Build, Run, Repeat - page 6
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Project management for fun (not profit)
I’ve got this long running personal project I like to call “Fitdash”. It’s essentially a dashboard for my Fitbit data (they have a quite nice API that’s easy to access), to help me keep on top of maintenance and have a longer term view on my fitness goals. It’s had a lot of iterations and versions over the years, and essentially I use it as my testbed when I want to learn about a piece of tech. One of the most impactful (and surprisingly fun) changes I’ve made however has happened recently, and it has nothing to do with trying to write more code.
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Endurance
Those that know me, will know that I’m an avid runner - last year I completed my first pair of marathons, and I had been intending to do more this year until the Coronavirus crisis. People who have known me a little longer however, will know there was a time where the idea of me even running a couple of kilometers would have been laughable. I want to take a moment to talk about some of the lessons I’ve learned over years and kilometers.
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Some Registration Required
Following on from my last post about turning a stock N64 gamepad into a USB gamepad— I want to support four controllers from one Arduino, simultaneously. I’m waiting for some salvaged N64 ports to arrive, but in the meantime I’ve still got problems I can solve. Today’s problem is how are we going to know which controllers are connected, and only talk to those controllers, quickly.
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Pin Register Hell — Jumping from software to hardware
My latest project is setting up an emulation machine in my living room, so playing retro games doesn’t mean pulling dusty hardware from cupboards. However, as a consequence I discovered that N64 to USB adapters are relatively hard to find, at least here in the UK.
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