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Title: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: KingRama on Mon, 01 February 2016, 00:50:33
.... and people where more interested in it than my actual project  :(

(http://i.imgur.com/joPJLr1.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/GZFahWg.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/SwhyeJ2.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/QgJld8V.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/udMCQ71.jpg)

It's a silly little 'electronic business card' that sat inside my plinth - ran on an ATMEGA2560 with an OLED display controlled by some MX Whites. This was for my end of year uni project last year :X

Apologies for the crappy photos/no close ups, all I could find in my archives F:
Title: Re: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: fanpeople on Mon, 01 February 2016, 02:01:04
What is that contraption. Also where did yoi get the plastic plate cut for the cherry switces?
Title: Re: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: KingRama on Mon, 01 February 2016, 02:06:29
What is that contraption. Also where did you get the plastic plate cut for the cherry switches?


It literally is just an Arduino running M2TKLIB (user-interface library) and you can click into folders to find contact info hahahaa, was really pointless, was just added to draw people towards the plinth. Which it did achieve, but a little too well, people where looking at it more than my project hah!

Did the laser-cut plates myself :)
Title: Re: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: fanpeople on Mon, 01 February 2016, 02:26:09
What is that contraption. Also where did you get the plastic plate cut for the cherry switches?


It literally is just an Arduino running M2TKLIB (user-interface library) and you can click into folders to find contact info hahahaa, was really pointless, was just added to draw people towards the plinth. Which it did achieve, but a little too well, people where looking at it more than my project hah!

Did the laser-cut plates myself :)

Hey if it draws people in then you are pretty much an advertising genious, as opposed to an apple genious which is not, but apple seem to be marketing geniouses also.

Beside the point do you own a laser cutter bae ?  Also i wish i got to do somthing cool at uni, instead of belt feeding politically correct essays.
Title: Re: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: KingRama on Mon, 01 February 2016, 02:33:30
Hey if it draws people in then you are pretty much an advertising genious, as opposed to an apple genious which is not, but apple seem to be marketing geniouses also.

Beside the point do you own a laser cutter bae ?  Also i wish i got to do somthing cool at uni, instead of belt feeding politically correct essays.


Hahaha not too sure bout' being an advertising genius :X More genius then an Apple genius tho.

Yeah dude, I got access to one, washou want? Yeah, the cool came with the bad, I.E. a thesis ;_; death.
Title: Re: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: fanpeople on Mon, 01 February 2016, 02:38:07
Hey if it draws people in then you are pretty much an advertising genious, as opposed to an apple genious which is not, but apple seem to be marketing geniouses also.

Beside the point do you own a laser cutter bae ?  Also i wish i got to do somthing cool at uni, instead of belt feeding politically correct essays.


Hahaha not too sure bout' being an advertising genius :X More genius then an Apple genius tho.

Yeah dude, I got access to one, washou want? Yeah, the cool came with the bad, I.E. a thesis ;_; death.

We should take this to pm i will pm you later. I am assuming you at least had a decent keyboard to type said thesis. Ever since i finished my edumacation i don't spend as much quality time with my keyboards. My wife thinks she has priority and this is only true because the keyboards dont give me attitude.
Title: Re: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: KingRama on Mon, 01 February 2016, 02:40:50
We should take this to pm i will pm you later. I am assuming you at least had a decent keyboard to type said thesis. Ever since i finished my edumacation i don't spend as much quality time with my keyboards. My wife thinks she has priority and this is only true because the keyboards dont give me attitude.

EAGERLY AWAITS PM.
Dude yes, I typed the whole damn thing on my HHKB and it felt amaze.
Maybe you should consider doing a PhD to reconvene with your beloveds, only priority is the keyboard priorityTM.
Title: Re: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: Glenmael on Mon, 01 February 2016, 02:43:57
This is sweet! hope you pulled a HD!
Title: Re: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: fanpeople on Mon, 01 February 2016, 02:45:18
We should take this to pm i will pm you later. I am assuming you at least had a decent keyboard to type said thesis. Ever since i finished my edumacation i don't spend as much quality time with my keyboards. My wife thinks she has priority and this is only true because the keyboards dont give me attitude.

EAGERLY AWAITS PM.
Dude yes, I typed the whole damn thing on my HHKB and it felt amaze.
Maybe you should consider doing a PhD to reconvene with your beloveds, only priority is the keyboard priority.

I thought about doing a masters by research but it would equal a house deposits worth of debt and no real chance of more pay in my current binding. Iknow ill become a failed writer. Quitting work tomorrow.
Title: Re: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: bocahgundul on Mon, 01 February 2016, 02:48:43
Bro all your design looks really clean I like it  :thumb:
Title: Re: Added this 'Plinth Controller' to my honours year project display for no reason
Post by: KingRama on Mon, 01 February 2016, 02:56:26
This is sweet! hope you pulled a HD!
I did well :3 I acknowledge all marks to the switches  8)

I thought about doing a masters by research but it would equal a house deposits worth of debt and no real chance of more pay in my current binding. Iknow ill become a failed writer. Quitting work tomorrow.
 
I'll read your writings fanpeople. I'LL READ YOUR WRITINGS. I know how you feel about doing a postgrad, I considered it... but then I was like yeah nah, no benefit, no thanks.

Bro all your design looks really clean I like it  :thumb:
 
Aww thanks heaps bro!! :D