1962: Heidelberger Schloss
This picture was taken in 1992 by my father in Heidelberg. View of the Heidelberger Schloss from the “Philosophenweg” at the other side of the Neckar.
1951: Geislingen/Steige Railway Station
Another one from my fathers trip to the Bodensee in 1951. Station name is Geislingen/Steige. Check the advertising: “Haller Schokolade” and “Waldbaur Schokolade”
1951: Salamander Factory Building
This photo was taken in 1951 when my father travelled by train to the Bodensee. Factory building of “Salamander” at (most likely) Kornwestheim.
1951: Bicycle Race
Bicycle race in my hometown Schifferstadt in 1951.
Living room of my grandparents
Taken in 1951 – explore this picture and find interesting things – like the sewing machine at the right, the bread box at the left back or the spice jars in the cupboard at the right. And if you are tired you can lay down on the sofa at the left.
Apprentice Workshop Gebr. Sulzer (Halberg)
Apprentices workshop of a metal works. My grandfather did his apprenticeship there. The picture is undated, I estimate it was taken in the 1920s or 1930s. Company name was “Brothers Sulzer”, later renamed to Halberg, the company finally closed in 2015.
My great-grandfathers bakery
My Great-Grandfather was a baker. In this photograph you can se him to the left. For those who always talk about “good old times”, he was about 40 at the time the photo was taken. My grandfather is the leftmost boy. The picture was taken in 1911.
Outdoor solar powered weather station – part 4
Draining and charging One of the critical points I want to test before deploying the station outside is how it behaves if it runs out of power. Think of dark December days with snow on the solar panel. So, I implemented a “drain the battery” routine, which turns on the LED to full brightness and […]
Outdoor solar powered weather station – part 3
I have a bug! Four days ago the microcontroller got stuck. The LED was on, but it was no longer transmitting. So I hit reset and continued testing. One of the things I added was a watchdog trigger. The CubeCell board has a build in watchdog – and the only thing you need to do […]
Outdoor solar powered weather station – part 2
Not too much progress but I said I rather blog more often this time instead of just reporting the result at the end. I am usually working about between 30 minutes to an hour in the evening on this project, a bit more during the weekend. So it is slow steps. Software When I built […]