Author: Curious T!mo

In this video, we'll be delidding soldered Xeon CPU's for use in a Mac Pro 4.1

The delidded CPU's are actually the ones used to edit and render this video on.

I conceder the delidding method used in this video the safest one compared to others seen on YouTube.

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https://www.curioustimo.nl/2018/02/12/mac-pro-delidding-a-soldered-cpu-upgrade-to-12-cores/

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• Geekbench results
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/6690179

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In this video, we will use the ESP32 with integrated OLED as an internet connected Bluetooth Low Energy Client to a Heart Rate Monitor.

We will display the Heart Rate on the OLED Display and also send it to an MQTT topic to switch a lamp on and off.

Big thanks to Andreas Spiess for his YouTube Videos.
And also massive thanks to Charlize Theron for raising my heart rate again and again.

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• Espressif ESP32 Github:
https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32

• BLE HRM OLED Code:
https://github.com/CuriousTimo/ESP32/tree/master/ESP32_OLED_HRM

• GATT Characteristics
https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/gatt/characteristics

• Andreas Spiess on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu7_D0o48KbfhpEohoP7YSQ

• Ali's Bluetooth HRM Blog
http://blog.akhq.net/2014/11/polar-h7-bluetooth-le-heart-rate-sensor.html

• ESP32 with OLED on AliExpress:
http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/e2BuZRN

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In this video, I will flash an MSI Radeon R9 280x with an EFI enabled bios.

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http://www.curioustimo.nl/2018/01/10/mac-pro-efi-flash-an-r9-280x/

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• EFI Bios on MacRumors forum
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/flashing-r9-280x-for-boot-screens-pci-system-information.1808938/#post-20207022

• ATIWinFlash
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/ati-atiflash

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In this video, I will benchmark my MacPro 4.1 that has been upgraded to MacPro5.1 firmware and has an MSI Radeon R9 280x installed.

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http://www.curioustimo.nl/2018/01/07/mac-pro-i-bought-a-2009-4-1-and-am-running-high-sierra/

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In this video, we will use the an ESP32 with OLED display to connect to the WiFi module in a Omniksol Solar PV Inverter.

The data from the inverter is stored in a struct array and send out to MQTT and displayed on the OLED display.

The code will even work if you don't have an OLED display. It will output the data using the serial port.

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http://www.curioustimo.nl/2017/11/28/esp32-omniksol-solar-pv-to-mqtt-gateway/

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• Woutrrr Python Data logger:
https://github.com/Woutrrr/Omnik-Data-Logger

• Arjenv C code:
https://github.com/arjenv/omnikstats

• Espressif ESP32 Github:
https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32

• ESP32 Omniksol-MQTT Code:
https://github.com/Merdeka/ESP32/tree/master/ESP32_Omniksol_MQTT_OLED

• ESP32 with OLED on Banggood:
https://www.banggood.com/Wemos-Lolin-ESP32-OLED-Module-For-Arduino-ESP32-OLED-WiFi-Bluetooth-Dual-ESP-32-ESP-32S-ESP8266-p-1148119.html?p=3C190495652132017031

• ESP32 with OLED on AliExpress:
http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/e2BuZRN

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Used the Eindhoven Light Festival GLOW as an excuses to do some Strava GPS Art.

• GPS Art
At 4:53

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• Fixed Gear Bikes Eindhoven NL
https://www.defietsbrigade.nl/

• Music
- Scary Pockets - Bye Bye Bye (N Sync - Funk Cover)
- Scary Pockets - I Feel It Coming (The Weeknd Daft Punk - Funk Cover)
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In this video we are starting the development of an Arduino Signal Library.

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• Arduino Signal Library on my GitHub
https://github.com/Merdeka/Arduino-Libraries/tree/master/Signals

• Download link to the zip file
https://minhaskamal.github.io/DownGit/#/home?url=https://github.com/CuriousTimo/Arduino-Libraries/tree/master/Signals

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Dutch Design Week Ride on my Fixed Gear Bike.

Getting my DDW Wristband and doing a Quick Scan of Het Veem and the Outdoor Strijp Area.

The Bike is named Mean Green
It's a Custom 1978 Koga Miyata Fixed Gear

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• Fixed Gear Bikes Eindhoven NL
https://www.defietsbrigade.nl/

• Music
- BlocBoi Fame | Fixie Music 2 Intro
- Infidelix | Anthem of the Lost
- I.G. Off And Hazadous | The Nicest
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In this video we are going to have a look at LocoNet.

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• LocoNet® Personal Use Edition 1.0 Specification:
http://www.digitrax.com/static/apps/cms/media/documents/loconet/loconetpersonaledition.pdf

• Rocrail LocoNet Wiki:
http://wiki.rocrail.net/doku.php?id=loconet:ln-pe-en

• MRRWA Loconet Library on Github:
https://github.com/mrrwa/LocoNet

• Design Schematic at 0:49 thanks to Digitrax Dad:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Isww7KmfgwNV-HTV6NazA

• LocoHubSupply: more power for your LocoNet:
http://www.floodland.nl/aim/info_locohubsupply_en_1.htm

• Arduino LocoNet PCB:
https://github.com/Merdeka/Arduino-ModelRail/tree/master/Arduino%20LocoNet%20Interface%20v1

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DCC is a digital signal and therefore black magic and wizardry to al lot of old school model railroaders out there.

But when you take a closer look it’s not that hard to understand. It’s all bits and bytes in a certain order that actually make perfect sense.

So let’s take a class in the Hogwarts School of DCC Wizardry. In this video i’ll analyse the DCC packet stream using a cheap USB logic analyser. And using the NMRA DCC standard will show that it truly is quite simple and life doen’t have to be analog.

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• NMRA Standards and Recommended Practices
https://www.nmra.org/index-nmra-standards-and-recommended-practices

• S-9.2 DCC Communications Standard
https://www.nmra.org/sites/default/files/s-92-2004-07.pdf

• S-9.2.1 DCC Extended Packet Formats
https://www.nmra.org/sites/default/files/s-9.2.1_2012_07.pdf

• USB Logic Analyzer on Banggood
https://www.banggood.com/USB-Logic-Analyzer-24M-8CH-Microcontroller-ARM-FPGA-Debug-Tool-p-1177821.html?p=3C190495652132017031

• USB Logic Analyzer on AliExpress
http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/fAm2rfQ

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