Posted in Hardware, Mini-Projects, Software on Jul 9th, 2010
After having the solar electricity system installed, I can monitor the energy output of the inverter using Pro Control. However, because the software runs on Windows, I’d have to have a PC turned on just for that purpose wasting quite a bit of energy. So, my goal is to use a low-power embedded Debian box [...]
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Posted in Hardware on Jul 8th, 2010
Not long ago, we took advantage of the various NSW government rebates plus the massive 66c/kWh EnergyAustralia feed-in tariff, and had solar panels installed on the roof of our house by Andrew Hanna Electrical. The specs of our system are as follows: Carbon Management Solutions CMS-2000 grid interactive inverter 10x Solar Enertech SE185-72M 185W Monocrystalline [...]
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Posted in Hardware, Mini-Projects, Photos on Sep 13th, 2009
Introduction A while ago, I’ve designed a home theatre PC build for regular TV viewing and recording. Recently I’ve followed it up with an unceremonious unboxing of various parts involved in that HTPC. So the thing that comes after unboxing is putting it together. So in this article, I’ll share my thoughts and experiences while [...]
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Posted in Hardware, USYD on Sep 2nd, 2009
If you’ve recently accessed Sydney University IT Society’s website, you might have noticed that it loaded rather slowly. About an hour later, I received an HTTP 500 while trying to get to the website, and it won’t even come up. Later today, our IT guy sent an email with the subject “The death of suitsbeta”: [...]
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Posted in Hardware, Photos on Aug 26th, 2009
I’ve just added a few new items to my “Unboxing Series”. It’s a simple photo diary that’s designed to give an idea of what a product looks like and what to expect when you open the box. The parts are a result of the previous article designing a home theatre PC – so stay tuned [...]
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