Why am I bothering to Blog this?

I sometimes ask myself this question, since there are few readers other than myself, and writing it takes some energy. Is it wasted? The answer no.  It's a way of documenting what I've done for my own future reference, and at the same time makes it possible for others to comment or add to the conversation and/or design. I really believe in documenting stuff so I can go back and reproduce what I've done. I could write this in a google document, but a web log is really easier, since it date stamps stuff, and makes it public at the same time. I've nothing to sell, so don't expect to see fancy writing promoting a product here.

Hope that helps fill in the background.

Still running after all these days

I haven't actually done anything with the Beaglebone monitor, except to start laying out a PC board to contain the relatively simple circuitry that feeds two NTC thermistors, a powerline indicator, and a switch to allow the program via a GPIO bit to connect and disconnect the Icon modem from the USB bus to circumvent software/hardware modem problems.

The system is still running and tweeting status. Follow @zouckhome to see what it's sending. It has not restarted due to a timeout in 7 days. I'm sort fo looking forward to when it times out and restarts so I can see if that still works.