Started rebuilding my movie library after HDD crash and decided to make a front end for my media library.

https://github.com/txhammer68/blueboxx#blueboxx-media-manager-app

Thought this might be a good place to share it.

Takes a bit of work to make it functional, but works great, lightweight and fast.

https://preview.redd.it/7jq3k06ydwed1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=0792b62990a0cfd580d877d5db9b41d9ff99f29d

I've always wanted to have a simple device that I could attach to my car dashboard that would tell me two things in real time: (a) the town/city and state I am currently driving through, and (b) the elevation in feet of my current location. That's it. I'm envisioning a simple LED screen that could display this information as it's pulled from a GPS located in the device itself. Ideally it would work throughout the United States, where I live.

Does anyone have ideas on where to even start in trying to make something like this? I can't find anything like this available for purchase. And I'm not interested in a phone app, I'd like this to be dedicated hardware that I could leave attached to my car.

Many thanks for any thoughts!

Hi! Can anyone lemme know if hp pavilion x360 spare keys are available?? Official ones are okay and weird designer/illustrated ones are cool too! 😀 Lemme know if you know ✌🏻

I recently got a PS5 that has been working great until the last two days. It won’t let me connect to any Wi-Fi, even my hotspot. I want to try a LAN cable before having it looked at, but there isn’t a outlet for an Ethernet cable in my room. I was wondering if I could get an adapter of some sort?

I'm having an insanely hard time accessing these POE cams for anything. As far as I can tell there's no way to find the IP address.

Would love to give this cam a second live as a bird livestream camera or something but no idea how to even get it to show video. I've hooked it up directly to an ethernet port with a POE injector delivering power, but haven't gotten any farther than that.

Any tips for getting this old thing to work?

https://preview.redd.it/xavzwx539qed1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bbf2007584d8e53ffb7156988fa85069454e0a25

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I’m deploying for 3 months with limited WiFi so been told to download films to an external hard drive. I’m not that technically minded so need some help.

I have an iPad to watch them on when I’m deployed and will use the bar drive to access them as files. My question is how do I get a tonne of films on the hard drive. My Mrs has a laptop I can use before I go.

Can I just download loads of Netflix films to this or will that not work? Does anyone have any YouTube vids explaining this or websites I can download films from? Thanks

I harvested this LCD panel from an old laptop and wanted to build an external monitor with it. I looked up boards to make it work and they all come with USB A in, hdmi in and DC power supply in ports. Now for my question: is it possible to make the screen use USB C for power + video signal? Or even just for power with some kind of adapter? Because I wanted to use it with my laptop/phone/tablet and would prefer only bringing a single power brick (like a multi port 140w gan charger I already use for those devices).

Essentially I am toying with the idea of having a performance computer system located in in a central network closet and then in each room of my small (932 sq feet) square shaped house I could have a wall plate that has essentually a dock built into it with USB C/USB A/maybe an HDMI port built in for good measure.

I could, for example plug in a monitor/TV, keyboard/mouse, etc peripherals and access the system from each room. I could even put a flash drive into a USB slot if I wanted to save a file onto/from the PC. I might not have a system always plugged into every single room, but the wall plate will be there if I need to use it. So essentially seems like a lot of potential data transfer. Wondering if this idea is even close to feasible/practical after accounting for budget. And I'm not really sure what would be the best way to transfer such data over each run (which will vary from 15-30 feet based on the room).

I’m a hardware and software person but self taught so I know them separately. What device could I use to send info from my hardware (ex: amount of current or voltage) to my laptop as a readout?

I've always been interested in waking up with the sunrise, but in my room the light normally gets occluded until later in the day. Thought it would be a cool idea to build and hang DIY light screens in my windows and drive the brightness with an Arduino programmed to be synchronous with the sunrise outside. My full write-up and design decisions are posted here!

https://reddit.com/link/1eb2sks/video/vm6lphm48hed1/player

Hey all, I recently just got done on my several day grind to finish my portfolio website. I used learning React as an excuse to spend a few day lull on remaking my website.

Check it out! tjklint.github.io

I'd love any support or feedback you can give. I tried to follow some sort of pseudo-convention for splitting it up into different components, and also got to work on my SASS and TypeScript skills.

TLDR: I'm trying to come up with creative ways to use NFC tags in my paper planner and want your help.

I came up with the idea of making three separate pages that represent the time of day (morning, midday, and night) and I'd like to add at least one NFC tag per page (hopefully more than one if there's room) but I don't know exactly what the tags should do. I could obviously just have these link to websites that are useful in my planning routine, but I wanted to ask the community to see if anyone had more creative ideas (e.g., the TV could link to the weather app, or the bed could link to my sleep tracker, etc). Does anyone have any clever ideas and, especially, does anyone know how to actually implement these ideas as I am completely new to using NFC tags and have only the very basic basic knowledge of how to use them. Feeling creative and willing to learn! :)

Here's a pic of the pages for reference:

https://preview.redd.it/20qzwodsabed1.jpg?width=2664&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25f17bb3c238b8c83b53711e18ccc97ee8bfd142

Learn how to use an RGB LED with an Arduino Nano and make the LED glow in different colors.

https://www.hackster.io/rachnajain/interfacing-rgb-led-with-arduino-nano-f39865

Silly question I’m a little behind in the tech world. I received a form to fill out via email. How can I change that form to allow me to type in the answers online rather than print and complete it by pen. Hoping for answers that include the word free. Thank you, everyone.

I know there are many poplar videos of people mount wireless chargers inlaid into wood desks but I wondering about Qi2. Does it have a better range?

I also can't seem to find just the bare coil for sale for Qi2.

Hi, I’m an 18-year-old student looking to create a technical project for a student competition in my country. I’m interested in using Arduino or Raspberry Pi, along with 3D printing, to develop something innovative that can help people. I’m particularly thinking about a project in the healthcare field. I’m currently brainstorming ideas and would be grateful for any suggestions!

If there's any DIY way that I can use YouTube or some basic app in non smart tv through pendrive or any other way except screen mirroring please share

Is it a good idea to use it as a mini android display or are there better options?

I bought this system for 20 replaced the belt and realized that wasn't the problem tried the ECS and found that there wasn't enough power running through it even at max pull. whats weird is that this is only a problem at the 33rpm setting and not the 45bpm setting. what do i need to replace on the board and is it worth the time?

attached is pictures of the ecs module and the pdf of the service manuel

https://preview.redd.it/m34l7ghcgzdd1.jpg?width=6016&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70e515d0321fd99de5a37552a28103986c567fd8

https://preview.redd.it/glkipchcgzdd1.jpg?width=6016&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbd5420fa92bab734a172354ada80d61c567c697

service manuale

I'm looking for a device to manage and display an electronic family calendar.

I was thinking something like the skyelite calendar with google calendar but hopefully a lower price point.

Are any of the Amazon echo show devices good for this? Ideally I'd love to have the month visible on the screen.

Looking for suggestions