June 6th – It’s Alive – Part 2!
After adding the CRC16 checking, I added a button on the master and a test LED on each slave. The master’s main loop detects the button press and sends… Read more »
Author Archives: Ian Cole
June 5: It’s Alive!
This is a 3 node I2C network with one master and two slaves. The board with 4 side LEDs is the master. The side LEDs indicate Slave 1 TX… Read more »
May 31: The boys and I have a new project
We have a 1968 Firebird that needs a new wiring harness. I could put in a cheap aftermarket one for $500ish, a really nice aftermarket one for $700, or… Read more »
As Good as it Gets!
For a dad, this is about as good as it gets 🙂 Control Panel Complete 🙂
All Hardware Functional!
The Joystick has sound effects (Star Wars & Star Trek sound files on the Waveshield) mapped to the directional axis and some of the buttons. The red button with the… Read more »
Hacking the Helicopter Keypad…
I bought this Hughes Helicopter keypad off eBay in 2007 for my son’s “control panel” – at the time it looked cool, but I had no intent of trying to… Read more »
Map of the Star Wars Galaxy
I found a new way to make the “Control Panel” even more interactive. Last weekend we started hacking the helicopter keypad and once I knew it would work, I asked… Read more »
Houston, we have a CASE!
Something about getting the project into a case makes it feel very real to me. So without further ado, a picture! I’m made the liquid crystal wiring long enough so… Read more »
Wow, I’m building a Simulator – Part 2…
Wow, I’m building a Simulator – Part 2… Once I’d integrated the WaveShield code, the liquid crystal code and the joystick code in with the existing Control Panel code I… Read more »
Integrating the components…
Up to this point, I’ve been working on individual smaller prototypes. I’d built a WaveShield + Mega prototype, a Liquid Crystal + Duemilanove prototype and I’d built my “modules” for… Read more »