Well this embarrassing... I figured it's a new year, so I should make a summary post of the random stuff I've been up to since last July.
Robotics / Electronics Updates
The main project I had worked on was an update to an Arduino Pro Mini and Xbee based robot control board. Ultimately this will be used to compete in a Combat Robotics competition. I added a switch to an existing design which allows one to switch the serial connections to either the programming cable or the Xbee. This avoided the previous issue of needing to remove the Xbee chip from the board because the connections would interfere. Because a serial connection requires a transmit and receive connection it was convenient to find a Double Pole Single Throw (DPST) switch.
Here's a fun time lapse of me soldering a few copies:
Music Projects
I've been meaning to continue working on some covers and I'm rather disappointed I was only able to get my act together and release only 1 song officially on major platforms last year. However, I'm finding a lot of joy in jamming with other people. I've managed to start 2 cover bands in the second half of last year, and I've been having a blast rocking out with them. That being said I really hope I get my act together the first half of this year and finish the 1 EP I started working on last year, along with 3 more tracks I've more or less decided I'd do.
I gotta scrape together some visual for this, so I made a crappy timelapse of one of the practices of one of my cover bands.
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