Author: Glenn Trigg
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Then and now – 37 years in electronics
In 1985 I completed the final year project for my electronic engineering degree. The project I chose was an ultrasonic level detector. Here is the introduction from my report which explains the use scenarios… Without getting too technical, the solution involved using a special purpose ultrasonic transceiver integrated circuit (LM1812 by National Semiconductor) surrounded by…
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Contemplating the power outage
Recently we experienced a severe storm that left the area without power, phone & internet. The water supply for the house that we occupy comes from a tank that collects rain water, and is fed to the house via an electric pump. So when the power is out we also don’t have any tap water…
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The case against having pets
Whoever came up with the idea of domesticating animals and turning them into pets had one of the worst ideas ever! My rant 😀 Ok, with that out of the way here are some thoughts around why keeping pets is not a good idea. They start out fairly personal and mostly opinion and progress to…
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Learning 3D – modelling & printing
A “real life” situation When learning something new, I find it very useful to have an actual application to which the learning applies. I had previously made a couple of attempts at learning 3D modelling using Blender but with essentially nothing to show for it, due to a few reasons, one of which was that…
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New job and an offering
Last March (2020) I started a new job. Since being made redundant in 2015 I have tried a few different things – starting a hypnotherapy business, freelancing, and doing traffic control. What this has led me to realise is that the place where I really belong (in an occupation sense) is in software development. Fortunately…