diff --git a/src/routes/feed/electronics/nintendo-repairs.md b/src/routes/feed/electronics/nintendo-repairs.md index e6407a2..d187247 100644 --- a/src/routes/feed/electronics/nintendo-repairs.md +++ b/src/routes/feed/electronics/nintendo-repairs.md @@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ I ordered a replacement cable and tackled the most challenging task imaginable w The 3DS works again!! It's been 8 years since it last booted!! I unfortunately don't have its SD card anymore, so the data is gone, but the system works! Truly a miracle. -Only thing left to do now is to fix the [USB-C port on my New 3DS](/projects/electronics/3ds-usb-c/)... it stopped accepting C-to-C connections, although A-to-C still works. Probably just need to re-seat or replace the 5.1kΩ resistor. \ No newline at end of file +Only thing left to do now is to fix the [USB-C port on my New 3DS](/projects/electronics/3ds-usb-c/)... it stopped accepting C-to-C connections, although A-to-C still works. Probably just need to resolder or replace the 5.1kΩ resistor. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/src/routes/projects/electronics/deej0461.md b/src/routes/projects/electronics/deej0461.md index bfc3257..fb1e3dd 100644 --- a/src/routes/projects/electronics/deej0461.md +++ b/src/routes/projects/electronics/deej0461.md @@ -24,22 +24,32 @@ Software-wise, I set this up with the original deej software to control main vol { src: "prototype.webp", alt: "An Arduino Pro Micro with a white LED attached to it. The LED is glowing.", - desc: ["initial prototype to test LED functionality"], + desc: [ + "I initially tested whether I could get the Arduino to light up an LED. I wanted to include LEDs because I thought I could later integrate them in a cool way, but the device ended up being so simple, there wasn't really a need for much visual feedback.", + ], }, { src: "soldering.webp", alt: "An Arduino with keyboard switches, LEDs, and a slider wired into it. The components are connected with relatively long cables.", - desc: ["it may look like a prototype, but these are the production-ready innards of the machine!"], + desc: [ + "It may look like a prototype, but these are the production-ready innards of the machine! Trying to put this into the 3D printed shell without breaking any of the frail soldering joints was a pain, especially as the key switches really weren't meant for soldering and thus barely hold on to the wires.", + ], }, { src: "printing.webp", alt: "A Bambu Lab A1 mini 3D printer in the middle of printing casing parts using a golden filament. The printer head has two googly eyes attached.", - desc: ["googly-eyed printer hard at work"], + desc: [ + "googly-eyed printer hard at work.", + "I'm using Bambu Lab PLA Metal 'Iridium Gold Metallic (13400)' for the body here.", + ], }, { src: "assembly.webp", alt: "An Arduino set into a 3D printed case with a slider, two LEDs, and four key switches soldered to it using wires. The components are spread out and hanging out the top of the case.", - desc: ["no PCB? no problem"], + desc: [ + "A visual guide to the (mental) pain I had to endure assembling this thing. Creating a simple PCB would have been MUCH better, but it would have meant designing one in KiCad, paying for at least 5 of them at a supplier, waiting for them to ship, etc. ...", + "Safe to say, I wasn't willing to do any of that. Quick and cheap was my preferred method here.", + ], }, ]} />