@aayanalikhan09

lots of stuff going on!
very happy to say i did a lot of work recently :D

so first off i made a new banner for my project lmk if u like him :)

ive been doing some research on different components im gonna need and also attempting to itemize my stuff so it s easier to visualize - i gotta say looking to be more expensive than i thought

today i mostly looked at step-down voltage converters(essentially make sure that electricity doesnt flow at a rate too high for electronics) and bluetooth chips that are low energy(nordic semiconductor is looking very promising!)

only problems i currently have is first FINDING THIS BLUETOOTH CHIP FOOTPRINT AND SYMBOL I CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE AND I DONT WANT TO HAVE TO SPEND HOURS JUST MAKING IT IN KICAD and second just understanding wiring and what different pins actually do

also thought i should share that im chrome tab maxxing rn

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EHGDPYE_L2ZDA2Ll7cWK8OQcedOOThalmhql7GgHQ5M/edit?usp=sharing
^^parts doc

also thought i should say that ive seen an uptick in ai devlogs so i wanted to take a moment to ask all of you to write your own devlogs please it adds a lot more character :)

first off - Documentation is INSANE bro these devs are not paid enough

anyways i just wanted to post an update of the schematic rq and also wanted to share i rerolled a +0 BRO HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN

Digikey and Mouser Struggles
For much of this stage of attempting to find the parts I need, I ran into many problems with the parts vendors and their bot detection and sign in methods

they were spotchy at best and i ended up having to switch sites twice just to get the files needed - and im not even sure if i have the right files yet lol

Added safety guidelines and updated the README!

I checked the resources tab yesterday and realized my README was not up to par! So I decided to make it as polished as possible and also forgot to log some of the hours! oops :P

Anywhooo the readme has been updated so that now most people who have a basic understanding of robotics stuff can make my project! If any of you guys choose to make this, please let me know! I think it would make a great little HCB prize if I’m being honest.

ITS COMPLETE STICKER HERE I COME

I finally finished the full design for my Rock Paper Scissors module!

Some notes before I ship:

This project requires TWO smaller M3x8 screws for the standoffs, but that shouldn’t be too much of a worry for me personally because I am very fortunate to have access to a robotics trove of parts.

This project features an OLED panel along with two LEDs that are meant to display different states based on what the player chooses to play against the CPU. The initial display will feature text saying “RPS?” and the player will choose the corresponding key. Upon their selection, the game will then display if the player has won, tied, or lost to the CPU who has randomly chosen an option. I would’ve loved to add a speaker, but that’s not included in the kit :( - maybe something to suggest for the next round of hackpads!

this is my first ship so im pretty excited to get the hardware and upload the code and make it work!

I finally finished the PCB! : D

I had to do some major rearranging for tracks(pcb wire connections), but it’s finally done! I have finished the PCB and I am now starting the preliminary stages of making a case for the PCB.

explanation for other beginners :D

i had to redo a lot of my wiring because i had thought that the components had to be facing a specific based on diagrams i saw that were not specific to my hardware. however, i did not check the hackpad docs, and therefore went through some quite unnecessary pain to rearrange all the tracks to accommodate such a major change.

side note for beginners aka tldr:CHECK THE DOCUMENTATION ALWAYS ITS FOR YOUR OWN SANITY

Keypad :D
Rn im trying to make a rock paper scissors type game with three keys and an oled with two leds
im also switching permanently to kicad for my other project KiCAD is WAY easier to use and is so much less clunky

notes for beginners: i was initially using EasyEDA, another free tool that im sure many use - i am no longer one of them lol
easy eda was great for getting parts from the cloud and just wiring em up, but was horrible for the work itself and was rather unintuitive
kicad provides a much smoother experience that i have enjoyed much more thoroughly than easyeda lol :D

Component Choice and Scale Issues

Today, I was trying to get all my components into the schematic so I can start to do the math for all the voltages and other components needed and stuff like that. Easy right? Wrong. Finding the components was the easiest part(although there was a mixup with the battery pack where certain details weren’t listed so I had to message the seller). The hard part for today was figuring how to set a scale in the schematic. Obviously this is very important so I can set a size for my battery pack, but I couldn’t find anything anywhere for my software of choice. I am considering switching to KiCAD(after all, I just need to add a few components), but I’ll have to see what can be done about the scale stuff. If I can figure that out, the next step will be to add the other components necessary for function.

This is my first ever devlog! Quite exciting :D
anyways this is supposed to just be some git testing to make sure my repo is setup to be public and receive commits, im still not too sure how to do this with PCBs but ill figure it out