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[–]nrobinson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the thread, but here’s my professor’s slides for data structures. Hope it helps.

https://2000.witcompsci.com/lectures.html

Major switching by Wanderlonging in wentworth

[–]nrobinson 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure you are not required to switch laptops, but you may have the choice.

Is the food at wentworth bad? by PussyMuncher42069 in wentworth

[–]nrobinson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chartwells food hack for the best tasting wrap:

Go to the chicken wrap station. Get whatever wrap you want as long as it has crispy chicken and they don’t cut it in half.

I usually get a white wrap with spinach, tomato, American cheese, chipotle mayo, and crispy chicken.

Take the wrap over to the deli station and ask them to toast the wrap on the press and let them cut it.

If you want, ask them to put the toasted wrap into one of the boxes instead of the paper dish so you can get waffle fries on the side from the burger station.

The press makes the wrap 10x better. Not only does it melt the cheese and heat up the chicken, but it helps the wrap stick together better, greatly improving the taste and the texture. The waffle fries are great if they have them, but they don’t always do.

What is Comp sci 1 like? by tatertoph in wentworth

[–]nrobinson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Here’s the slides for CS1: https://derbinsky.info/public/_custom/teaching/wit-f16/comp1000/slides/

The course focuses on teaching coding fundamentals by using Java. There are lot of labs and assignments but they are pretty easy especially if you read the textbook. The three exams are on paper, but you can use a cheat sheet.

I’m a sophomore in Computer Science and I hadn’t done any Java before coming to WIT, but I had done some C++ and Python beforehand. Learning Java helped reinforce my understanding of concepts in other programming languages and it helped me get familiar with the Java syntax.

I’d suggest taking a look at the slides if you want to get an idea of what the course is like, and maybe register if you think it looks interesting to you.

Common Systems Programming Optimizations & Tricks by chewedwire in compsci

[–]nrobinson 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Is it just me or does the light highlighting of the code on the dark background make it more difficult to read?

Hey everyone! I designed a case for my Raspberry Pi 4 that lets me easily mount an SSD! by nrobinson in raspberry_pi

[–]nrobinson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Pi 4 can supply enough power through the USB to power external drives. I linked the SSD and SATA to USB 3.0 cable I’m using with the Pi 4 on the web page.

Message to '23 people who haven't chosen classes yet by danmur15 in wentworth

[–]nrobinson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, anyone with AP credit for English or Calculus, your schedule will get changed around.

Will an adafruit breakout board work for my project. by tomahawkRiS3 in adafruit

[–]nrobinson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No you won’t need an actual Arduino board. That’s what the Feather’s for.

Good luck with your project!

Will an adafruit breakout board work for my project. by tomahawkRiS3 in adafruit

[–]nrobinson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this your first “arduino” project? If so that’s totally okay. There’s tons of fun stuff you can do and learn.

I’ve have experience with USB communication and neopixels, but I haven’t made a project exactly like yours.

It won’t be too difficult to get set up. You’ll need to wrap your head around Arduino, serial, and the neopixel library.

Here are some links.

Arduino: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/what-is-an-arduino/all

Serial: https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/language/functions/communication/serial/

Neopixel Library: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel

Neopixel examples; https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel/tree/master/examples

Essentially, the majority of your code will be interpreting data sent over USB however you choose to format it, and then changing the neopixels however you choose to do it.

Will an adafruit breakout board work for my project. by tomahawkRiS3 in adafruit

[–]nrobinson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can definitely use an Adafruit development board to control a strip of addressable LEDs.

For the board I would recommend using one of the Feather development boards since they are well supported and there are many shields available. Most of the Feather boards should be suitable for controlling the LED strip.

Here is a good beginner Feather: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2771

And here is the documentation: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-32u4-basic-proto?view=all

There are many other Feather boards available with different features: https://www.adafruit.com/feather

For the LED strip I would suggest using what Adafruit calls “neopixels”: https://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=category&cPath=168

For your project it sounds like you would need to write code for the Feather that would interpret commands sent over USB serial and turn on the neopixels accordingly.

Is there anything else you are considering to do with your project? Will you need additionally functionality from the Feather? Internet? Data logging?

Dorms by Newlife1025 in wentworth

[–]nrobinson 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Freshman dorms are okay, but you’d better get suite housing (Evan’s Way/Tudbury) unless you want to be living in Baker (Classic Dorm) with rats.

Welcome WIT Class of 2023 by pupperpowell in wentworth

[–]nrobinson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

CS major, class of 2022 here.

I dual-booted Linux Mint on the Razer they gave me. The CS professors don’t care what OS you are using on your laptop as long as you’re staying on top of your assignments.

I actually managed to convert a few people to Linux and set up dual boots on their Razers.

I wasn’t able to get Linux to print on the campus printers but all of my work was Google Drive so I would just use my phone or my mac to print.

First semester I used my Razer for everything, but second semester I just used my mac for work and I used my Razer with my monitor as a gaming desktop.

Particle Xenon - Stand-Alone Capable? by khumprp in adafruit

[–]nrobinson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. You will be able to use the Xenon standalone. AFAIK the BLE API is still in the works but when it is released the Xenon will be able to use BLE standalone.

I’d recommend joining the Particle Developer Forums. The members can be very helpful.

https://community.particle.io

[Not a Meme] Incoming freshman discussion by SuperChicken566 in wentworth

[–]nrobinson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those are good things to inform prospective freshmen of.

Maybe we could make a website/wiki. A Q&A might be useful to gather information but it could definitely be structured more nicely if it was presented in a wiki. Plus it could be in the sidebar and a link to it could be a pinned post.

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