My son started in a school which is located to the center of the city. Usually my wife is taking and picking him up, but sometimes I need to do it as well. The first time I drove there with my car, it took me an hour to get there and another hour to get…
Sauna thermometer – Living room module
The dual level sauna thermometer worked like a dream, so now was the time to make the slave module for my living room. The design was pretty straightforward as I was able to re-use a lot of the code, and the enclosure just needed a slightly different design so it was able to stand on…
Dual level sauna thermometer with wireless connectivity
I have always wondered what the actual temperature difference is between the head and feet level of my sauna. I’ve also been considering to alter the ventilation to make this difference lower, but how would I know if I actually improve it? The answer is a dual level thermometer! It is of course not enough…
Welcome to Silfer Works!
This is where I document my personal projects. I’m mostly posting about metalworking, electronics, laser cutting, 3D printing and modelling. I started to take photos and document my projects around 2019, but I’ve also posted about some older projects that I found from my archives. Everything I post here is designed and built by me!…
Mood-O-Meter
The Mood-o-meter has three operating modes: Hardware: How does it communicated with a PC? It doesn’t. The PC is simply sending serial signals to it which the Arduino interprets and changes the mood/status accordingly. The “PC controlled mode” signal is sent through a powershell script, which in turn has a simple winforms program as an UI….
Mercedes SLK Carputer
This is a project from before the time I started to document my builds. When you see through the pictures, remember that most of these features were unheard of at the time, even though today these are common in modern cars! This was a very long project which required a lot of planning. At the…