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Category Archives: Mobile Terminal
USR WiFi232-S awkwardness
OK so I have now found out the USR Wifi232-S Low power module, which has the following specs on the web site does not actually have a standby mode.Unfortunately my evaluation of the unit did not include checking sleep current so … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Terminal
Tagged power, USR WIFI232-S
Hack-a-Day IO
I’ve put the mobile terminal onto the hackaaday.io site as a project, I’m hoping to generate so feedback from it and to spur me in to action now I’ve officially been given a timetable to deliver a “product” by one … Continue reading
Posted in Indevin, Mobile Terminal
Tagged data collection terminal, hackaday
So Whats with all the designs Boz?
If you’ve had a look on my EasyEDA page (link on RHS), you will have seen two new designs for the mobile terminal (and a few others that I did while testing but never got off the ground) The first … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Terminal
Tagged 3.3V Boost converter, PIC32MX150, PIC32MX170, RN131, USR WIFI232-S
No Setup Required!
In the miniscule time I have off in the evenings (all day writing the catch2 program at the moment), I’ve been working on the mobile software. For the last few weeks this has been concentrating on trying to get an … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Terminal
Short update
February and March have flown by and I’m now coming to the end of my major support period (thank god!) Have got a real backlog of work to catch up on, including the full re-write of the Omega Seafoods Production … Continue reading
Posted in catch2, Fill-Level Sensor, Mobile Terminal, Uncategorized
Tagged Alex, Catch2, EasyEDA
Secret Sauce, (Putting the Mobile System altogether)
I was recently contacted by JJ from France about the mobile terminal I am designing for one of my clients, specifically regarding how it would fit together and if he eventually emulated the design how he would interface it to … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Terminal
Job Checklists
Had a interesting discussion with one of the Indevin Senior Managers around how they were going to use the mobile terminal system, the discussion was interesting an up-played its importance significantly in their industry and how they ultimately see it … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Terminal
Hack-a-Day and Github
Thanks to Hack-a-day for approving my suggestion to put on the fill level sensor write-up and thanks to all the comments on the site and via email I hope the files prove useful to at least one person As a … Continue reading
Posted in Fill-Level Sensor, Mobile Terminal
Mobile Terminal Power On/Off
Had a good long think about how the cellar hands currently need the system to work so I can better customise the system for them, there seem to be a few basic actions required and these are really quite simple … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Terminal
Tagged auto power off, MOSFET, power control
HK Here I come
Got a stop over for 2 days (weekend unfortunately) in Hong Kong, its been over 20 years since I lived there and I cant wait to see how much everything has changed. I was hoping to use the time to … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Terminal
Version 5 Power Up!
After a really long wait to assemble the PCB (See Time is not your friend) I managed to get a few hours to glue everything together, cook it and power it all up. I noticed the FFC connectors were a … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Terminal
Version 4 or is that 5!
While I’m looking into writing some of the firmware, and a PC Program to handle all the comms I thought I’d better fix all the hardware bugs I found and get a new version out. Version 4 was just me … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Terminal
