Gear Indicator for Suzuki DL1000

It always annoyed on my DL1000 not to know what gear I am currently using. A lot of motorcycles got the Luxury of a gear display. But unfortunately not the old DL1000. There are some ready made solutions you can buy that are suitable for many different types of motorcycles. But they come with a ...

SD2IEC on ATMEGA32 – easier data exchange with my C128 5

Recently I discovered that my Time Pilot arcade PCB is broken. It works partly, its the graphics that is messed up. The cause is an eprom, where all of its legs on one side, just rusted off the socket. Some of these old PCBs are in rough shape. Not always treated well – especially after ...

Saablin on Raspberry or another RPi in a car project – Part1 5

It was time for a new geeky project. What could be more geeky than having a Raspberry in a car, talking to the stock radio and pretending it is a CD changer? It can also throw some messages on the information display – like the title of the current MP3 and of course it listens ...

RaspberryPi arrived (or my new XBOX)

Already in October 2011 I became aware of the RaspberryPi. I waited eagerly (like many others) for it, to become available before the end of 2011. But that didn’t happen. And when it was available, it was immediately sold out due to pre-orders. I hate to pre order. Finally I was able to buy the ...