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Yep! They had no issue answering my questions without question and didn’t say anything about it being the wrong department. The starter kit still contains the R3 even though the new R4 was released in March so they may have some supply issues. They confirmed that everything will work on the R4 and that the product page has additional articles to help fill in the gaps with regards to the added features so I went ahead and ordered one 🙂
Turns out, they also have a case of sorts for the Uno. Could be useful at some point!
Definitely! I know they don’t mind laptops and other general paperwork but I’ll ask them about this sort of thing. Won’t take up much space so I don’t think they’ll mind. I probably will mostly do planning on paper but it doesn’t hurt to ask! 🙂
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Got the Arduino software installed. Took me long enough. Meant installing Java, which I didn’t exactly want to do but I’ll live. Probably should have opted for two 2 TB SSDs instead of two 1 TB SSDs. 😛
I keep forgetting that we’re working with an embedded system: we need to provide the identifier on the board (maybe, need to keep researching!)! I’m too used to application programming 😛
For the final product, we probably want to include a solar panel for additional running time with a rechargeable battery wired in for backup power. I think we wire the panel with the positive wire going to the negative terminal on the battery but I’ll need to look that up at some point to make sure. Charge goes from positive to negative so that should be right but we definitely don’t want the panel to blow either. We probably need a resistor before the panel in the circuit to absorb the remaining charge.
Additionally, we probably want to include manual controls on the GUI. Not really sure why they’d be needed in addition to a controller but something in the back of my mind says that we should have them.
Finding that I think better at the coffee shop so I may start doing some of this work there at the tables while I sip some good brews 🙂
Great!
Cool! That must have taken a lot of preparation!
Yeah, the current rental environment is similar over here. Some of the companies try to handle too much and wind up not being able to handle any of it very well. We have a similar issue with the outfit our HoA uses to help manage things around here. They’ve bitten off so much that it took a year of bi-weekly emails to them to get them to finally submit a work order to fix wood rot around on my building even though the HoA had been pestering them too. It’s a bit of a mess :/
Been thinking of getting a few beehives for over here. Could be a fun hobby!
Extracting some stuff from my brain….
We had an idea for experiencing Greek myths, we also had restaurants being run by LEGO robots, and we had WALL-Es cleaning up the place while being charged with solar power.
We also had a ride that explored the solar system. Do you recall the details on that one? I only have a vague impression of it in my mind
Rather slow going but I’m trying to extract as much of the goodies from Teams as I can from my brain since it doesn’t look like we’ll be able to access the content from Teams again, sadly.
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Virtual! She doesn’t even drink water anymore, only coffee! 😛
Well, she has a caffeine crash some gametime later. I haven’t installed a tea infuser yet. I do wonder which she’ll prefer. 😛
The game is fun but I do miss the wide-open world of The Sims 3.
Feel free to start up a jokes thread whenever!
Amazingly well preserved!
My washer isn’t holding up nearly as well. No idea what year it’s from but it’s relatively recent. It’s developed a short that causes it to sometimes skip the spin cycle so I need to run the spin cycle manually. 😛
Another annoyance that may be due to the water quality here (not sure) is that it’ll stain the clothes with what looks like rust stains. Minor staining but annoying all the same. Some clothes stain quicker than others, which is weird. My socks, for instance, don’t have any stain marks on them at all while my shirts get the staining. I don’t understand what’s up.
