I have spent waaaay too much time on the design so far and I'm only at 75% of finishing it. It seems like the parts will arrive this Friday, so it's going to be a long weekend. I've set up a "war zone" for the project, a "FAME BOY only" table of 100...
So, spent some time in the code and added three different classes. Now there are the following built: 1. Soldier class - ability to do triple damage, but take 1 damage 2. Healer class - ability to heal 1 damage 3. Base - ability to revive players. Can...
Sometimes, everything works, everything is great, you feel like you're almost there, and then other times nothing works, everything is broken, and you feel like you need to start over. I had a terrible playtest after two awesome playtests that made...
There were two additional tools in the files which deserve a little mentioning.The first is an RFID scanner application. The idea was we were going to use it to scan the RFID tags to get their UIDs. We'd then store the UIDs on the server in a simple...
Didn't have the time to be messing around building H-bridges, so I caved and ordered some easydrivers from AliExpress. 4 bucks free shipping, so not really breaking the bank to get a couple. Got both sleds moving nicely, and wrote a quick python script...
I replaced the Chicago bolts today with normal 1/4" bolts + nuts. I found the Chicago bolts were coming undone quite easily, and since you could not tighten each section (frame / leg / frame) independently, the entire leg assembly felt a bit sloppy....
I have decided hoow to set up the Matrix displays and everything so it is easy to use and also repair. I am going to fabricate two boards which will hold 4 displays each as well as all of the required driver components so then I can essentially have...
We wanted to make sure we have prototypes of everything we're going to be offering as rewards, so we pushed the launch back by about a month to get those in order. Finally, we've manufactured prototypes of the remaining booster packs (GPS, Prototyping...
The PCB layout for Rev. 2 is more or less finished. This should be Arduino Leonardo compatible, motor driver and transistor (for lamp dimming) included. I managed to fit everything on 50mm x 50mm (so I can get really cheap prototypes from itead):I also...
Please bear with me, as I am *just* getting started creating the project, backfilling information, and everything else.I hope to spend the next 5 days fleshing things out.Todo:1) Get dokuwiki running on my home server. Install a good theme, flesh out...
Everything is working perfectly! I assembled the cable harness for the sensor using a 4 way JST-PH connector and multiwire cable. All the work was done in less than 5 minutes thanks to my recently acquired a cheap crimping tool (you can see the harness...
March 11, 2016Hey guys, we’ve had a bunch of hitches with parts coming up late and 3D printing issues, but we’re back on schedule and have finished building our X and Y axis.As I write this, we have our second Y axis gantry on the 3D printer.Once we...
March 11, 2016We just finished printing all the parts for the X,Y, and Z axis, so we put everything together.All that’s left to do is some wiring and put in the lead screw for our Z axis. The bearings are in the mail and we should see them on Monday.Stay...
spent some time today breaking up the huge frankenclass and refactoring the code.We plan to have different classes for the following peripherals. We have a classic controller and a nun-chuck. We eBay everything else except for the Taiko drums. The peripherals...
One year ago I made a commitment to finish this project in 4 months, one module per month (link). The first 3 months everything went alright, but the last module was very complex and blow up entirely the schedule.Now I'm slowly coming back and putting...