My train horn piano needs a frame on which the horns and other components can sit. I’ve grabbed some lengths of slotted angle iron and given them a lick of yellow Hammerite. I have a 12v 110Ah lead acid deep…
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First successful air horn test!
I’m very pleased to have successfully sound tested my prototype air horn / train horn for the first time! Using a (poor quality) test battery, we were able to get the air tank up to 40PSI, the hardware is rated…
Continue ReadingCSS Paint API
I’ve recently become aware of the CSS Paint API and am excited to start using it. I can see this having potential uses in keeping payload sizes down on sites, I’m also excited to experiment and find out just what…
Continue ReadingAir Horn Piano control module
I’ve mostly completed the “brain” for my air horn piano! The hardware consists of a 12v fuse box, 12v USB sockets, Raspberry Pi, adjustable 12v to 5v step-down regulator, and 16-channel 5v relay board. If you are reading and considering…
Continue ReadingAir Horn Piano
My project, working title “Air Horn Piano” is something I’ve pondered on and vaguely planned for many, many years now. I’ve recently come across a 3D printable train horn design which can be easily tuned by adjusting the length of…
Continue ReadingBartholomew’s Plan of London – 1907
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’ve been georeferencing some old maps given to me by friends of mine. This map shows Bartholomew’s Plan of London. It doesn’t have a formal copyright on it, but if I’ve understood the text in…
Continue ReadingGeoreferencing old maps
I’m known by friends in my home town as something of a mapping and cartography. A couple of friends of mine have been kind enough to share maps with me which they’ve inherited, dating all the way back to the…
Continue ReadingScale Chart
I’ve written a basic scale chart for stringed instruments using React, which you can see here. I’ve written scale charts using various languages many, many times now and can honestly say that leaving a few build pipeline mishaps aside, the…
Continue ReadingDOMDocument 2.0.0 release
I’ve released a new major version of my DOMDocument library which includes many, many enhancements. Please see the documentation, see the commits for changes, or check out the publication. This new version pre-empts further improvements to PHP regarding implementing the…
Continue ReadingYellow Sub Creative
It is with great pleasure that I can share that I am now officially a Senior Developer on the Yellow Sub Creative team! I have been and will be doing a great deal of work with 3D graphics and animation,…
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