I need to follow through on some projects
by Aneal on Oct.23, 2010, under Slacking off
Lately my co-workers have been riding me about not following through on any of the projects I start. After giving it some thought, it would seem they are right (now if I can only get them off my back about it, I’d be happier).
I was looking at my electronics work space (which is actually just a card table in the dining area) and it’s practically riddled with electronics of all sorts. Many of the cooler items there haven’t even been opened or used at all. I was probably browsing the web and said “hey cool, RGB LED tape in 1 meter sections!” So I bought some, and it still sits on my work table, unused. Same holds true for the Wii Nunchuck breakout board I bought, and the 433Mhz RF Send/Receive breakout boards I bought.
Why haven’t I played with my cool new toys? I can’t figure out if I’m just in a rut, or I’ve lost interest in physical computing projects or what. I have been working on a client’s website lately, and that has been taking up some of my free time, but not enough to slack in my projects as much as I have. At any rate, I don’t like it and I’m gonna do something about it. Today I’m going to bring my little servos from the PHP Pan/Tilt webcam project back out and build a robotic something from them. I’ll use my Wii Nunchuck breakout board and read the accelerometer data from it (or the joystick position data) and move the little servos around. Heck, I might even strap a BB gun to it and make it a robotic sentry gun. I’ve always wanted to build an autonomous one, maybe this will be a good first step.
By the end of the day, I’ll have the project working, and I’ll post a complete writeup on how I achieved it (pics and all) here. By golly, I’m gonna get off my butt today and code!
More later, hopefully
–Quick update:
Seems I loaned my Wii (and all accessories) to my girlfriend, and she’s not at home. So my project will have to wait until I get that back from her. Shucks.
