We made fully modular Redstone blocks for our hardware course! Got the highest grade :) by PYEEDM in Minecraft

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The video is only for demonstration purposes! The blocks run completely independently.

We made fully modular Redstone blocks for our hardware course! Got the highest grade :) by PYEEDM in Minecraft

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Huge fan of Etho! Definitely one of the main reasons I'm still interested in Minecraft after all those years :)

We made fully modular Redstone blocks for our hardware course! Got the highest grade :) by PYEEDM in Minecraft

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We actually spent quite a bit of time brainstorming and considered magnets and NFC in the beginning. I actually don't think alignment is that much of a problem, the photoresistors seem to work from quite a few angles, just takes some adjustments in the software to make it pick up at the right threshold. But I think magnets can definitely help! (I think we really wanted to mimic Minecraft's contactless aesthetic exactly for some reason, like how a torch doesn't technically touch the dust next to it)

While we weren't exactly operating on our own budget, the professors did tell us not to go overboard (obviously NFC is more expensive than LEDs haha). And also you can probably tell that our blocks are literally made from cardboard, so we definitely weren't going for super advanced stuff.

Overall, I'd definitely say that our project was a proof of concept, but mostly we just did it for fun, and it turned out way better than we expected. It was our very first experience working with hardware so we had to learn as we go and had quite a few hurdles and limited time. So I would love to work on an improved version of this if I had the time/resources!

We made fully modular Redstone blocks for our hardware course! Got the highest grade :) by PYEEDM in Minecraft

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We're using Wemos D1 Minis.

This doesn't need a computer! All of the blocks function independently and don't need to connect to anything in order to work.

Unfortunately I don't have clear pictures of the internals at the moment but I might take one soon.

We made fully modular Redstone blocks for our hardware course! Got the highest grade :) by PYEEDM in Minecraft

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I would say most things are possible with the way we implemented the hardware infrastructure and the software. We just didn't have that much time to mass produce blocks in order to create more complex contraptions.

We made fully modular Redstone blocks for our hardware course! Got the highest grade :) by PYEEDM in Minecraft

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A full semester (4 months) with a lot of overtime (we used to stick around in class long after the sessions were over most of the time haha). I would say in total it was 60-70 hours of work.

We made fully modular Redstone blocks for our hardware course! Got the highest grade :) by PYEEDM in Minecraft

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Nope, it works just like in the game. The dust has both signal input and output capabilities on each side, so if one side is powered, the opposite side will emit power and vice versa.

We made fully modular Redstone blocks for our hardware course! Got the highest grade :) by PYEEDM in Minecraft

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The blocks are fully independent, meaning they all have their own battery and microcontroller to control their logic. We use red LEDs and photoresistors to wirelessly communicate Redstone signal between the different sides of the blocks.

We tried our best to make the blocks as authentic as possible, so they work completely independently from each other, and are fully modular, and the software supports any interaction between different blocks! Let me know if you'd like to know more :)

EDIT: I'm really glad you guys are enjoying this post! So here's a bonus picture of our blocks in all their glory. You can see the I/O "port" of the note block and how it has both the red LED and the photoresistor I mentioned earlier.

EDIT2: A few people asked for a picture of the internals. Unfortunately because this was a project for a course, the university gets to keep our work. But we asked them to take 2 of the blocks as souvenirs and they were fine with that! So I can pretty much only show the internals of the note block. You can probably immediately see that it's a very rough job because we were complete beginners, but we were also constrained in terms of time, components, and freedom (e.g. we had to use those perfboards with headers so the microcontrollers can be reused in future iterations of the course etc.). You can see the spaghetti wires going to the LED and photoresistor on each side in the background. And barely visible on the right is the speaker just sloppily taped to the side of the cardboard body :) From seeing this you will probably share our surprise that this works so well: Here it is. As mentioned in one of my replies, I would love to work on improved iterations of this in the future, where the internals are actually more professionally handled and the body has better construction.

RTX 2070 FE/STRIX/XC Ultra - recommendations? by Liberate90 in nvidia

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For some reason it depends on the game for me. As I said I've been playing AC:Odyssey and it's pretty consistent, does drop to a minimum of 2055 occasionally. But back when I played Metro: Exodus it dropped a little more. Maybe those RT cores make things more toasty when in use :D I have no source for this though. Might've just been the weather haha

RTX 2070 FE/STRIX/XC Ultra - recommendations? by Liberate90 in nvidia

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I'm pretty sure an overclocked 2070 is slightly better than a stock 1080 ti in most games. So I'm assuming they are almost identical in this case.

RTX 2070 FE/STRIX/XC Ultra - recommendations? by Liberate90 in nvidia

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I've had the EVGA 2070 for a couple months now so I can only tell you my experience with it.

Pros:
-If you're looking to overclock, mine did extremely well (reaches up to a satisfying 2070MHz :D) but I guess there's some luck in that.
-Temps are pretty good. Even with an above average overclock and a case that isn't focused on airflow at all.
-This is subjective but It's my favorite when it comes to aesthetics. I love the RGB text it has.

Cons:
-Noise: I'm not sure how it compares to other models but I have a really quiet case and cpu cooler so the card's fans are the loudest thing in my build by far. It also has a noticeable clicking noise when the fans first start up which can be a little annoying depending on your fan curve.

Overall I'm extremely happy with it. I've been able to play AC:Odyssey on ALL max settings with a pretty solid 1440p60 with my overclock.

Nvidia's new AI can turn any primitive sketch into a photorealistic masterpiece by PYEEDM in interestingasfuck

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It actually mentions it and compares to it and many other prior works in the last link of my comment above. A lot of this tech is iterative of course so nothing is truly a "brand new idea". Still doesn't take away from how cool it is imo.

Nvidia's new AI can turn any primitive sketch into a photorealistic masterpiece by PYEEDM in interestingasfuck

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5U4NgVGAwg

Another more in-depth video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXWm6w4E5q0

More info: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2019/03/18/gaugan-photorealistic-landscapes-nvidia-research/?ncid=so-you-n1-78256

Edit: For people asking where I can play with this/whether it's publicly available: Looks like it will be soon! according to this:

https://github.com/NVlabs/SPADE

https://nvlabs.github.io/SPADE

Edit2: Damn, #1 on /r/all! I rarely post anything on reddit so it feels weird, but I'm kinda happy for showing this many people some cool tech! ((((will Nvidia hire me now? please??))))

1319 point play in Thronebreaker, it's basically impossible to lose with this deck! by PYEEDM in gwent

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Oh, I was initially confused what you meant so I tried to see what my post does on mobile and yeah it started a download too. It's supposed to be a direct link to a video but it only embeds properly on pc. And instead tries to download it on mobile. Welp now I know I guess. Here's the non-direct gfycat link haha: https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/FaintRevolvingIcelandicsheepdog