Last month I thought it would be cool to position AMOS in the stream in our backyard, where it could take still pictures during daylight...

I still have a couple of Raspberry Pi 3B+ boards left that have been used on demo AMOS boats, but I picked up a used Raspberry Pi 4B...

About a month before Christmas, I bought myself this hot pepper seed kit from Oh! Canada Seeds in Halifax, NS: The kit contains seeds...

Shortly after fixing the software issues for control of the upside-down servo motor on Mini-AMOS, an improved mechanical attachment was...

It turned out that the output signal I was using to drive the relay switch on the Wireless HAT board was too weak: instead of activating...

The modified AMOS Wireless HAT boards arrived a couple of weeks ago, along with a larger A to D board for easier soldering, and a...

This past month I was able to get AMOS out to the water a couple of times for some testing. The first time, I noticed that the boat...

Generally it's not a great idea to do AMOS testing in the winter-time. The local rivers and lakes are frozen, so an hour's drive is...

Here are some pictures of the latest AMOS version (perhaps to be called "Mini AMOS"). It uses the same electronics boxes as the regular...

The previous rigid 3-D printed shell that was used to join the underwater WeatherBox to the main electronics box on the AMOS surfboard...

Things have been busy lately, and there hasn't really been much occasion for taking AMOS out in the field. Over the last week though, I...

Last month's assumption that the o-ring seal on the WeatherBox required improvement proved to be correct. The printed part had tiny...

Some work has been done over the last couple of weeks on trying to adapt the WeatherBox to function as an underwater camera enclosure....

This past weekend I went with my daughter to her triathlon training camp at Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia. We purchased a...

At the time of this writing, our home province of New Brunswick is closing in on its previously stated target of having given 75% of its...

The last couple of weeks have been quite busy getting the first commercial order for an AMOS Board Kit ready for shipment. The order came...

New Brunswick is home to a number of beautiful lakes and rivers that would be ideal for AMOS water monitoring. One such lake that I...

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March winds, April showers, help to bring the May flowers, but those March winds aren't great for doing AMOS tests on the open water....

The last couple of days have been warmer than usual, so hopefully it will soon be time to try out AMOS Orange in some actual water. A...