Albany, NY 📍

Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York’s Capital District. Roughly 135 miles (217 km) north of the City of New York, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The population of the city was 97,856 at the time of the 2010 census.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York

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Map: Blenheim Hill State Forest
Map: Goldmine Stream Falls

How to Use Voltage Regulator

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I bought a box of 78xx voltage linear regulators to step down 5 VDC USB power to 3 VDC to eventually use to power my ESP32 microprocessor I am building a project with. It did not work properly, because I didn't wire it up correctly. Fortunately, I was just testing it, so nothing got fried in the process. But I'm learning.

Map: Mountain House Trail and North Mountain
Terrain Map: Stockport Middle Island and Gay’s Point

Arduino Color Lights

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I have trouble sleeping at night, especially in the winter. By controlling an RGB LED strip with an Arduino I can set the color of the light to any color I want -- including setting colors from a very warm white to a very cold white.

Map: Empire State Topography