltage: 0 ~ 100V * The minimum resolution below 10V: 0.01V * The minimum resolution above 10V: 0.1V text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/electronics/lightsensing?rev=1415904614&do=diff Light Sensing Photodiode LED 100 ohm resistor & an LED <http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/LEDSensor> Phototransistor Intersil Light Sensor See Intersil ISL29001 text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/lightsensor?rev=1415904614&do=diff Light Sensor Datasheet text/html 2016-03-09T02:48:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/mysensors?rev=1457491680&do=diff MySensor board After reading about the MySensors project, I decided to design a small circuit board to hold the Arduino and radio module. 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Imgur photos * Nov 24th: I received the boards, Yay!! * Nov 7th, 2014: I'm waiting on the PCB's from text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/tirepressuresensor?rev=1415904614&do=diff Tire Pressure Sensor The pressure is determined by the formula, <m>P=0.145* Parts Part# Description Source Cost MPX5700DP-ND0-101.5PSI Pressure sensorDigikey$16 2 Ft 1/4ID hoseHome Hardware$1.50 2 crimp style hose clampsHome Hardware$1.60 text/html 2021-07-06T13:33:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/eagle?rev=1625578394&do=diff CadSoft EAGLE Libraries <https://github.com/Photonicsguy/Eagle> eBay parts Footprints for components I've bought from eBay * eBay search for Arduino pro mini * eBay search for nrf24l01+ module Arduini mini pro NRF24L01+ module I've included a keepout block to prevent ground planes or traces from being routed under the antenna. I'm using this module for text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/electronics/isl29001?rev=1415904614&do=diff Intersil Light Sensor [ISL29001] - Datasheet * Need a 100kΩ 1% Resistor text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/electronics/mbed?rev=1415904614&do=diff MBED Ethernet Magjack - [lU1S516LF Datasheet] [Pinout] PinmbedP1RD+P2RD-P3VccP4n/cP5n/cP6VccP7TD+P8TD- <HTML><BR CLEAR=ALL><BR></HTML> First Project - Halloween Window Setup Light Sensor Possible IC to use: IVC102 text/html 2016-03-08T19:32:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/gadgets/calcite?rev=1457465573&do=diff Optical Calcite Calcite has two different indices of refractive depending on the polarization of the incident light. - Print to page for use in a demonstration. text/html 2016-03-08T19:51:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/carouselpi?rev=1457466673&do=diff CarouselPi - A Kodak Carousel Slide Scanner I'm converting a Carousel slide projector into an automated slide scanner using a Raspberry Pi with a camera module. My main goal is the cataloguing of the slide trays and indexing with the use of barcode stickers on each carousel. I intend to have the images indexed so that I can easilt find a specific slide and scan it in with a professional scanner. text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/flash?rev=1415904614&do=diff Camera Flash Control CableShoeFunction?VoltageWireShieldGGnd 0RedF1Fire1.66Vdc3WhiteF2flash ready signal / data2 Hz signal 1-5V (0V when charging)2BlackF3TTL OK signal / clock1.06V (0V when charging)1 Measurements Flash Duration0.1ms delay27 to 28ms text/html 2021-07-06T14:15:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/t530?rev=1625580959&do=diff Lenovo T530 Laptop WiFi upgrade I successfully installed an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 wireless card by modifying the whitelist in the BIOS. I've compiled this step-by-step guide with references as I had trouble finding a similar resource online. Living in Toronto, the 2.4GHz WiFi band is over saturated and my best wireless throughput was roughly 16Mbps, now with 5GHz Wireless AC, I get an average of 700Mbps. I decided not to upgrade to the latest BIOS and to attempt the whitelist modifi… text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/reference/flukemeter?rev=1415904614&do=diff Fluke 189/187/89-IV/87-IV Remote Interface Specification Archive of http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~thunter/manuals/RemoteSpec89_18X.htm Retrieved October 2009 from Internet Archive, dated September 13th, 2006. Technical Note Fluke is providing this information to those few customers who would like this information. We give this information with the understanding that Fluke will not provide any additional support on this information. This means that our Product Support Service will not be able t… text/html 2014-11-13T22:37:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/7segdisplay?rev=1415918236&do=diff 7-segment display module [Working Display] Arduino library available on Github This was one of my first doublesided and surfacemount boards. I made this board using Eagle for layout and then I used BatchPCB to manufacture the board. The board operates correctly, however, if I were to revise it, I would use a larger SMT resistor than the 0402 size. The board will be controlled via I2C from a PIC microcontroller, initially for the pressure sensor and later for other projects. text/html 2016-03-09T00:46:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/sumppump?rev=1457484383&do=diff Sump pump Monitor My parents have a cistern and a sump pump which would be useful to have some sort of water level monitoring. In the past, we would check the cistern level with a pressure gauge calibrated in inches of water. There was a rubber squeeze bulb which which would pressurize a plastic line which fed into the cistern, and the resulting level would be shown on the gauge. text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/touchsensor?rev=1415904614&do=diff Touch Sensor Current Status: Prototype text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/work/coop/ideas?rev=1415904614&do=diff Ideas * Dragon Optical illusion using the cutter, marker, and welder. <http://www.grand-illusions.com/opticalillusions/dragon_illusion/> * Red, Green, and Blue laser diodes for a light show. * Emco mini lathe to make replacement tips for the laser cutter * Laser speckle display * Wiki for SOP's, change limited to faculty. ---------- text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/tirepressuresensor/code?rev=1415904614&do=diff Tire Pressure Sensor Code Return to Tire Pressure Sensor Project. ;############################################################################### ;# TITLE "Pressure Sense" ;# ;# Program : Pressure sensor using an MPX5700DP sensor and LCD display ;# Version :1.0 ;# Revision Date : ;# Author : Jeff Brown ;# ;# ;# ;############################################################################### ; radix hex #define RA0_…