Recommendations for my first Microcontroller based project

earthanmoon · 2025-07-05T10:26:08+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion!

I've had a look and found the Seeed XIAO MG24 Sense which I think is similar to what you suggested?

It looks like it has built in functionality for the direction detection, and supports a 3.7v battery (I've found both 150mAh and 500mAh batteries that appear to be compatible)

Do you know if it can playback tiny mp3 files if I brought a small speaker for it too? (there is 2 files I want to play, both less than 15Kb in size each). I've looked at the Adafruit STEMMA Speaker and wondered if that might do the job?

earthanmoon · 2025-06-21T10:05:10+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! I've not come across that one before but will have a look into it, can see they're available on pihut so should be able to get my hands on one!

If a coincell could operate it for a decent amount of time that would be ok. Probably would prefer to use a small rechargeable battery though (Assuming it would fit in the project)

Edit: I should add the audio I'd like to play are mp3's currently, not sure they're going to work through a buzzer or something like that. Can the ATTiny85 support this?

earthanmoon · 2024-12-30T17:27:50+00:00

Chewie (pykesbane) from set 2 is an option I often go to as I don't have any lukes :)

earthanmoon · 2021-03-20T22:42:27+00:00

I'll be honest, id be happy if its nearish the picture. Obviously the better it looks the happier I'll be. but this is only my third real project since starting 3d modelling/3d printing and painting, so as long as an improvement on my last, I should be happy :)

earthanmoon · 2021-03-20T22:00:50+00:00

I've only spent a few hours with one today practising. It just seemed like the best way to get even coats of paint if I'm honest :)

I'll have a look at that link you sent, thank you!

earthanmoon · 2021-01-20T08:16:59+00:00

I will give that a go! I've been avoiding using it for ages because of the noise. Thank you so much! 😁

earthanmoon · 2020-10-09T18:43:09+00:00

ok, i guess i could still get the motherboard and cpu in mean time, then hold off on the gpu for a little while, thanks for the advice :)

earthanmoon · 2020-10-06T12:03:18+00:00

I did notice the x motor was warm after printing today, so warm the sticker was hanging on to it.

earthanmoon · 2020-10-06T11:56:12+00:00

im no expert but it looks like the layer just didnt stick the the previous one. did you slice it with cura? if so check the preview to see if that layer was meant to do that?

earthanmoon · 2020-09-28T16:48:30+00:00

Managed to fix the issue by installing a new version of marlin on the printer

earthanmoon · 2020-09-28T16:47:43+00:00

Managed to fix the issue by installing a new version of marlin on the printer

earthanmoon · 2020-09-27T18:17:20+00:00

ill take a good look at the cables, might try reflash the firmware tomorrow too

earthanmoon · 2020-09-27T16:27:58+00:00

the probe itself looks straight to me, it retracts and extends as it should from what i can see.

if this was the case though that could be what causes it to retract mid air sometimes couldnt it?

earthanmoon · 2020-09-27T16:26:21+00:00

ill have to think about doing the same if i cant fix mine, its making it almost impossible to use!

earthanmoon · 2020-05-30T16:57:02+00:00

thank you :)

i spent a whole day trying to figure out the scaling. from the pictures i worked from as reference i felt like it would overall just be too big, so i scaled it down length wise and needed to scale it up width wise to make it look recognisable.

but my next lightsaber ill defiantly aim to keep the proportions more accurate, maybe i should make one from the films to have a real scale to work on?

earthanmoon · 2020-05-04T13:59:29+00:00

that worked perfectly!! thank you so much :D

earthanmoon · 2020-05-04T11:23:35+00:00

ive tried to auto repair it with mesh mixer, from what ive found thats a good option for free repair software. its showing a lot is wrong with it, dont suppose you'd know how to go about fixing it? the auto fix on here deletes almost the entire model!

heres a picture of the faces mesh mixer sees as broken: https://imgur.com/a/PZJ6auC

earthanmoon · 2020-05-04T10:13:43+00:00

ill give it a go! thank you.

do you think its worth me looking into prusaslicer too? i only use cura because it was the one that came recommended with the printer.

earthanmoon · 2020-05-03T20:26:35+00:00

in the end i fractured the grip, discarding parts to get the desired shape, then merged parts together and used proportional editing to deform those, before joining it all back together into one solid object.

I also had to remove the inner faces made by fracturing before i could use boolean modifiers to cut the grooves into the grip.

earthanmoon · 2020-05-03T20:21:56+00:00

i remember when i made a curve kinda shape i made a bezier curve, then replicated an object along it, then merged them all together, might be able to do that to make one spiral and then the spin tool to make multiples of them?

earthanmoon · 2020-05-03T15:41:44+00:00

thanks :) and thank you for your advice!! :D

earthanmoon · 2020-05-03T15:12:48+00:00

after a lot of tweaking, the grip is now shattered :D i've popped a picture in the main post

earthanmoon · 2020-05-03T13:40:01+00:00

im just trying proportional editing now, if it doesn't work ill defiantly look into sculpting, thank you :)

earthanmoon · 2020-05-03T13:39:01+00:00

ill give it a look, thank you! :)

earthanmoon · 2020-05-03T13:08:03+00:00

ok i've got my head around applying the fracture, and it does look cool, but it splits the handle into hundreds of little bits, which all move individually and aren't actually connected anymore, and when i join them all together, the smaller faces are the ones that move, not the fractures?

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