Progress on the hardware side

Most of this stuff I already wrote to Chris, but just to keep you all informed:

I have succeeded in peeling open the laser pens, to get to the electronics. So all I have to do now is attach a MOSFET switch with some wires to turn them on and off electronically with the CUI.
When I say peeling open, I really mean peeling. I used my wire cutter and then basically peeled it open further like a banana; a sturdy one but still :)

I also made an alternative housing for the laser pens, which now wait for the MOSFET circuit to be built in.

For the EL-wire CUIs, I found a box and drilled some holes in it. Everything will fit in nicely there, with on one side a DC power connector and a LED, and on the other side the servo motor with the wire on it.





That box is now also waiting for the MOSFET circuitry.

As for the MOSFET stuff: I am in the process of choosing and buying these.

Then I have also built up some more CUIs, so I can do the testing of the sensor network. There I am also still waiting on more receiver boards to arrive (due to some change of mind about frequencies, I have a bunch of mismatching transmitters and receivers now).
Some of the CUI boards aren't working yet, so I have some debugging to do there too.

I ordered new PCBs to be made, though I am unsure at which stage they are now. There was a problem with the drilling information, so I sent them more info, but they didn't get back to me yet. I guess I can check that out on Tuesday, as on Monday I'll be busy with a WFS symposium all day.

Anyway, I'll try to get as much stuff done as possible this weekend, but I still have to prepare some stuff for the WFS thing too. So maybe I'll take some extra days next week for the Schwelle project, as on the weekend I'll have to take the sunday for WFS.

Berlin out.