@blitzcitydiy Was it because the basement vibes were off? because I'm about 3 more botched attempts at Amazing Grace from "asking" this person to go downstairs π
Still unpacking from Open Hardware Summit (both brain-wise and clothing-wise). I had an impossible amount of fun and was so glad to meet so many of you IRL.
This is my entry for the Boston Stupid Shit Nobody Needs & Terrible Ideas hackathon.
The game is actually modified! I jammed libcurl into the chocolate doom source port and wrote a little python server to generate qr codes and handle the payment info.
Having fun with a project that uses USB cameras. Doing some DIY HDR to deal with uneven lighting. I learned that:
A) If your webcam is a standard UVC (USB video class) cam, it may expose params that you can change (exposure, white balance, focus etc). Even the really cheap ones!
B) (of course) there's an imagemagick command to average a bunch of shots into one.
I wrote a script to set the exposure to three different settings, taking a photo after each. Look at the lamp, mantle and cabinet.
@bleeptrack ok I was actually thinking of you with this because it's actually a sub-project of something that's like your travelling plotter - will have an interactive device out at events, and will want to share creations with passersby in real time
Working on a project with multiple cameras and was surprised to find few options for cheap embedded USB cams. Lots of stuff to be driven by micros/RPis.
However!! I discovered that if you look for OV2640 or OV5640 cams on AliExpress/eBay, some of them ship with little USB adapter boards. Didn't notice as first because they tend to use 5-pin molex connectors rather than actual USB ports π. $10 w/ camera included, and you can swap them out if you want different lenses.
What the hell even are wire nuts? You're tellin me I just put it on the end of my wires and twist? What's happening in there? (Don't tell me I'm gonna go down a rabbit hole)
it's coded in #circuitpython and i put a lot of work into it to make sure it was functioning accurately while also looking nice with this round display. this required a lot of math and displayio graphics tricks that will hopefully be a helpful example for folks