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  • Parts Purchase for Button Game Scoreboard

    Between a busy work week and getting a stomach bug, there wasn’t much progress made over the last week. My biggest accomplishment was making a purchase from Adafruit for the remaining components needed for the server/scoreboard. Does spending money count as an accomplishment? I was originally waiting for the 2mm pitch 64×64 RGB panels, but…

    March 12, 2022
  • PCB Trial #2

    PCB Trial #2

    Rev2 of my PCB came back from OSHPark park. Family was in town, so I had to wait a few days to solder headers onto one of the boards. When I finally got the time, I gave it a go. My weak soldering skills almost got in the way, but in the end, it wasn’t…

    March 8, 2022
  • False Starts with Fusion 360

    Over time, I’m sure most of these status updates will become less and less verbose and more single line statements, so enjoy the long form writing while it lasts. Today’s update: I made it about 1 step into playing with Fusion 360 to realize that I needed to watch some tutorials and practice a bit.…

    March 1, 2022
  • Starting the Client Box

    Starting the Client Box

    I’ve gotten quite a bit of the software done for the Client, and have a good breadboard layout. Rev5 of the PCB layout is out for processing as OSHPark, so I have a bit of time until I get those back and test the layout. With some spare time on my hands (and the spouse…

    February 23, 2022

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