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36 hours versus 24 hours to build a project. The time difference between a relaxing project, and full panic, not enough time 0 sleep, and crying in a corner waiting till the event ends. about 2 weekends ago, Liam and I attended Disrupt the District which was a 24 hour hackathon. Not a usual length for an event, but very relaxing. The project we had in mind was a HUD project. We modeled the unit after Google Glass, to display the WiFi connectivity and show the systems connected to the router.
The project was simple, using a few spare parts laying around the lab. Pro micro arduino, a 48x64 OLED display, and BLE h11. discovering the pin out for all these pieces was interesting. I learned how SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) worked to run an image from the pro micro to the OLED display.
Was it successful... Well, other than the DOA part we received, yes. We got an image to display from the pro micro to the screen, and it bounced through the optics to reach the eye properly. What I would have changed though, was a nicer case that was wide enough to fix the project, and better optics to properly relay the image from the hardware to the user.
In short, this post is long over due, Nikolai and I have become very busy as of late. The main take away was that even though we didn't design the coolest looking project, or the fanciest project, it didn't matter. I took a huge step in learning hardware, and that is what truly mattered. I was able to teach, and broaden my knowledge in a field that I want to learn about, and I was successful in my book.
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Was it successful... Well, other than the DOA part we received, yes. We got an image to display from the pro micro to the screen, and it bounced through the optics to reach the eye properly. What I would have changed though, was a nicer case that was wide enough to fix the project, and better optics to properly relay the image from the hardware to the user.
In short, this post is long over due, Nikolai and I have become very busy as of late. The main take away was that even though we didn't design the coolest looking project, or the fanciest project, it didn't matter. I took a huge step in learning hardware, and that is what truly mattered. I was able to teach, and broaden my knowledge in a field that I want to learn about, and I was successful in my book.
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