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Completed Shifter Board project plugged into a USB-to-Serial cable for testing.

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Uploaded on Mar 14, 2010

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Top view of the completed Shifter Board project. All components and wires are soldered into place.

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Placing resistors and diode on the shifter board printed circuit board for soldering.

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The tiny diode has a black stripe on one end and that stripe must correspond to the line silk screened onto the pcb when you install it.

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The first component, a plated through-hole 10k Ω resistor, permanently soldered into place on the...

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Uploaded on Mar 14, 2010

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The first component, a plated through-hole 10k Ω resistor, about to be soldered in place on the Shifter Board pcb.

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Uploaded on Mar 14, 2010

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a 5-volt power supply built on the breadboard. tutorial and parts for this project are available...

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Uploaded on Mar 10, 2010

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My primitive GPS system built using a Polstar 648 GPS module, Basic Stamp BS2p , Board of Education, and...

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Uploaded on Feb 23, 2010

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B-52D No. 60687 is a very large plane! Our Nissan Xterra looks like a toy parked nearby!

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Uploaded on Feb 6, 2010

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The B-52 bomber has eight engines grouped together in four pairs - four on each wing. Here Bob and...

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Uploaded on Feb 6, 2010

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Bob and Buddy step to the empennage of B-52D No. 60687 to inspect the tail gunner station.

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Bob and Buddy pose infront of B-52D No. 60687 in B-52 Park, Orlando, FL on Feb. 6, 2010.

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Uploaded on Feb 6, 2010

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Bob enjoys Maryland Vegetable-Crab Soup and a grilled cheese sandwich I made in the waffle iron.

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Uploaded on Jan 23, 2010

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This is what the guest bathroom looked like before I started to redecorate it. Very bland. Very plain.

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Uploaded on Jan 14, 2010

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An apple pie I baked for our Christmas dinner.

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The finished guest bathroom. The towels hanging on the bar were a gift from Grandma Pat last year and...

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The remodel included a new sponged finish on the walls, new toilet was seal and flange repairs, a new...

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Uploaded on Jan 14, 2010

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Buddy chases Bob down the sixth floor hallway of The Waverly and then comes back to play with me.

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Uploaded on Nov 21, 2009

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