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Category Archives: Sci-Fi
20220730 The Wrong Microprocessor
This afternoon was not as productive as I wanted it to be. To put it mildly, the sound player did not play ANY sounds when connected to the 8-pin microcontroller. Just in case the player was faulty, I swapped it with another microcontroller. That bigger microcontroller played both modules without any issue. But the smaller […]
Cylon Raider from Dynamic Digital Creations
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20220729 The size of the Front Facsia
I think there is an issue with the size of the main body’s decal. Or, that the main body has been revised. Or, I am not right in the head.Just to be sure, I have measured the decal again and again, even resorting to using the miniature peeper yardstick. I have had this issue when […]
20220728 The Raspberry Pi Pico
Remember the video where Mr. Nicholas Duchette showed off his TR-595E Tricorder? His Tricorder screen is actually an actual LCD with animations. The whole display system uses an 18-bit 320×240 2.2 inch LCD screen, and powered from a Raspberry Pi Pico. The Pico was released in January of 2021 and it is their first board-based […]
