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How to configure Dotnetnuke smtp email with Godaddy

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Ok, so setting up Godaddy email to work with Dotnetnuke wasn’t as easy as it should have been. Here is the quick fix for my issue, it is necessary to use a different smtp host name than the one they give you.
Solution: My Godaddy email address said that the smtp server name was [...]

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Repairing broken LCD screen backlight with LEDs

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

LCD screen backlights can often go out requiring a new inverter or CFL lamp. Replacement parts can be hard to find or costly. Here I use a six dollar LED strip to replace the CFL backlight with success! If you look hard you can see points of light where the LEDs are but all together [...]

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How to Solder, Tips and Tricks,

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Here I give some tips on how to solder.

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DIY Function (Signal) Generator

By admin On October 21, 2011 · 1 Comment

 

Here is my homemade function generator that can produce a square, triangle, and sign wave. This is all done with a few bucks worth of parts. The heart of the function generator is a LM324N quad OpAmp. I got the schematic off of a site where they were also selling kits to build the [...]

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DIY IO Simulator (AI, AO, DO)

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I needed to create an IO simulator for testing a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller). I pieced together a useful tool to do the trick of simulating analog and digital input and output that was expected from sensors in the real world.

 

This simulator can be used with any electronic device that [...]

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What is a LED

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

An LED or Light Emitting Diode is a low power semiconductor light source used in lots of electronic devices. LEDs are closeley related to transistors and regular diodes.

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GLCD Screen Displaying Live Arduino Analogs

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I used a ST7565 GLCD (Graphic Liquid Cristal Display) screen to display the live analog readings from an Arduino.

Here is the Arduino library: ST7565_GLCD_LIbrary.zip

The ST 7565 I picked up on Adafruit for about 16 bucks. I couldn’t find any examples to help [...]

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Dawn to Dusk Chicken Door Project

By admin On October 21, 2011 · 2 Comments

There are many advantages of having an automatic chicken coop door. The door will automatically close at night when the chickens are inside and open in the morning. Not only will they stay warm and cozy, critters like coons and skunks will have a much harder time getting to them. The ultimate luxury to me [...]

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Unboxing the LM3S811 Evaluation Kit

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Here I show what’s included and how to work the LM3s811 kit from Texas Instruments. You can acquire this kit from such sites as Ti.com, Newark.com, and Digikey.

The actual part number is EKK-LM3S811. This particular flavor has Keil™ RealView® IDE included, there are about five optional IDEs you can choose. As [...]

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How to Replace a Desktop Hard Drive

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Replacing a desktop hard drive is not as hard as some may think.

Here are some instructions.

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DIY RFID Keyless Entry System

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A few years ago I built a keyless entry system for my shop using a keypad, now it is time to update it to use an RFID key-fob. My homemade door actuator was made from parts out of an old VCR. The electronics controlling the system consist of a few components, a NE555IC (timer), a [...]

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Arduino Electronic Speed Control ESC 2 of 2

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Here is my second ESC or Electronic Speed Control that I built with an Arduino Duemilanove. You can’t just hook DC up to Brushless DC Motors that you have scavenged out of old CDROM drives, hard drives, or printers and expect them to spin.  Brushless DC motors require you to use a motor controller to [...]

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Arduino Electronic Speed Control ESC 1 of 2

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Here is my first ESC or Electronic Speed Control that I built with an Arduino Duemilanove. If you don’t already know, the best motors you can scavenge out ov CDROM drives or old hard drives are Brushless DC motors that you can’t just hook DC up to and make [...]

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Zune Software Review, ITunes Alternative

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Zune software client is a free media player from Microsoft. Zune is a market place alternative to ITunes with music, videos, and FREE podcasts.  This software is free to use if you are running Microsoft windows.  Zune offers a subscription based membership where you can play and download tens of thousands of songs and [...]

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How to Change the Favicon in a New Dotnetnuke Installation

By admin On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Technorati Tags: Computers,DNN,WebDesign

A Favicon is a 16px X 16px icon that displays next to the URL in your web browser and also next to bookmarks.

When Dotnetnuke is first installed the favicon is the Dotnetnuke icon.  To replace the default [...]

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