Well, I decided to take another course on Udemy. I wanted to branch out a little bit from my usual routine and learn something that I’m not really familiar with. […]
Blender 2.8 and 2.81 turns everything white when I select an object.
Tl;dr – I didn’t figure out what was wrong with Blender 2.8 and 2.81 on Ubuntu. So I upgraded to the 2.82 alpha version, which works great. You can also […]
Inkplate 6, A “versatile, easy-to-use, Wi-Fi-enabled e-paper display”
So, my good friend, the Libre Hacker, sent me a link to a new e-paper display that is pretty cool and completely open source! It is the new Inkplate 6. […]
Building a Pinewood Derby Timer: Finishing the arch and adding the last of the wiring!
Well, I finally finished it! The pinewood derby timer is done. Check it out! First, I had to finish the wiring for the lights and the sensors, and then I […]
Building a Pinewood Derby Timer: Wiring in the displays
Now that I have the displays mounted on the pinewood derby timer, it was time to wire them in. I still don’t have lights or sensors in yet, but I […]
Building a Pinewood Derby Timer: 3D printing some display covers
Well, I decided to print a few display covers to go around the LED displays. This covers up the unsightly hole that I cut from the box, and seems to […]
Merry Christmas!
O holy night The stars are brightly shining It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth Long lay the world in sin and error pining Till he appeared and […]
Building a Pinewood Derby Timer: The Box for the “Arch”
As I have been constructing this Pinewood Derby Timer, I needed some sort of box or enclosure to make the top of the arch. So I took apart a junk […]
Building a Pinewood Derby Timer: Setting up the LED displays
So one of the driving components (pun intended) of the derby timer is the LED displays. I went with the smaller ones from Adafruit, as we wouldn’t need a second […]
Building a Pinewood Derby Timer: Getting the schematics and parts list…
A local church group that I attend needed some help with an Awana project. They use a pinewood derby track for racing cars, and they needed a timer built for […]