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Nov 21, 2024, 3:42 PM
Using an ESP32 and an L293D H-bridge driver, I have put an old Siemens slave clock back into operation. In this article, I describe the technology and implementation step by step - a project for anyone interested in electronics and slave clocks.
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Nov 5, 2024, 7:28 PM
While writing the articles about the ESP32 weather station, I came across a small problem that sounds quite simple at first, but turned out to be a bit more complicated than I thought. How do you take a screenshot of an LVGL screen running on an ESP32 microcontroller?
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Aug 30, 2024, 9:12 AM
This article describes the development of my private web server over the last 20 years. Starting with an Acer laptop and a slow Internet connection, I now run my websites on a modern ASRock DeskMini X600.
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Aug 5, 2024, 9:23 AM
The ESP32 weather station is now over a year old. So it's high time for an update. I have therefore spent the last few weeks developing a completely improved version of the weather station. I would like to present the changes to you in this article.
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May 5, 2024, 1:27 PM
My new PC is a Minisforum UM690S. Despite its small size, it is very powerful. However, the small computer has one drawback: the two case fans are quite loud and run at full speed constantly. Therefore, I opted for a small modification to replace the case fans.

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Apr 19, 2022, 8:31 PM
The TMC2208 stepper motor driver from Trinamic is considered the reference as far as noise is concerned. Therefore I have developed a component for the ESP32, with which the TMC2208 can be controlled very easily via the UART interface.