I wanted to make a widget where you can drag the pointer around and change your lighting color. I am assuming a specific configuration of lights. In particular, I am using 10 DFX VersaPars, all in a 6 channel RGBWAU configuration. I use QLC+ version 4 as my lighting control software. I initially tried using…
I’m working on a wearable heartbeat sensor project using the HW-502 and a Micro:bit. My initial configuration is using the Micro:bit for data collection and display, an Arduino to provide 5v power to the sensor, and the sensor is the HW-502 from the 37 sensors kit. As I was building this, I initially wanted the…
These are my tech notes from running an elementary school talent show with approximately 75 performers. Wiring Diagram Sound The primary requirement for our talent show was an audio amplification system. This consisted of: three wireless microphones, a digital piano, a phone to play music, a mixer, a monitor, amplifiers, and speakers. From my perspective,…
If you want to see the console output in a Linux terminal, you can use the following command: This is because it seems like the output console is bound to that serial port, so can’t be used for standard serial I/O. There appear to be libraries that could provide serial mirroring/pass-through, and would create a…
Acquire Hardware Buy a Raspberry Pi 5: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/ and follow the standard Raspbian install process. Local AI Infrastructure Install Ollama with the following command. There may be better ways because running unverified shell scripts is not advised, but I just threw caution to the wind and ran it. In case this command is updated in…
Recently, I have started to 3d print a variety of coins. I’m going to share the process here for myself and anyone else who might be interested. First, I use OpenSCAD or TinkerCAD to create a 40x40x2 mm cylinder, which I use as the base of the coin. I initially used 3D Builder, but had…