This is my blog where I share my coding journey, my experiences, challenges, and discoveries in the ever-evolving world of programming.
H ello and welcome! The second project I worked on for Blueprint was a continuation of my Arduino Security System: the TF-Luna Security System. The natural evolution of the Arduino Security System was to design a custom PCB, create an enclosure, and make the project completely standalone and easy to use. After some initial brainstorming, I realized that this project would have to work differently…
H ello and welcome! Over the last few months, I have built four hardware projects for Blueprint which, once accepted, should earn me a 3D printer. The first of these projects was Odin’s Eye. I introduced Odin’s Eye in the previous journal, but here’s a quick recap: Odin’s Eye is a DIY speed camera that detects passing vehicles using a TF-Luna LiDAR sensor and measures their speed. When a vehicle…
H ello and welcome! This week, an announcement on Hack Club caught my attention. What about the rover? Postponed. Again. On Friday, October 3rd, a new message appeared on the announcements channel on my Hack Club Slack, it read the following: Rummage Rummage 🌳 What’s that? A blueberry???🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐 Announcing……..Blueprint📘! Hack Club’s largest hardware event. Think of it as Highway (Hardware) x…
H ello and welcome! Over the past week and a half, I burned out a motor driver because of faulty documentation and began work on the rover. My dad and I thought the stepper motor’s malfunction was due to incorrect cabling. We downloaded the documentation to verify the cabling was correct, using the cooler on the motor driver as a reference point for orientation. Since the driver was mounted on a…
H ello and welcome! During this past month after Shipwrecked, I have built an ESP32 environment monitor, completed a hardware project with my dad, and started a very interesting project with my brother. The main thing I worked on this past month was my ESP32 environment monitor. I designed the circuit in Fritzing instead of Tinkercad because it had the sensors I needed. I was initially going to…
H ello and welcome! This past weekend was one of the coolest experiences of my whole life. I shipped three projects in four days, and met some incredible people along the way. Shipwrecked was a four-day hackathon on an island where 130 teenagers coded and shipped three projects for prizes. My brother and I were among the 130 teenagers who attended out of 5,000 who RSVPed. Before I get into the…
H ello and welcome! During this week, I designed and built my final project before Hack Club Shipwrecked: an Arduino Security System. So what does this security system look like, and how does it work? It’s built on two separate breadboards, each with its own power supply. One of the breadboards holds the Arduino, which runs the code and manages the logic. The second, simpler breadboard contains…
H ello and welcome! Over the past two weeks, I began working with the Arduino kit, completed several projects from the book, and even created my own project that contributes to the Boston flight stipend! It didn’t take long for me to get absorbed in the world of electronics. I started watching videos on voltage, current, resistors, LEDs, and more. I quickly got familiar with the kit, installed the…
H ello and welcome! This week, there was a change of plans. Instead of starting with the Arduino kit, I decided to complete one more project for Shipwrecked: a Retro Snake Game. The change of plans happened because the flight cost €500 per person, and since my dad, my brother, and I were all going, the total would have been around €1,500, which is quite a lot. So, I decided to do one last project…
H ello and welcome! The past two weeks have been a rollercoaster, but I’m proud to say that I’ve successfully completed 30 hours of work and built two full projects. All of my projects have been accepted, and I’m officially invited to Hack Club Shipwrecked! On Monday and Tuesday, I completed the QR-Gen project that I had previously started, and I’m quite proud of how it turned out. I also created…