Hello again, and welcome to the fifth installment of our series on personal finance, financial independence, and early retirement. We have discussed understanding your financial health, setting SMART financial goals, and building a budget. Today, we will address the two key drivers of wealth accumulation – saving and investing. Saving is the act of setting aside a portion of your […]
Welcome back to our ongoing series on personal finance, financial independence, and early retirement. In our previous posts, we explored understanding your current financial health and the importance of setting financial goals. In this fourth post, we will focus on a fundamental tool in achieving financial success – budgeting. A budget is a plan that outlines your income and expenditures […]
Welcome to the third installment of our blog series on personal finance, financial independence, and early retirement. Today, we delve into one of the most vital aspects of personal finance and wealth building – goal setting. Setting clear, well-defined financial goals is crucial in your journey towards financial independence and early retirement. Without goals, it’s like sailing a ship without […]
Welcome back to our blog series on personal finance, financial independence, and early retirement. In this second installment, we focus on understanding your current financial health. Recognizing your financial status is the first practical step towards financial independence and early retirement. Just as a doctor checks your vital signs to gauge your physical health, certain financial indicators provide insight into […]
Welcome to the first blog post in our series exploring personal finance, financial independence, and the concept of retiring early. This series is designed to be an engaging, informative guide for those who aspire to take control of their financial future and, possibly, step away from the traditional 9 to 5 lifestyle earlier than most. Let’s dive right in. Firstly, […]
As an Amazon Affiliate I get a portion of all qualifying sales to help support this site. Quick Links Part 1 – Filament Health Monitor Part 1 – Bill of Materials Part 1 – 3D Printed Parts Part 2 – Mechanical Assembly Part 3 – Electronics Part 4 – Software Tools – Rediscovering Wire Wrapping Tools – Arduino Development in […]
Part 1 – Filament Health Monitor Part 1 – Bill of Materials Part 1 – 3D Printed Parts Part 2 – Mechanical Assembly Part 3 – Electronics Part 4 – Software Tools – Rediscovering Wire Wrapping Tools – Arduino Development in Visual Studio Code Config – How to setup the Arduino IDE for the ESP8266 Config – How to install […]
Introduction / Summary The Filament Health Monitor is a Web Enabled 3D printer Filament Monitor System and spool holder. This setup will monitor and report the following to a custom web view/api: Weight of filament left (upto 5kg) Humidity Temperature Color of material loaded It also includes a small LCD screen which reports the weight, humidity and the current IP […]
Background Think of wire wrapping as a permanent (Although revisable) form of bread boarding. It is a technique for producing highly reliabe low cost / low run count electronic assemblies. In fact, it was so much so that it is the technique used for the Apollo guidance computer used to go to the moon and that survived a rocket launch. […]
Arduino and its associated IDE (Integrated Development Environment) have been a stable of many of my projects. Even with its utility, it lacks many of the features I have grown accustom to in my other development endeavors. I usually work in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) and got to thinking, “Why can’t I us it to edit my Arduino Sketches.” Well, […]