2017 – Draik's Projects

Jewelry Box: Components Complete

There are two factors to making this sketch complete:

if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it, and
don’t reinvent the wheel, if all you need is new tread

The example sketches provide much of what I want to do, and they work in the way I need for my jewelry box; refer back to the two points! With the exception of a few changes to function calls, and minor code addition, the majority of the sketch is a copy/paste from example sketches.

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February 10

Jewelry Box: Arduino Board Upgrades

As with many projects that start as rough draft ideas, they tend to grow bigger than anticipated, before it’s done. This isn’t always a bad thing, but it means you’re never done, unless you can commit to one “final” design.

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January 31

Jewelry Box: The Sum of Its Parts

All the parts are coming together, and it’s best to keep each working sketch separate along the way, until it’s time to piece them together. Using the example sketches, which already perform the tasks I want, I’ll strip the parts I need, and put it to use in my final sketch.

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January 30

Jewelry Box: New 2.8″ TFT Display Attempt

One step forward, and two steps back. Due to all the issues with the Seeed Studio 2.8″ TFT display, I moved on to a different unit, and from Adafruit. I did my research, and found their documentation, libraries, and support forums to be exceptional, especially for the occasional DIYer like myself.

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January 25

Jewelry Box: Wiring Everything Together

The components have been tested on their own, but can they work together? Testing will need to be performed while all components are wired, and updating the sketch one part at a time. It may compile, but it doesn’t mean it will run successfully on the Uno R3.

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