Difference between revisions of "HackTrack"
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* ...found it was really big and the acrylic i wanted to use wasn't big enough | * ...found it was really big and the acrylic i wanted to use wasn't big enough | ||
* Redesigned front panel for the ProxPoint Plus that another member donated to the project | * Redesigned front panel for the ProxPoint Plus that another member donated to the project | ||
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| + | === 2011-02-27 === | ||
| + | * Optimized G-code output for front/back panels, cut final versions of both (back in opaque white, front in transparent blue). | ||
| + | * Worked on a test of laser counterboring for the rotating selector switch nut (5 concentric circles at relatively low power repeated until enough material has vaporized) | ||
| + | ** Will do one more test next time, then counterbore the final panel | ||
| + | * Test fit the following: | ||
| + | ** Toggle switches - fit relatively well, nut doesn't have much to grab but works well enough I think | ||
| + | ** Small LEDs - tiny bit loose in the holes, will need to tack them in with a bit of CA or something | ||
| + | ** Large 'traffic light' LEDs - fit perfectly | ||
| + | ** HID Reader - fits perfectly | ||
| + | ** LCD - need longer bolts than I had at the lab, but fit looks good other than that | ||
== Images == | == Images == | ||
Revision as of 00:05, 28 February 2011
HackTrack is going to be a system to keep track of who's been spending time cleaning the lab (HackLab.TO) and award points and such for doing so.
Ideas
- Lots of switches and knobs to flip/dial, LEDs to blink
- 8 big toggle switches to identify which tasks you have completed
- LEDs with each of these switches for ... something
- Space beside each toggle/LED for a written label identifying what the task is
- One of the toggle switches will have an associated selector knob for an 'other' option, knob to specify minutes put into lab cleanup or something like that
- 20x2 LCD screen for feedback and because I like LCD screens
- Three large red/yellow/green LEDs to give feedback on something (mostly because someone suggested it would look cool)
- HID reader to identify members
- Ethernet connection to send data to a message queue
- Arduino to tie everything together
- Acrylic front/back panels (as we can cut them on our lazzor), standoffs between them
Build Log
Before 2011-02-27
- Put basic design together
- Decided on the MiniProx HID reader that another lab member was going to be freeing up soon, designed front panel
- ...found it wasn't going to be freed up after all
- Redesigned front panel for the ProxPro HID reader that I had laying around
- ...found it was really big and the acrylic i wanted to use wasn't big enough
- Redesigned front panel for the ProxPoint Plus that another member donated to the project
2011-02-27
- Optimized G-code output for front/back panels, cut final versions of both (back in opaque white, front in transparent blue).
- Worked on a test of laser counterboring for the rotating selector switch nut (5 concentric circles at relatively low power repeated until enough material has vaporized)
- Will do one more test next time, then counterbore the final panel
- Test fit the following:
- Toggle switches - fit relatively well, nut doesn't have much to grab but works well enough I think
- Small LEDs - tiny bit loose in the holes, will need to tack them in with a bit of CA or something
- Large 'traffic light' LEDs - fit perfectly
- HID Reader - fits perfectly
- LCD - need longer bolts than I had at the lab, but fit looks good other than that
