8/15/04

Yup! Definitely not capable of blogging on a regular basis. Regardless. I posted the scanned files from the JUSTICE UNLIMITED GAME here. We had a great time!!!

Oh...and 2 weeks to go until I hear how the Cribbage Board did in the AVR Design Contest.

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6/25/04

Let's face it. I'm not much of a 'blogger. Here's an awesome photo of an open board with 7 pegs in each of the 7 color modes. And here is another picture showing the top and the power switch.

The Pegs for The Wedding Board were quite the work. To this date, over 100 Pegs have been constructed in various forms. They turned out to be quite the development board for the Atmel ATTiny12 microcontroller. Here is a closeup of the microcontroller side of the Peg. This PCB is small enough to fit inside an RCA plug and still have room on the back side for an ISP connector.

The Pegs are "programmed" through power cycling numerous times at a fairly rapid rate. Although possible to do by hand, a "Programmer Board" was included with The Wedding Board. In addition to being able to simultaneously program 3 pegs, there's a mode-chart, a mode selection switch and a push-to-program button. Here is the "Programmer Board" photo.

Still confused what this all does??? I put together several videos. Head to the Wedding Board area, or go directly to the Movies section.

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6/4/04

Pictures from our Memorial Day Hiking Trip are up and are posted here.

To get to the Carr-Feely Lake Area, take Hwy80 East towards Reno. Just after Emigrant Gap exit on Hwy 20. After a few miles downhill, take the really sharp right onto Bowman Lake Road. From there, follow the signs to Carr-Feely Lake.

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4/04 Cribbage Board #10 Completed

I am pleased to announce the completion of Cribbage Board #10. It has taken 3.5 years of hard work and dedication.

The first completed Wedding Board was "shipped" on 4/16. The second was "shipped" on 6/12. Documentation was assembled and completed on 6/25 (for a design contest).

Check back soon for more pictures and documents and videos of the completed Wedding Boards.

Thanks to all those that have helped and offered support along the way (especially Steph...for thousands of reasons).
Special thanks to:
Shannon Gomes (firmware)
Stan Haladus (CNC metalwork).