ATOMKEY LABS

A place for random things that seem important at the time, but may not be later on. Perhaps entertaining and without a particular order.


A place for random things that seem important at the time, but may not be later on. Perhaps entertaining and without a particular order.
...And on that note, I will however attempt to somewhat group like-genere things together. So for instance the first one here is on 555 timers. I might have a tendency to place other timer related links around that one, but probably not around something political or philosophical. If you are looking for something in particular, best chance you have is to search for it in the page by typing CTRL-F on your keyboard. That will let you enter the text you are looking for.

Alien Bounty Poster:

You can also look at the Alien Bounty spoof website I made by clicking HERE!

Yes!, there is where you can find the $1B Alien Bounty Poster (extraterrestrial alien to be specific). This is a 3600x5400 resolution image of the poster. It will print on a 36" movie-sized large-format plotter without any pixelization. So it looks great framed on your wall. Click the image to enlarge it. Right click it if you want to save the file so you can make your own poster! 36" frames from Wal-Mart work great!



lofi Component:

555 Timer circuits are always something to read on.
Thermistors and things you might not know about them from a Jameco electronics article. Good read.

LEDs and Resistors in case you want a simple explanation for setting up your resistive values for series or parallel circuits using LEDs.

Resistor Calculator is the best one that I have found.

The Key Electronic Formulae is a great article to read on Elektor about resistor selection.
LED Super Bright - the best place to shop for all sorts of high output LEDs. **NOTE = this site doesn't have a secured http connection so your browser may compain. I ignore it.

Youtuber requests:

AnyTone AT-5555N Manual - This is a YouTube user download request from: Wiggy Lab. I don't have this radio installed at the moment so I can't mess around with the settings on it... However, here is a PDF file of the User Manual. You might be able to find what you are looking for in it.

AnyTone AT-5555N Manual - This is a YouTube user download request from: Wiggy Lab. I don't have this radio installed at the moment so I can't mess around with the settings on it... However, here is a PDF file of the User Manual. You might be able to find what you are looking for in it.

HYS Ham Radio Download - This is a YouTube user download request from: William Marin. I didn't have the original ZIP installation file, but these are the files that are installed. The radio was a friend's that I reviewed and so all the original materials were returned to him. I hope this will work. Drop it in a folder, extract and see if it will work. Should be clean exe file since it's still on my computer and I scan from time to time. Never had it flagged.

code bits:

Operator overloading in C++ from Alex Allain on CProgramming.com

W3schools. What can't I say? This is my default reference for all coding paradigms that deal with the web. It has everything in one place, it's simple to navigate. Subjects include but not limited to: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL, and PHP. Basically the primary toolkit for any serious developer.

SiteGround PHP tutorial - an excellent resource and good place to start...

Understanding chmod can be confusing, but this RedHat whitepaper does a great job.

Eh, whatever...

Tutorial: Building the Simplest Possible Linux System - Rob Landley, se-instruments.com

Feather the edges of an image using GIMP. This is an older youtube, but the narrator gets to the point very quickly and it still works for current versions of GIMP.

Analog Devices is a must have resource for up to date technologies in RF tech and low level design. Get on their mailing list and check out the tons of freebies and whitepapers they have available. Failure to is like saying no to a free subscription of Popular Mechanics or something.

LoRa WAN / Data Rate Calculator ~ for working with LoRa equipped ESP32 microcontrollers.

Hobbytronics is another great place that you just don't find with a normal search now-a-days. Great place for project ideas.

**Trimantec ~ An excellent resource for industrial fabrication components like linear rails, pneumatics, and sensors (etc)...

**Tacoma Screw Products has an excellent selection of nuts, bolts, screws, and the like. Esp nylon fittings etc.

Professor Eric Laithwaite: The Circle of Magnetism - 1968 ~ This is just a fantastic video from the old school lab setting classroom. It's a great watch.

Know that:

This one is a direct call for all the yak out there after the 2016 election... So watch this little beauty to get the low down on how we actually get our president.

I mean for CRYING OUT LOUD people hollar and complain about things they don't even know about and repeat what they hear on TV over and over... Seeesh, I hope this is correct then.
And of course it's always a great idea to know your exact position on the planet of your choice. If you are still stuck on earth like most boring humans - this is the system you should understand. Latitude and Longitude =

There really is a disctinction between blondes, red heads, and brunettes. And I will say nothing more except the obligatory. That is, some are blonde. Some are red-headed. And some are brunettes.

Racism- like most isms - is a generational cog.

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