We’re back from our family holiday on the French atlantic coast. We were at the Dune du Pyla, europ’s biggest sand dune. It’s a big playground for children as well as adults hanging below a paraglider wing. Conditions were good on three days to fly on the big dune. So I trained touching the flat… Continue reading Back from Holidays
Receptiongreet basic functionality working
Today I did important progress in another toy project. It’s name is receptiongreet and you can find out more on SourceForge. Basic functionality was running today for the first time! The app starts up, reads all the face images provided in a sub directory and trains them. It then observes the area with the web… Continue reading Receptiongreet basic functionality working
Weatherstation problem
The plan was to build a mobile weather station with an arduino, two old windspeed sensors from the local paragliding school, a temperature sensor, a solar panel and an old cellphone. As the first part I wanted to read the anemometers. I got them for a bargain from Touch&Go. Only I couldn’t figure out how… Continue reading Weatherstation problem
Handheld 2.4GHz Spectrum Analyzer
Finally I got my Spectrum Analyzer to work. At first I was curious if I could use the display from an old Nokia cellphone I disassembled in conjunction with the Arduino. So I was looking for anything that could help me in doing so. Then I stumbled across Miguel A. Vallejo’s Handheld 2.4GHz Spectrum Analyzer.… Continue reading Handheld 2.4GHz Spectrum Analyzer
Paragliding magazine cover
Lately I learned that I was on the front page of a japanese paraglider magazine: My ex boss visited his parents in law in Japan and brought me an issue. I was puzzled to learn that Japanese magazines are read from back to front. order form
Our south america trip
We’ve been back for a while, but our travel blog is still online: http://www.paraeasy.ch/load.php?name=Suedamerika