Colin’s brain dump

I write lots of code and build cool things


I am a Glasgow based embedded electronics and software engineer who makes stuff that goes into space. When I'm not earning my keep, I use what I know to play with the world.

Colin Waddell on a bike in Copenhagen


Articles

Title Published Categories Views
Dotbox: An improved Flight Tracker
This time I built it right
[projects] [3321]
Flight Tracker LED Ripoff - Part 2: It's so much worse
Welcome to the botnet. Your concerns have been ignored
[projects] [7825]
Writing Social Stories for neuro-divergent kids using ChatGPT
Helping my boys navigate big moments with ChatGPT and a bit of creativity
[life] [4487]
Ex Machina vs Ex Wife
Divorcing from reality with ChatGPT
[life] [4087]
Flight Tracker LED Ripoff
How my Raspberry Pi Flight Radar project was cloned and sold without credit
[projects] [9973]
Achieving prime-focus on a Sky-Watcher Heritage-150P Telescope
Light-plumbing is hard
[astronomy] [6484]
Bindicator: My homage to the BinDayCator
This is a rubbish subtitle
[projects] [5780]
LoRa enabling an IKEA Tärnaby table lamp
This lamp now detects shenanigans
[projects] [4318]
TimeSaver3000 USB cable for those finickity dev-kits
But have you really tried turning it off and on again?
[embedded] [3580]
Custom TFT Screen for the Ecowitt Weather Station
Ditching windows for a TFT Screen and an Arduino
[projects] [4833]
Building a better website
Why I nuked my old website and built this one
[webdev] [3654]
Fridge Flight Tracker
I really had to know what planes were flying over my house
[projects] [34636]
Keychron function keys configuration [reference] [8472]
Taps Aff - How it got to Version 3.0
How did I end up with this albatross around my neck?
[projects], [webdev] [7652]
Fetch Yahoo weather data using OAuth1 authentication in Python 3 [reference] [4500]