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wordpress categories navigation tree

wordpress categories navigation tree

I wanted to created a ‘navigation tree’ of all the categories (or specific defined categories on my site). For example, all the ‘Gallery’ pages have on the right-hand side of the screen a list of each of the ‘gallery posts’ which […]

ASCOM download and startup

ASCOM download and startup

the final step in building capeMirror is to ensure that it can receive instructions from astronomical software programmes like SkyMap, Cartes du Ciel etc.  To do this I used a software platform called the ASCOM standard.  The Astronomy Common Object Model (ASCOM) is intended to permit easy communication between different astronomy programmes and astronomical devices […]

amends to wordpress theme

amends to wordpress theme

the options theme – shadow child theme (which provides the template for this site) is designed by justin tadlock at themehybrid. i have been seriously impressed with it. delighted in fact. i just wanted, though, to list […]

capeMirror v. 2 - a prototype

capeMirror v. 2 – a prototype

So, some holiday madness from Spain. The [first] prototype for an arduino-driven GoTo bincoular mirror mount. The pictures speak for themselves […]

bluetooth: arduino on a breadboard - wireless

bluetooth: arduino on a breadboard – wireless

so this was an important day…. the set up runs as follows: 1. the visual basic (Vb.Net) application sitting inside the skymap programme sends out a line of data over bluetooth 2. the atmega168 chip, which was programmed on an arduino diecimila board and is now sitting on a separate breadboard, powered by battery, with […]