Early March and projects continue to pile up—and get completed. Definitely a good thing when running a small (1-person) business.
Interestingly, today I had a conference call with a person in New York, and another in Pittsburg about a job. The person in New York commented on how nice it was there at 50°F, and I had to adjust my thinking to realize he meant it was reasonably warm out. Here at JCC world headquarters in Palm Harbor, Florida, the high is supposed to be 80°F today, and soon the weather will become a sweltering spring-summer-fall.
So that a very vague hint as to to my upcoming work, but what’s published now?
Hackster.io: Tetris on Arduino Nano
Shown to the right is a Game Boy-style Tetris game embedded in a replica NES controller that I wrote about on Hackster. What’s interesting is that it’s running the whole game, including sound via a capacitor DAC setup, on an Arduino Nano.
You might also check out this article on my first PCB blinkie, a single-motor robot-boat design that can still turn left and right, and the beautiful Fibonacci64 spiral light pattern thing.
Embedded Computing Design: Take the Plunge into PCB Design
This article is different take on my first PCB design, focusing on the experience of designing and ordering my first PCB as a sort of “hello world.” I’ve got two more designs in various states of completion, and being able to design and order PCBs should be extremely useful.
Arrow.com: CircuitPython Tutorial
In this post on Arrow, I show how to get started in CircuitPython, using an Adafruit EdgeBadge. It’s a pretty neat system, especially when you need to make simple changes—like entering your name to display—since there’s no IDE install required.
Twitter Highlights:
I added a light control knob to my 3D-printer for better OctoLapse photos. Not particularly “viral”—if that’s still a term—but thought I’d put this little hack out there.
I also announced a Coral Edge TPU giveaway going on right now. Check out the details here, or just sign up for emails via the dialog at the bottom of this page to enter.
Final Thoughts:
One of my goals for the year was to design and order 2 PCBs, and as shown above I’ve at least got 1 down. Hopefully I can make progress on the next one, and a wide variety of other projects throughout 2020. If you’d like to follow along, you can hear about what I’m doing on Twitter, YouTube, and via the aforementioned email list.
Speaking of the list, I’ve had some reports of people having difficulty signing up via the “Enter your email for periodic updates:” thing. If so, reach out at info@jeremyscook.com and I’ll be glad to assist! For that matter, feel free to reach out if you have any tips, suggestions, complaints… or just want to let me know how your day is going.