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- May 16, 2025: New railroad addition: Märklin Shay + rolling stock
- May 1, 2025: A new "toy": Asus Rog Ally X
- April 3, 2025: "Portable" monitors
- March 15, 2025: Modifying firmware for Märklin CS3
- March 15, 2025: Some new modelrailroad additions
- March 15, 2025: 2 new macbooks
- February 14, 2025: Valentine 2025
- February 4, 2025: A new backup NAS - Synology DS 124
- December 24, 2024: Christmas - A new mobile phone - iPhone 16 Pro Max
- August 4, 2024: Surfans F28 - a Digital Audio Player
- August 4, 2024: Soundcraft UI24R - digital mixer
- August 3, 2024: The end AND start of a chapter 🙂
- July 24, 2024: HA - EPG data in iframe, based on XML *UPDATED, October 25, 2024*
- March 15, 2024: A 32:9 wide screen - Samsung LS57CG952NUXEN
- December 31, 2023: Use CS3 and configure S88 sensors in Rocrail
- December 31, 2023: Christmas presents 🙂
- December 31, 2023: Using S88 (6pin flatcable) with S88link on bus 1 & 2 (CS3)
- December 23, 2023: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !
- December 20, 2023: Use DMX in Rocrail (in combination with HA)
- December 18, 2023: Putting all H0 rolling stock back into boxes
- December 18, 2023: Use 12V COB LEDstrip for H0 passenger carriages
- July 21, 2023: HA - setting automations/events/color/conditions, without fiddling around in HA settings
- July 15, 2023: A whole bunch of new electronic equipment *UPDATED, July 15, 2023*
- July 9, 2023: RPI Zero W - DMX/OLA
- July 9, 2023: Converting the A500 Mini to an Amiga 4000 (with WB 3.1)
- July 9, 2023: RPI 400
- July 9, 2023: HA - switching from RPI4 to Odroid N2+
- July 9, 2023: Okdo Rock 5B - better then a RPI4 ?
- July 8, 2023: Ultra-wide/regular touchscreens
- July 8, 2023: Dyson V15 Detect Absolute - Vacuum cleaner
- July 8, 2023: Bosch WTH83001FG - Dryer
- July 8, 2023: Bosch SMS8YCI03E - Dishwasher
- July 2, 2023: Pico (W) - Picomite
- July 2, 2023: Pico (W) - Waveshare evaluation board
- July 2, 2023: Pico (W) - DVI Sock & Pimoroni DV Demo Base
- July 2, 2023: Asus Vivobook 17 X1702ZA-AU045W-BE AZERTY
- July 1, 2023: HA - record video when doorbell rings + recording gallery + auto-delete old recordings
- July 1, 2023: The Agon Light (2) - a Z80 computer
- June 4, 2023: Building a Z80-MBC3 standalone computer
- March 6, 2023: HA - switching from Conbee II to SkyConnect USB stick
- March 4, 2023: HA - using 1 "custom:my-slider" to control volume on several devices
- February 10, 2023: LocoMotion - the build : CS3 *UPDATED INFO*
- January 28, 2023: HA - control "things" on a remote (linux) device
- January 28, 2023: HA - shell commands to RPI or other Linux machines, without the need to enter passwords !
- January 27, 2023: HA - control/read entities via Restful API
- January 27, 2023: HA - communication between MQTT and Arduino
- January 14, 2023: HA - PAJ7620 gesture sensor
- January 13, 2023: HA - good to know & snippets
- January 12, 2023: HA - using a 1480x320 display with a baremetal OS (RPI with Chromium)
- January 12, 2023: HA - use ChatGPT (3.0) in automations to show data
- January 7, 2023: HA - Fix for images-issue with FeedParser / custom:list-card
- December 17, 2022: Time for a new year and a lot of new postings !
- May 4, 2022: STM32 !!!
- March 27, 2022: Loconet - Part V - Wireless Loconet
- March 27, 2022: Loconet - Part IV - More powerful controller !
- March 27, 2022: Loconet - Part III - Lots of I/O with only a few pins
- March 27, 2022: Loconet - Part II - Stationary sound decoder
- March 26, 2022: Loconet - Part I - Introduction
- March 26, 2022: ESP32-Cam (and AZ-Touch as display)
- March 26, 2022: Birthday present - Thank you Christel 🙂
- March 26, 2022: New trackplan + no music anymore
- March 26, 2022: HA - Sonoff NSPanel+ESPHome+Home Assistant+Nextion
- March 26, 2022: Showing locomotive info on control panels
- March 26, 2022: Xojo - a multi-platform development environment
- November 10, 2021: New modelrailroad additions for 2021
- November 10, 2021: Our new garden
- November 4, 2021: Happy Birthday Christel 🙂
- October 2, 2021: A new AV-receiver - Denon AVR-S650H
- July 11, 2021: Released another 3 songs !
- July 11, 2021: Some 3D printed projects in resin
- July 11, 2021: Spending money 🙂
- July 11, 2021: Orient Express passed in Belgium
- April 3, 2021: Another birthday present / LocoMotion delay
- March 14, 2021: LocoMotion - the build : progress on the 5" screen
- February 25, 2021: LocoMotion - the build : Aoyue 2703A+ 4-in-1-station *UPDATED, February 27th - 2021*
- February 25, 2021: Early birthday-present: Märklin things !
- February 25, 2021: LocoMotion - The build : a bigger screen 🙂 *UPDATED, February 28th – 2021*
- February 15, 2021: LocoMotion - The build : graphic update
- February 14, 2021: LocoMotion - The build : Valentine update
- February 13, 2021: LocoMotion - The build : Current status
- February 13, 2021: LocoMotion - The build : technical chit-chat
- February 13, 2021: LocoMotion - The build : website online
- February 11, 2021: LocoMotion - the secret revealed 🙂
- February 11, 2021: LocoMotion - firmware download page
- January 30, 2021: LocoMotion - The build : captive portal
- January 23, 2021: LocoMotion - The build : hardware and coding
- January 17, 2021: LocoMotion - The build : communication (with EcoS II) and screen testing
- January 16, 2021: LocoMotion - The build : battery testing
- January 15, 2021: LocoMotion - A little bit of history
- December 25, 2020: Happy holidays 🙂
- December 20, 2020: Digitally controlled pantographs
- December 11, 2020: Converting a Trix 22941 to Märklin 39241
- December 6, 2020: iPad Prod 12.9" - Happy (early) Christmas, Kris !
- November 4, 2020: Ipad Air 10.9" - Happy Birthday Christel !
- August 27, 2020: uPyCraft on the Raspberry Pi (Ubuntu Buster)
- August 17, 2020: Use Elgato Stream Deck with QLC+
- August 16, 2020: Ableton Live: Output audio to multiple outputs
- August 16, 2020: Yamaha MODX: Multi-track recording/editing with Ableton
- August 16, 2020: Yamaha MODX: making screenshots to USB stick
- August 7, 2020: A new iPhone (XR) for Christel
- July 12, 2020: My own Music Compositions *UPDATED, July 11th - 2021*
- June 27, 2020: New Mac Mini - DIY memory-upgrade + 3x 4K screens
- June 20, 2020: Yamaha MODX: Connecting an external touch screen
- June 20, 2020: Welcome to the music section
- June 7, 2020: My first H0-related 3D printed miniatures
- May 30, 2020: Belgian 3D printed H0 railroad signals *UPDATED, June 1st - 2020*
- May 1, 2020: Bear - photo album *UPDATED, July 13th – 2023*
- May 1, 2020: Our new printer
- May 1, 2020: Our new washing machine
- May 1, 2020: Our new 4K beamer
- April 19, 2020: Anycubic Photon S - first results *UPDATED, May, 9th - 2020*
- April 13, 2020: Another *different* 3D printer ! (SLA/DLP)
- April 13, 2020: Finally, some good news !
- April 10, 2020: New modelrailroad additions for 2020
- December 22, 2017: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year ! *UPDATED, December, 30th - 2017*
- December 22, 2017: I'm still alive ! (+ 2 pages full of pictures of new modelrailroad additions for 2017)
- February 16, 2017: some modelrailroad presents to motivate Kris' Health *UPDATED July, 27th - 2017*
- February 16, 2017: About Kris' health - MUST READ !
- December 29, 2016: Our family extended ! We welcome our new family member 🙂
- December 28, 2016: Santa Claus came by !
- September 25, 2016: Lots of new additions in my Märklin H0 collection !
- September 9, 2016: Holidays – part 11: Wernigerode (unplanned end of holidays)
- September 9, 2016: Holidays – part 10: Rathen (part 3)
- September 9, 2016: Holidays – part 9: Rathen (part 2)
- September 9, 2016: Holidays – part 8: Rathen (part 1)
- September 9, 2016: Holidays – part 7: Dresden (part 5)
- September 9, 2016: Holidays – part 6: Dresden (part 4)
- September 3, 2016: Holidays – part 5: Dresden (part 3)
- September 3, 2016: Holidays - part 4: Eisenbahnmuseum Chemnitz
- August 31, 2016: Holidays - part 3: Dresden (part 2)
- August 30, 2016: Holidays - part 2: Dresden (part 1)
- August 29, 2016: Holidays - part 1: Dampflok-museum Neuenmarkt
- July 24, 2016: A new cabinet for my H0 Märklin trains 🙂
- June 14, 2016: A very black day in the history of my modelrailroading hobby 🙁
- April 5, 2016: 3D printed case for Nixie clock (www.circuitsonline.net) *UPDATED, April 9th - 2016*
- April 3, 2016: Happy Birthday to me - a very nice birthday-present 🙂
- November 21, 2015: 3D-printed DDA40X locomotive (Scale 1:32) for the garden railroad *UPDATED, December 29th - 2016*
- November 21, 2015: Modifying the Velleman K8200 3D printer
- November 14, 2015: H0 modelroad-related 3D printed parts
- November 14, 2015: Summary of new modelrailroad-related additions ...
- November 14, 2015: Our 3th 3D printer - a Prusa i3 DIY kit
- November 14, 2015: 3D-printed EMD SW1500 locomotive (Scale 1:32) for the garden railroad
- November 14, 2015: Selfmade mini (PCB) CNC milling machine *UPDATED, April 28th - 2016*
- September 19, 2015: Holidays - part 7: IMA & Märklin days
- September 16, 2015: Holidays - part 6: Faszination Gothard Bahn
- September 15, 2015: Holidays - part 5: Röthenburg-ob-ter-Tauber
- September 15, 2015: Holidays - part 4: Nördlingen and the Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum
- September 15, 2015: Holidays 2015 - part 3: Titisee-Neustadt
- September 9, 2015: Holidays 2015 - part 2: Technik museum Speyer (Germany)
- September 9, 2015: Holidays 2015 - part 1: Veluwse steam company (The Netherlands)
- June 7, 2015: A new toy: Playstation 4 (+3D printed holder/charger for controllers)
- April 8, 2015: WordPress update & NextGen gallery: pictures are downloadable again !
- March 22, 2015: Christmas: RGB LEDs & 3D print *UPDATED, May 9th - 2015*
- February 22, 2015: RGB LED matrixes ! FUN - FUN - FUN *UPDATED, March 15th - 2015*
- December 31, 2014: LED-ring for digital photography
- December 23, 2014: Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2015 !
- December 14, 2014: ESP8266 - cheap Wifi/Serial module !
- December 6, 2014: Arduino environment with ATTiny + Arduino Mini Pro programming *UPDATED, December 7th - 2014*
- November 23, 2014: WordPress update screwed things up ! (again !)
- November 16, 2014: H0 scenery - Block of houses *UPDATED, November 23th - 2014*
- October 26, 2014: Eurospoor 2014
- October 18, 2014: My first H0 scenery - coalmine (top part) *UPDATED, November 9th - 2014*
- October 12, 2014: Some new modeltrain related stuff
- October 5, 2014: Some new photo equipment
- September 13, 2014: Holidays 2014 - part 7: Bergbau museum Bochum (Germany)
- September 13, 2014: A new friend: Christian from Denmark 🙂
- September 13, 2014: Holidays 2014 - part 6: Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dalhausen (Germany)
- September 10, 2014: Holidays 2014 - part 5(B): OktoRail in Essen (Germany)
- September 10, 2014: Holidays 2014 - part 5(A): OktoRail in Essen (Germany)
- September 9, 2014: Holidays 2014 - part 4: Schwebebahn in Wuppertal (Germany)
- September 6, 2014: Holidays 2014 - part 3: Veluwse Steam Company (The Netherlands) *UPDATED, September 7th - 2014*
- September 5, 2014: Holidays 2014 - part 2: visit to Palace "Het Loo" (The Netherlands)
- September 4, 2014: Holidays 2014 - part 1: Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg (Germany)
- August 13, 2014: A 3D mouse (for Solidworks)
- August 13, 2014: Some 3D printing projects *UPDATED, August 17th - 2014*
- August 8, 2014: Intel NUC - D54250WYK OSX + Win 2012 R2 Server *UPDATED, August 13th - 2014*
- June 26, 2014: *** Bad news - you must read this ! ***
- April 18, 2014: Some 3D printed things ... *UPDATED, May 7th - 2014*
- January 27, 2014: Very early birthday present ! *UPDATED, February 17th - 2014*
- January 16, 2014: 2 motorized ball machines !
- December 28, 2013: Merry Christmas, happy holidays & best wishes for 2014 !
- December 26, 2013: Our Christmas 2013 - a little report 🙂
- December 26, 2013: Watt's steam engine *sneak peak*
- December 1, 2013: 7 stirling engines and 1 mendocino motor ! *UPDATED, December 27th - 2013*
- November 27, 2013: Arduino Mini Pro and CP2102 USB-to-TTL serial converter
- November 15, 2013: A free week - lots of new stuff 🙂
- November 15, 2013: Nitinat River Railroad - H0
- November 11, 2013: Antwerp Model Railroad Association - open house exhibition
- November 4, 2013: New macbook Pro 15" Retina with Haswell processor
- October 12, 2013: new IPAD / 3D camera / homemade LED matrix
- September 15, 2013: Holidays 2013 - part 7: visit to Hermeskeil, Bernkastel, Bullay and Dieblich
- September 14, 2013: Holidays 2013 - part 6: visit to the DB museum (Koblenz)
- September 13, 2013: Holidays 2013 - part 5: narrow-gauge train-trip
- September 12, 2013: Holidays 2013 - part 4: boat-trip from Obenfell to Cochem
- September 8, 2013: KMYCA - 27th international steamdays - part 2
- September 7, 2013: KMYCA - 27th international steamdays - part 1
- September 6, 2013: Holidays 2013 - part 3: pictures of the steam-engine museum in Medemblik
- September 4, 2013: Holidays 2013 - part 2: pictures of Steam-tram/boat trip Hoorn-Medemblik-Enkhuizen
- September 3, 2013: Holidays 2013 - part 1: First pictures from Hoorn
- August 22, 2013: Ambilight up-and-running (with HDMI, no PC needed !)
- August 18, 2013: Open-up those *cheap* MP3 players, and use them in your own electronic projects ...
- August 4, 2013: Download collection for my electronics projects *Updated*
- August 3, 2013: First poll: Give us your opinion on our new design
- August 1, 2013: Please read: www.digitalplayground.be - *NEW STYLE*
- July 12, 2013: Some new electronics to learn/play with ... (for the KöF 5 1/4")
- July 1, 2013: To weld or not to weld, that's the question !
- July 1, 2013: A new NAS, mediaplayers and other "related" new things
- June 16, 2013: KMYCA - riding in the park
- June 3, 2013: Christels' new Macbook Pro 15" with Retina display
- May 30, 2013: Building a KöF in 5 1/4"
- May 18, 2013: Album: Visit to the international steam days in Turnhout
- May 12, 2013: Another handy tool for the HBM-BF25 CNC
- May 1, 2013: HBM-BF25 conversion finished - some extras
- April 21, 2013: Leap Motion: a new way to interact with your PC !
- April 8, 2013: A new milling machine and a major upgrade of the "machinery-room" ...
- April 7, 2013: X-/Y- and Z-axis calibration done on HBM-BF25 CNC
- April 7, 2013: Something wrong in my head !
- April 7, 2013: 2 new FPGA boards for me: Xilinx Atlys and Xilinx Nexys2
- February 22, 2013: To much medication leads to (funny/useless) experiments !
- February 17, 2013: Valentine present: A new TV in the bathroom for Christel
- February 15, 2013: Valentine present: a XC3S500E Xilinx FPGA dev board for Kris
- January 29, 2013: In Memoriam - Ludo Claes (08-09-1945 - 29-01-2013)
- January 28, 2013: HBM BF-25 milling machine - X- and Y-axis operational
- January 22, 2013: HBM BF-25 milling machine - CNC conversion
- December 31, 2012: Overview of (model)railroad related *newest additions*
- December 25, 2012: Merry Christmas !
- November 5, 2012: Album: Happy Birthday Christel !
- October 24, 2012: Brutus - live steam G-scale - on the lathe
- October 22, 2012: Early Christmas present ! (Lathe + extras)
- September 29, 2012: Our garden railway
- September 10, 2012: KMYCA - yearly live-steam days
- July 12, 2012: a better view - 3D FullHD beamer + mediaplayer
- June 12, 2012: Raspberry Pi and Gooseberry board
- March 28, 2012: I fired the laser (again) - H0 lasered buildings *UPDATED, August 31 - 2017*
- March 11, 2012: I fired the laser - first lasered creations
- March 11, 2012: Early Birthday present (CO2 50W laser CNC)
- February 8, 2012: Digital Car System
- January 29, 2012: Late pictures of our Christmas presents
- December 16, 2011: Our best wishes for 2012 ...
- December 6, 2011: Saint-Nicolas came by
- December 5, 2011: H0 factory build + interior
- December 5, 2011: H0 layout extension - modules in other garage
- October 9, 2011: George Michael in Symphonica (Sportpaleis Antwerp)
- September 27, 2011: Album: visit to the NMBS Antwerp North train workplace/maintenance depot
- September 24, 2011: An Apple imac 27" for Kris
- September 22, 2011: Album: Holidays 2011 - visit to Märklin days and IMA
- September 22, 2011: Album: Holidays 2011 - visit to Modellbahn in Wiehe
- September 22, 2011: Album: Holidays 2011 - visit to Modellbundesbahn in Bad-Driburg
- September 22, 2011: Album: Holidays 2011 - visit to Deutschland Express in Gelsenkirchen
- September 22, 2011: Album: Holidays 2011 - visit to Ardenner Culture Boulevard
- September 22, 2011: Album: Holidays 2011
- June 28, 2011: Background pictures for the H0 layout
- June 20, 2011: Some electronics for the H0 layout
- June 17, 2011: H0 railroad layout - current status
- June 15, 2011: A bunch of new "toys" ...
- April 22, 2011: Home automation - my own hardware !
- April 13, 2011: H0 real working traffic lights
- February 26, 2011: Album: visit to Ontraxs in Utrecht
- February 18, 2011: The building of Diorama "The cargo dock" (scale 1/35)
- February 14, 2011: Amerigo Vespucci - Deagostini version (scale 1/84)
- February 13, 2011: LED controller for momentary switched modelrailroad turnouts
- December 24, 2010: Our best wishes for 2011 ...
- December 9, 2010: Coolest gadget I discovered this year - O2 Joggler
- December 9, 2010: Christmas presents already known 🙂
- December 9, 2010: A 6-digit, 7-segment, RGB-LED clock for Christel
- November 15, 2010: Stairs light controller - project on demand
- September 28, 2010: Album: Holidays 2010 - visit to Modellbahnshow in Merklingen
- September 28, 2010: Album: Holidays 2010 - visit to Schwarzwaldbahn in Hausach
- September 28, 2010: Album: Holidays 2010 - visit to Schauswanzlebahn in Blumberg
- September 28, 2010: Album: Holidays 2010 - visit to Faller in Gutenbach
- September 28, 2010: Album: Holidays 2010 - visit to Miniland in Munchen
- September 28, 2010: Album: Holidays 2010
- August 22, 2010: The *new* H0 layout ...
- July 4, 2010: Tour de France in Belgium
- June 29, 2010: My entry for a contest: "Weathering for modelrailroad"
- April 15, 2010: Home automation software
- April 13, 2010: H0 modelrailroad - the end of a chapter ...
- December 19, 2009: Some snow in Belgium
- December 6, 2009: Building another BR52 Steam locomotive *EXTRA* (scale 1/35)
- December 6, 2009: Märklin globe in cabinet with twinkling stars
- November 24, 2009: Building closed-shelf cabinets (for H0 models)
- November 24, 2009: Building a BR52 Steam locomotive *ORIGINAL* (scale 1/35)
- November 16, 2009: Building a gondola (scale 1/35)
- November 16, 2009: The building of Diorama "The loc shed" (scale 1/35)
- November 9, 2009: Album: Night of the Proms
- November 4, 2009: The cyborgs are here - Happy Birthday Christel 🙂
- October 30, 2009: The building of Diorama "Crossroads" (scale 1/35)
- October 26, 2009: Building a WR360 C12 Diesel locomotive (scale 1/35)
- September 25, 2009: Album: Holidays 2009 - Modellbahnwelt Oberhausen
- September 25, 2009: Album: Holidays 2009 - visit to Märklin Erlebeniswelt
- September 25, 2009: Album: Holidays 2009 - visit to Madurodam
- September 25, 2009: Album: Holidays 2009 - visit to Railzminiworld Rotterdam
- September 25, 2009: Album: Holidays 2009
- September 19, 2009: a new lens for our Nikon DSLR
- August 1, 2009: A whole bunch of new "high-tech" stuff !
- March 26, 2009: Ultrasonic cleaner
- February 15, 2009: Our (current) robotics collection
- February 15, 2009: A brand new home-cinema receiver
- February 15, 2009: Byebye Telenet, hello TV-vlaanderen
- January 30, 2009: Giant 128x64 LED matrix display
- January 15, 2009: Andy hexapod - CNC'ed
- January 12, 2009: Short-coupler on Märklin Hogwarts Express
- December 25, 2008: Merry Christmas !
- December 15, 2008: 230V - Triac board - DANGER ! HIGH VOLTAGE !
- November 9, 2008: Album: Night of the Proms
- November 8, 2008: Album: Happy Birthday Christel !
- November 1, 2008: Cube@Home - LED cube 8x8x8
- October 26, 2008: Album: Modelrailroad exposition - Mechelen
- October 1, 2008: Learning electronics by building clocks
- September 20, 2008: Album: Holidays 2008
- August 15, 2008: Eifel Tower - CNC'ed
- August 1, 2008: Electronic "analog" clock
- August 1, 2008: A bit of history ...
- July 28, 2008: Album: Lillo and Doel
- July 15, 2008: A small RGB LED project, including housing
- July 6, 2008: GPS logger / photo tagging
- July 5, 2008: About us ...
- July 5, 2008: Album: Antwerp harbour day
- June 19, 2008: A new photo-camera - DSLR - Nikon D60
- December 25, 2007: A white Christmas (with lots of lights)
- February 2, 2005: *Venatio* - the movie !
- January 15, 2001: Lego Mindstorms Vision Command ActiveX
- April 15, 2000: Lego Mindstorms enhanced CD wall