Just some stuff I want to share with you
Step one on the road to using Dev Containers is to get a Linux system running on my Windows laptop. In my setup, the Linux system will be used to run the Dev Containers. But since it is a full-fledged Linux system, I can use it for anything that I want of course.
Let’s get going and start to install a Linux system on top of a Windows laptop.
Read full articleAlthough I am not a software developer, every now and then I tinker with software. When I do so, I tend to end up with a whole bunch of software, modules and add-ons that need to be installed before I can start to do what I want to do. After a while, my computer is a big mess and the next thing I try is impacted by whatever I did some time ago and forgot about.
There must be better ways of doing this right? Yes, there are better options and I have tried a few of them over time. The latest and greatest option: DevContainers. Let me introduce you to what I did and learned recently.
Read full articleIt took over 165 hours to print all the parts of the name sign. By now I have:
And I have 171 LEDs that need to get in there and need to be connected to the microcontroller.
Time to assemble the name sign.
Read full articleBy now, it is clear how the name sign should look like and we now know how the LEDs behave and how to diffuse the light. And since I did some test prints, I know that the individual parts seem to work. Time to work out all the nitty gritty details of the design and prepare the 3D print files.
Read full articleEach character of the name sign will get LEDs to light them up. By now, I know how to control the LEDs using a microcontroller. And I have a LED-matrix that I can use to figure out how much light is generated by the LEDs. It’s time to figure out how to diffuse the light and this is also a good moment to print out a character to see if the parts fit.
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