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A project log for Toddler's Cyberdeck

I'm building a cyberdeck for my son. He just turned 2.

joshJosh 07/27/2023 at 14:270 Comments

The schedule always slips to the right... 

The birthday party came and went and I still have a ton of wires to solder and install. In order to help, took the powerpoint file that I used for laying out the switches and added labels above, below, and beside all of the switches. The labels are the arduino mega pin corresponding to the switch or LED connection. This way I can just have a piece of paper next to the board on desk while I'm soldering and don't have to frequently look up and trace the wires in the schematic.

New deadline is the end of the Cyberdeck Challenge. My wife pointed out that our son won't know the difference anyway. He also got a much wider range of V-Tech toys on his birthday than we had expected, so he already has a bunch of buttons and lights to distract him. When I finish this, it'll at least not have to compete for his attention with a bunch of other stuff at the same time!

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