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Arduinos and SD cards

If you require an SD card interface for your Arduino project I highly recommend purchasing an Arduino with one built-in.  It took three attempts to get an SD card interface added to my basic Arduino Mega:

1. A very cheap generic (“LC Studio”) break out module that seemed to work intermittently at best;
2. A cheap shield (linksprite SD Card Shield v1.0b) - not compatible with the Mega (it does not state this on the packaging but if you search the documentation on their website it clearly states this, I should have done my research first);
3. And finally, a not so cheap Ethernet plus SD card shield (Freetronics) that worked without a hitch.

I would have been better off spending the extra coin on a Mega with the SD card interface built-in and reclaiming most of my weekend...

2019 Birding Targets (updated)

In no particular order, my 2019 targets are:

• Wedge-tailed Shearwater (unsure how I have avoided this one)
• Sooty Tern
• Eurasian Curlew (simply because there is one nearby)
• Sanderling
• Malleefowl
• Black-eared Cuckoo
• Southern Scrub-robin
• Gilbert’s Whistler
• Australian Owlet-nightjar
• Australian Little Bittern (Herdsman Lake looking good)
• Barn Swallow (suspect I will need to upgrade my ID skills a bit for this)
• Shy Heathwren
• Rufous Fieldwren

2019 Birding Targets

• Wedge-tailed Shearwater (unsure how I have avoided this one)
• Eurasian Curlew (simply because there is one nearby)
• Sanderling
• Malleefowl
• Black-eared Cuckoo
• Southern Scrub-robin
• Gilbert’s Whistler

New Year, New Kit

I’ve finally updated my iPad from an original iPad Mini (64GB) to a new iPad 6th Generation (128GB).  The old iPad Mini was struggling with software updates and would not run the latest iOS.  I’ve paired the new iPad with a Logitech Slim Folio iPad Keyboard Case.

This blog post was created on the new kit.  I’ll post updates and reviews as I go.