Old Intel
Now that is old.
Drone
I decided that I should add something to my hobby list, so I got a drone. Nothing fancy mind you. I flew it and did not in fact kill myself, the drone, or any wildlife. Of course I didn’t really do anything other than go up and down so the risk was low.
It will be useful for doing videos of our new house being built.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPO2eEgIzxg
House
Our architect has started on the 3D modeling based off our floor plan. I had them export it into a sketch so I could do a few tweaks and export it into a KMZ. Once I had the KMZ I built a KML to place, rotate, and twist it so it was close to the actual geography of the real site. It isn’t perfect, but it is reasonable close and it allows us to get a better idea how it will look onsite.
The driveway actually extends around the back of the house to the shop entrance unlike in this render.
Hard to believe this is in the city of Portland, but being in Forest Park makes a big difference. I suspect Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams will be visible from the back of the house, but Mt. Hood will probably be obscured by trees and terrain. We still need to do the internal wall models, but it feels good to make some progress!
Tux
It is past my bedtime, I’m wearing a tux at a swanky party in Washington DC, and I’m talking to someone about impulse response filters. Mix it up. 🙂
DC
Start of a new year of familiar travel. To Washington, D.C. I go.
Ortho
I’ve come across the word orthochronous twice today. That might be a sign it is time to call it a night.
Slow
Comcast emailed me and said “Reboot your modem for faster internet speeds”. Sure enough, downlink is now at 300mb/s vs 250 before. Upload still sucks. I hate asynchronous internet speeds.
Wiring
Speaking of wiring, got some more wiring done on the GTR today. All of the sensors are now routed near to the ECU, so next up is the harness work for the Motec stuff. I think I am going to use a C187 display which Tony Palo and John Reed have tempted me with.
Motec PIN
A question for my Motec friends (Tony Palo,John Reed).
The C187 display has an Autosport 79 pin connector on the back. The mating connector appears to be the 79-pin socket AS620-35SN (https://www.prowireusa.com/p-807-79-way-connector-plug-skt.aspx).
That mating connector uses ‘sockets’, and those sockets are the size 22 38943-22. (https://www.prowireusa.com/p-1552-size-22-contact-skt-deutsch-autosort.aspx).
The manual for the C187 says the tool to crimp those ‘sockets’ is the M22520/2-01 with the M22520/2-07 positioner.
The M22520/2-07 positioner (http://www.prowireusa.com/p-1005-deutsch-as-series-pin-positioner-k40.aspx) is listed on Prowire as for the ‘38943-22 pin’.
Correspondly the M22520/2-09 positioner is listed as for the ‘38941-22 socket’
I assume the Prowire description is just wrong, as 38943-22 is not a pin, but a socket. Thus both the 2-07 and 2-09 descriptions are wrong (and the C187 user manual) is correct.’
The correct positioner for that 79 position mating connect is in fact the 2-07 (K40), right?
https://www.prowireusa.com/p-1552-size-22-contact-skt-deutsch-autosort.aspx