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Mar
5
2011

Homebrew Arduino 0-10v Shield

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One of the things I’ve wanted to learn to do since joining the lab has been designing my own printed circuit boards. Also, having worked with the Arduino for a little while, one of the things I’ve found it lacks is support for 0-10v analog outputs. In fact, it really lacks any analog outputs at all; the closest it has are six 5v pulse width modulation outputs, which I find less useful than a proper analog output. The logical solution to both of these dilemas was to design my own shield which would allow the PWM outputs to be converted to 0-10v.


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Feb
21
2011

Nine Day Game, Day 2 – ASCII Massacre

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Day 2 began around noon at Kwartzlab, on the second day of the Global Synchronous Hackathon. We were feeling ambitious, and laid out another 3 goals for the day:

  • Get the random levels rendering in 3D (for reelz this time)
  • Add texture support to the engine
  • Add combat and inventory systems


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