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A project log for Star Trek X-Ray device

Give fun to your friends with this easily built gadget.

oscar-toledoOscar Toledo 03/02/2017 at 15:100 Comments

Now to mix everything in a functional package. I had great difficulties there, as some code from the examples was still there, it happened there wasn't enough memory for some tasks and Arduino failed silently but with side effects like not displaying any image, it took me several hours to discover the problem.

Also polished the calibration for the touch screen and optimized the BMP display.

It looked really well when working even if it's a direct and simple. Best things are direct and simple, aren't?

Although the instructions for unsuspecting viewers are to click in the screen to do the X-ray scan, in reality pointing to the figurine in screen shows the corresponding part of the human body, point below the foots to see the fetus image, a practical prank for your female friends after focusing the abdominal area.

Still missing two things: the led bar for the "scanning" and put things inside a box. So far I've got cool enjoyment chuckles from people trying the current version.

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