So I mounted the TripMate and Hard Drive in a pencil box using velcro straps and it worked perfect. One handy little box to move around. I added vent holes to cut down on the heat. I also added my 12000mha battery just in case.
When we got to the hotel I plugged it into their wired internet and then all my devices had internet without having to connect to their wireless.
Very happy with this setup.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
New Travel Entertainment Pt. 2
So, I saw a sale on the HooToo TripMate Elite ($33). Its the same as the Nano, but with a built in battery pack! Now my setup is even smaller because I don't need any external power at all. I have the TripMate Elite and a hard drive and thats it!
Initial test showed that I could run it for 4 hours before needing a charge... I'm redoing the test after fully charging the TME over night. I'm currently at 2.5 hours and still have 3/4 battery left. So maybe I'll get 7 hours?
The range is pretty good too. I could still play movies from 40 ft away.
Definitely recommend both of them... I'll probably sell the nano to a friend, cheap.
Initial test showed that I could run it for 4 hours before needing a charge... I'm redoing the test after fully charging the TME over night. I'm currently at 2.5 hours and still have 3/4 battery left. So maybe I'll get 7 hours?
The range is pretty good too. I could still play movies from 40 ft away.
Definitely recommend both of them... I'll probably sell the nano to a friend, cheap.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
New Travel Entertainment
So, the past few years when we take long trips in the car, I've setup a small wireless network with attached storage so the boys could stream movies to their tablets. Each year I did this, I changed how I did it.
One year I had an RPi serving up the content through a wireless router. Another year I had a Linksys AC1200 with attached storage serving it up. Both of those solutions required an inverter and a lot of space.
My new solution, thanks to a friend pointng out a router, is to use a HooToo TripMate Nano, attached storage and a USB power pack. Testing shows that I can run this setup for about 20 hours before a recharge is needed. And the recharge takes somewhere from 8-12 hours. But still... it works great. No more bulky router & inverter... sweet.
One cool thing using a router like this is that if the hotel has wired internet, I can bring my router in and make my own wireless network and not have to join the hotel wireless on each device.
Now if I could only afford a 1tb jump drive it would be even smaller :)
One year I had an RPi serving up the content through a wireless router. Another year I had a Linksys AC1200 with attached storage serving it up. Both of those solutions required an inverter and a lot of space.
My new solution, thanks to a friend pointng out a router, is to use a HooToo TripMate Nano, attached storage and a USB power pack. Testing shows that I can run this setup for about 20 hours before a recharge is needed. And the recharge takes somewhere from 8-12 hours. But still... it works great. No more bulky router & inverter... sweet.
One cool thing using a router like this is that if the hotel has wired internet, I can bring my router in and make my own wireless network and not have to join the hotel wireless on each device.
Now if I could only afford a 1tb jump drive it would be even smaller :)
Friday, June 19, 2015
Stuff
So I had a good friend of mine fix my RPi SD slot (he has a good desoldering station) and it works great.
I added some LEDs to the Saucers in my RFM... I don't like the Green, RED is OK going to try Blue. Also got a saucer for the SOL hole so that should be cool.
Not much else going on. Just doing a bunch of coding @ werk, a little playing with some toys. PC puked so I had to get a new one. Not fun.
Other than that, things are good.
I added some LEDs to the Saucers in my RFM... I don't like the Green, RED is OK going to try Blue. Also got a saucer for the SOL hole so that should be cool.
Not much else going on. Just doing a bunch of coding @ werk, a little playing with some toys. PC puked so I had to get a new one. Not fun.
Other than that, things are good.
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Parts arrived
Ordered tons of different parts. Working on a mod for my RFM... will try to finish that up tomorrow so I can make a vid for my pal...
Need to figure out a better parts storage :)
Need to figure out a better parts storage :)
Monday, April 20, 2015
More Parts
Just ordered some more parts.
A couple different SD Card slots so I can fix one of my Raspberry PIs. Got more than one because I wanted a backup solution... especially in case another one breaks.
Bought the PI NOIR camera just for fun.
Bought some connectors to finish customizing my DWP.
Should be fun.
A couple different SD Card slots so I can fix one of my Raspberry PIs. Got more than one because I wanted a backup solution... especially in case another one breaks.
Bought the PI NOIR camera just for fun.
Bought some connectors to finish customizing my DWP.
Should be fun.
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Better Streaming with my Raspberry PIs
I've found a really cool project call MusicBox that has a lot of streaming options for the Raspberry PI and I'm pretty sure that I'm going to toss the Q&D code I wrote in favor of it.
You can check it out here: http://www.woutervanwijk.nl/pimusicbox/
You can check it out here: http://www.woutervanwijk.nl/pimusicbox/
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Aaaaaannnnndddd.... we're back...
Wow.... what a long time to have left this alone. So much has happened in the last 2 years that I can't even begin to write it all down.
Personal: We got our Black Belts in both Open Hand and Kobudo. Soon to have our 2nd in Open Hand. Have been teaching a lot. Built some shelves for my oldest. Put in new windows and blinds all around. Changed hosts and in the process lost the CNAME for this site... forgot to fix that with the new host and finally figured out how to do it.
Work: They got rid of my group, pushed me onto another, and I finally moved to a third of my own free will. Get to travel to the corp offices soon. My bud started working with me then left for greener pastures. Another bud retired. The company is in the process of being purchased.
All in all a very entertaining 2 years. The future still looks bright with God and my girl and family by my side.
Lets hope I remember to update this some. :)
Personal: We got our Black Belts in both Open Hand and Kobudo. Soon to have our 2nd in Open Hand. Have been teaching a lot. Built some shelves for my oldest. Put in new windows and blinds all around. Changed hosts and in the process lost the CNAME for this site... forgot to fix that with the new host and finally figured out how to do it.
Work: They got rid of my group, pushed me onto another, and I finally moved to a third of my own free will. Get to travel to the corp offices soon. My bud started working with me then left for greener pastures. Another bud retired. The company is in the process of being purchased.
All in all a very entertaining 2 years. The future still looks bright with God and my girl and family by my side.
Lets hope I remember to update this some. :)
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