Okay, it's been a long time since I've updated this blog. The reason? Almost nothing interesting has happened in the world of me making things. I recently took up the Ukulele and that has been filling all of my creative outlet hours. But the problem is that I've made very little progress on the 5x5 Box. I tried to get the LCD display going a few weekends ago, to no avail. I am buying a proper box this week and hope to cut/drill all the hole I'll need in it on Saturday. Sunday will be a day filled with curses. Sunday I will try to get the box in as near of working order as possible. In order to do this, I am having to open myself up to the idea of de-scoping and re-scoping some of my ideas.
For instance:
- If I can't get the LCD to display properly, I may need to consider finding a way to use turning LEDs on and off the provide feedback.
- If I can't get the Arduino sketch I've worked on to create random sets, I may need to just program a set.
- If I can't get the Polulu to work, I may need to just put in an On/Off switch.
- If I can't get the servo idea to work, I may need to just find a way to tell the user how to open a combination lock or something, to retrieve their prize.
- If I can't get my sketch to work the way I want it to, I may need to create a puzzle to overlay on or include with the box. (That, actually, is a really good idea for a future puzzle box. It could have an overlay with an input on it. The input would tell the Arduino what sketch to run. Different overlays could run different sketches? I'll have to think on this more.)
