New Test Rig

With some changes to the website planned over the coming weeks, it has become necessary to improve the security a little. So, with the assistance of an SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt the site has now moved across to HTTPS at long last. Hopefully I have configured everything properly and it won’t end up by…

From now on all of the power used to host this site is supplied by the sun. This is down to a combination solar panel / battery system installed by UPS Solar which seems to be performing well at the moment, certainly better than the info I gleaned from several websites as to how much…

I have finished moving the remaining pages from the old Frontpage website over to WordPress and put some of the archive history back in. I did have to modify a few things to make it more ‘mobile’ friendly so all pages should be viewable on your phone. (a few require you to rotate your phone…

I have a few customers who buy several sets of PCBs to allow them to sell kits or fully assembled versions of my projects. It only seems fair that I reward them for their continued support, so in future buying 10 sets of PCBs will enable a 10% discount. If you really want to go…

I heard from a user about a problem with the signed Xeltec drivers. So in case you are having the same problem :- My new PC has windows 10 installed as UEFI. Installing it that way enables secure boot by default and saves the default keys to your motherboard. Secure boot adds another layer of…

Since it originally appeared in 2003 this website has been edited by a few pieces of software and hosted on many different types of hardware. It was originally created using Frontpage 2000 and hosted on the webspace I got from my ISP (Do you remember when you used to get that with your dial up…