Category: software

LabJack U6 Pro (and others) self-test script (#P53)

On the eternal quest of de-cluttering the living room, I picked up a bunch of stored “defective” LabJack units the other day. These are USB DAQ modules with generally very decent specs, in the case of the U6 Pro a 24bit (22bit effective) DAC with 14-port multiplexing (so 14 analogue ports, or 7 differential analogue ports), fixed 10µA and 200µA sources, two 12bit DACs, internal temperature compensation for temperature probes, 20 GPIOs and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff over the DA15 and DC37 Sub-D ports. All of them were discarded with AIN failure…and that didn’t add up. […]

3rd May 2026 4th May 2026 By Bzzz In 2 Comments

gLabels printer settings for the Brother PT-9200DX label printer (WHL #83)

Looks like another PSA-ish post…for a label printer.

I’ve scored a dirt cheap Brother PT-9200DX on eBay last October, and while I absolutely wouldn’t recommend this thing to anyone new in the Brother community, it’ll do for me until the more recent models become more affordable. Brother still has a support page for this model but driver support only spans Windows 95/NT (!) to Vista 64-bit. It is possible to install that driver in Windows 10, but it’s a bit buggy and more often than not, the printer needs a power cycle between prints. […]

5th February 2023 6th February 2023 By Bzzz In No Comment

3D garbage model creation with your phone (WHL #61)

Virtual product review for today – an Android app that promises 3D model generation from just a bunch of photos. Extreme spoiler (yes, keyword placement for Google): It doesn’t work, and charging for it is basically a scam. It’s called Scann3D and it is brought to you by a company called SmartMobileVision in Hungary with a defunct website.

Ready for a quick marketing wank?

Scann3D deploys patent pending photogrammetry technology to enable true 3D model capture and reconstruction for smartphones and tablets. Your device becomes a standalone tool to turn images into 3D models – all your images are processed by and on it.

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4th October 2020 4th October 2020 By Bzzz In 2 Comments