Queadlunn- More Tricorder progress!
The firmware hasn’t changed a whole lot since the last post, just changes fixing a few things and removing a sensor.
I had to remove the gas sensor due to a new incompatibility that arose with me upgrading the sensor’s firmware (it has its own tiny cpu) so I’ll be making a smaller, handheld gas scanner that wirelessly interfaces with the Tricorder to show data. The radiation scanner I have on it’s way will be similar.
The touchpad has been rebuilt but is still giving me some problems and I’m thinking that I’ll have to replace it at some point with physical buttons. The capacitive buttons are triggering on their own or not working…
The chassis and casing are now very different. The lower door chassis is aluminum, the casing is fused ABS (textured with truck bed coating).
As I said, I’ve got a radiation sensor on the way (link) and I’ve got a thermal sensor that’s made up of an 8x8 grid of IR thermal sensors that works like a heat-seeing camera. Fun stuff.
Lastly, I got a nice Pelican case to store it in. Waterproof and beefy enough to break a door in with.
Starting a new job next week, I’ll post an update when I can.
Excuse me all, but I’ma tag all the star trek blogs I can think of cause this is too cool - @vulcannic, @bluespock, @readysteadytrek, @daforgetrash, @soong-type-princess, @cinnamonroll-soong, @petimetrek, @trekshame
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