For my freeform project in Energy I have been working to consolidate what I learned from replacing the firmware on my Tuya based smart plug into a GitHub repository. I have titled the repo Tuya-Arduino and it is online here.
This was my first time creating a GitHub repository so I have been learning a lot about the process.
As part of the repository I have provided two example Arduino sketches, one that connects to Blynk.io and another to Adafruit.io.
Since receiving the PCBs and successfully soldering the board together I have been trying to rewrite code for the I2C port expander. This has been immensely difficult! The Inkplate Arduino Library makes considerable use of an “Mcp” class, which is written to work with the MCP23017 GPIO expander IC. These chips are quite difficult to […]
Last week we attended “Playtest Thursday” on the second floor of 370 Jay St with our games. I came away from the experience with some very specific feedback. Seeing a number of people play the game showed me things I didn’t anticipate. Some folks approached the cabinet and immediately treated it as a touch screen. […]
The boards arrived! Amazingly within an hour of one another. Based on the experience I think that JLCPCB is a better value. With shipping OSHPark was $55.50 for 3 boards. JLCPCB was $26.36 for 10 boards. Aside from a higher cost OSHPark also left sharp bits of tabs around the edges of the boards which […]