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Jul. 11th, 2019 08:27 pm I have been fighting with the laser scarecrow for a bit more. I'm starting to get frustrated but I plan to go to bed in ten minutes or so and maybe work on it tomorrow once I'm not cranky.
I think I've gotten it all working now that I bought a mosfet transistor and plugged it all in the correct way, not the backwards way. Now the problem is that the whole system needs more volts than my computer can provide through the USB, so I get about two seconds before it shuts off.
I'm buying a car battery tomorrow yay
in theory if it's working, then I'm going to get it set up and ship it down to my parents and they can set it up. I'm kinda scared of that to be honest. So if I don't ship it by sat afternoon, I'll poke at it on sunday to see if I can get it set on a time alert so it doesn't have to be unhooked. fucking programming and timing. the funny thing is that the physical stuff wasn't a problem for the most part, it was all the programming that I was struggling with. And now it's the physical stuff that's an issue. ugh.
and I thought I was so smart.
fun fact, work just hired someone on another team who does some kind of technology stuff and he built one that's even simpler but my boss needs to get a hold of him.
my dad keeps suggesting that I make a little business out of this whole laser scarecrow thing. I'm skeptical, mainly because they're so fragile that I would worry about breaking in transit.
idek bedtime.
I think I've gotten it all working now that I bought a mosfet transistor and plugged it all in the correct way, not the backwards way. Now the problem is that the whole system needs more volts than my computer can provide through the USB, so I get about two seconds before it shuts off.
I'm buying a car battery tomorrow yay
in theory if it's working, then I'm going to get it set up and ship it down to my parents and they can set it up. I'm kinda scared of that to be honest. So if I don't ship it by sat afternoon, I'll poke at it on sunday to see if I can get it set on a time alert so it doesn't have to be unhooked. fucking programming and timing. the funny thing is that the physical stuff wasn't a problem for the most part, it was all the programming that I was struggling with. And now it's the physical stuff that's an issue. ugh.
and I thought I was so smart.
fun fact, work just hired someone on another team who does some kind of technology stuff and he built one that's even simpler but my boss needs to get a hold of him.
my dad keeps suggesting that I make a little business out of this whole laser scarecrow thing. I'm skeptical, mainly because they're so fragile that I would worry about breaking in transit.
idek bedtime.
