My first 3 kilos of live african night crawlers

Just last April 14th I got my first African Night Crawlers for an experimentation. I've known the supplier through Olx.ph. His farm is in the province of Laguna and we both travel for several hours just to meet-halfway in Manila, particularly in Chowking EDSA Pasay City.

Human motion sensor-underconstruction

Underconstruction:
Parts list:
1. PIC12F635
2. 470 Ohms
3. Piezo buzzer
4. BC547
5. 10K Ohms
6. PIR sensor module
7. LED

Thanks to my blog visitors worldwide!

It's funny to know that I have already a number of worldwide visitors.
Here's the summary I screen-captured:

I hope I can receive positive comments from them all.

My First Vermi for Composting

On April 14th, 2011  the supplier of African Night Crawlers from a farm in Laguna will hand me down the 3 kilos of this kind of earthworm typically used in composting.
Again this will be another test project.
Photos and video will be post soon.

ALB breeding stage live via Ustream !

For those avian lovers around the world, the breeding stage of these african lovebirds can now be monitored live worldwide via Ustream.
I have installed and  initially started the camera today, 8th April 2011.
The camera will later focus on eggs hatching  until the time of  their first flight.

The live feed can be viewed via this link: (initially available only when my PC is open)
http://www.ustream.cn/channel/live-feed-african-lovebirds-aviary

The video quality is somewhat blurred in the website. I had tried the Adobe offer, but its a trial download which means later I have to purchase for a better quality. But still its not a garantee since there's a lot of factors in maintaining a good signal quality.
Anyway, the only option I see for now is changing to a better camera source and improving my internet speed, to have a better broadcast.

My aquaponic, my auto-timer project, and my flying gems!

My aquaponic, my auto-timer project, and my flying gems!

A test project for entrepreneurship...

At last, signs of breeding have now started

At last, after 6 months of keeping this green-colored African lovebird (which had escaped last time) and almost a month for the newly bought non-eye ring ALB, there are now signs that theses winged animals will multiply in numbers. But still, I should not count the chicks until the eggs are hatched, because I learned that sometimes unfertilized egg happens and stupid parent bird at times, exists.
This intermarriage so to speak, of the eye-ring ALB and non ER will be monitored for its outcome since this kind of breeding is not advised by most avian breeders. I just hope that everything will be alright, no albino, no "disabled" or no special chick...

The couple was caught in the act by my Sony video-camera.

Dog Bark-activated circuit

Below is the prototype of a sound-activated circuit. It is intended to deter night burglars to entering house premises. It will detect the bark of the owner's pet dog and immediately activates lamp ON for a short duration giving an impression that the occupants have been alerted.

Below is the PCB Artwork

I will post the photo of the actual project as soon as I finish the construction...

4 wires used by SmartBro

This is the SmartBro Wi-Fi  4 wires inside its RJ45 plug.

My Workstation

My Working Area for my Electronic stuff

My E-Circuit Schematics Collection

Above is the screen capture of my drive E folder- my collection of electronic circuit schematics which I wish I could all build...

Videocam gets power from PSU

This Beac DDV-1000 is a versatile device. It can be used as a webcam, voice recorder, videorecorder, camera, and a media player. It also has a port for transmitting video signal to TV screen, and also a port to  receive video signal, which can be seen through its 2.5" LCD screen and at the same time can record the video signal it receives from a mini-spy camera, wireless or not.
Unfortunately I lost its "commercially-unavailable" AC power adaptor at the airport (though it has a rechargeable dual polarity 3.6V battery source, it doesn't last long). So I dug out "hard-to-find" information from the internet on how to make a home-made power supply particularly with both positive and negative 3.6 volts, but to no avail. So, I just tried to use the (-)5 volt of the PSU from my old desktop PC, disregarding the possible damaging effect of using higher voltage, thinking I had no choice.
Luckily, it worked! ...but of course I don't know for how long...

I am modifying the wiring to connect it a small camera using a long LAN cable for home security.