Aesthetically the macbook charging connector is quite nice but it just didn't hold up very well to cable strain. Over the past few weeks the connector LED has been flickering on and off and it's become very difficult to get it to charge the battery....

Several years ago when tv top media players/network streamers were just coming out, I purchased a Popcorn Hour A-100, which was the first model in the line of "Network Media Tanks" made by Syabas. It's actually quite capable even by today's standards....

So after a couple months we've found really no use for the ad-hoc mode as implemented. We both didn't really like going into the schedule screen to edit the temperature and it didn't drop to "Auto" when completed, so the next day the thermostat would...

Well I had to bust out some modifications to the code today (again, very pleased I cut that USB hole!) to control temperature over-shoot, allow me to view the temp before rounding, and to add a larger font for the manual mode temp set screen. The...

Finished! The arduino thermostat is now mounted on the wall and it looks great. The white paint was definitely a good choice as it matches the rest of the wall plates. As far as I know (without testing my heat cycling code) everything functions...

I settled on the single gang recessed AC receptacle with a PacTec WM-56 enclosure mounted over top flush against the wall. While I wait for shipping I started soldering the components onto the prototype sheild. It's going well but making the connectors is...

Well I have everything assembled on the breadboard and it's working properly. The software is done (except for tweaks in the temperature control logic that I can only do when in use) and it clocked in at just under 1000 lines. The bulk of the code is in...

For this project I chose a graphic LCD so that it would look reasonably presentable when mounted. The display is 128x64 and there's already a powerful library written for the arduino that allows me to use bitmap images images, a variety of fonts, and to...