Category: Tutorials
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How to build a dog/pet/bike/car tracker for £10 and then just £5 per month subscription
Hi, most pet and other trackers require a SIM card. Tractive and other off the shelf solutions from retailers/online supply this as an all in one solution, but their subscription fee is quite expensive, often £15 or more per month. Here’s how to use your own SIM card and make it a lot cheaper monthly…
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Hire me, I’ll code your PIC16F628 microcontroller in assembly language
Hi, I write programs for the PIC16F628 microcontroller in assembly language. This chip is extremely versatile and suitable for most embedded systems product and industrial designs. See my latest microcontroller in assembly language work here, it’s a digital thermometer project using the chip and is pretty much open source. If you have an idea for…
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How to build your own dog tracker for under £10 and then just £5 per month
Get this tracker and it will allow you to track your dog or pet via gps and a data only sim. Simply insert a SIM card into this device and then enclose it in a water proof case along with connecting a lipo battery. Pull this off and you’ll have a dirt cheap dog tracker.…
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How to build a pet jet 5 litre dog shower for under £10
Ok guys, you may have heard of Petjet. These guys make portable dog showers. There most popular product technically is the PetJet 5 Liter Portable Tank Hot Shower. Now at roughly £40 this isn’t cheap. I’m going to show you how to get one for under £10. So without further ado, let’s dive right in……
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AliExpress vs Temu vs SHEIN vs Amazon and eBay – which is best?
As the title suggests we are comparing the main big players in the exommece space online. I’m going to highlight the pros and cons of each and what you can do to get the biggest bang for your buck online when buying anything from high end laptops to cheap cleaning supplies. Let’s be honest, most…
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Digital Handyman
It might come as no shock to you that I’m good at technology. I’m good at creating it, building it, supporting it and helping others navigate it. It’s in my genes. So I want to throw something out there, millions of people struggle with their devices on a daily basis. Millions of people for whatever…
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Cheapest way to program a PIC microcontroller via MPLab and how to start off in embedded systems design using Microchips and assembly language
You can buy a microchip icd3, 4 or even 2 but they are quite expensive. Simply get the pickit2 which will work with windows and download mplab 8.92 which is the latest version which supports mpasm and assembly language programming. You can get the pickit2 from here or if you are on Amazon in the…
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Broken Link Checker – Link Scanner by BoxDigit
Hello there and welcome to the new Broken Link Checker called Link Scanner for WordPress. This brand new plugin will allow you to check all the links on your posts and pages for any broken links. It will show you a convenient list of links along with their error codes (i.e 404 could not find…
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A dog tracker that’s cheaper than all uk subscription pet trackers like pitpat, and works better
Considering which collar tracker to buy for your pet? Don’t buy pitpat, tractive, pawfit or any of these uk and USA sellers of pet trackers. And also don’t buy apple air tags for your pet, they don’t work in forests as no iPhones are generally around within these spots. Very risky. Also one reason why…