Open Problems
A list of open problems that I want solved, but don't have time time/ resources / patience / skill for. If you want to take a crack at any of these, feel free to contact me for details.
PS: I may be willing to offer bounties for successful solutions.
Markdown Wiki Topics
- Static Site Converter
Github / Gitea / GitWeb Wikis are great for maintaining a lightweight wiki with text in a Markdown format. However there are some major shortcomings:
Appearance sucks. No way to customize, create sidebars, TOC etc
No search available
Solution Needed:
Create a jekyll-like system that will take all the markdown files from a git-wiki and convert to a static site.
Starting point:
Use the Ruby gem gollum-site to create the site. This has multiple problems - looks awful; no search; page links broken, etc. Can we use a good Jekyll theme like this and convert the existing markdown into a nice static site?
2. TOC Generator and "what-links-here" generator for Markdown Wiki
Problem: Gitea does not have an easy way to create a TOC. Maybe use a script to do it at each push / sync?
Like this: https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc
"What-links here" is a very useful feature on MediaWiki. Perhaps we can use the same script to generate a sort of dict of all pages; then get a list of which pages link there; and then sort by page size / in-or-out links?
Problem.: This could become circular...!
Libre Office Editable PDF Forms
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-create-interactive-pdfs-with-libreoffice/
A backwards FT232
Basically a module that can take commands from a RS232 and send them out on a USB line that has a FT232 on the other end.
Root problem: I want to control a USB-enabled power supply from a microcontroller
Power Monitor
Full solution:
Device to measure voltage and/or current, log it, then send it over some comms. Alerts / events for predefined events like over/under voltage.
Should have onboard RTC
Isolated Probe
100kHz bandwidth isolation amplifer that can be a substitute for isolated scope or isolated probe.
Ubuntu VNC Remains a major pain
Remote:
Run on the host machine:
x11vnc -rfbauth ~/.vnc/passwd
export DISPLAY=:0
xrandr --addmode DisplayPort-1 1920x1080_60 --output DisplayPort-1 --mode 1920x1080_60 --right-of DisplayPort-4
xrandr --output DisplayPort-4 --auto --output DisplayPort-3 --auto
Wireless no-setup water monitor / level logger
Basically what the title says
Adjustable Mandrel for Winding machine
A single mandrel that can be adjusted / modified easily to hold multiple sizes of bobbins / cores - thereby not needing to have one mandrel for each bobbin size
High BW current Sensing
Basically sortof replicate what Sumit has done for GaN sensing.
Low cost IR Camera + Boil detection?
No more spilt milk
Low cost Camera Trap / Bird Camera
Very small outdoor camera that can do visual + IR sensing.