Update…
A very quick update. Well, I’ve finished, eventually. Over the coming weeks and months my plan is to put up the research findings, which would be a nice way to […]
Firkin Crane
I’ve been doing a lot of testing inside the museum recently. I’m testing the firkin crane soon, and like the butter churn, it prints out a receipt when someone engages […]
Churn Photos
Some photos of the churn I took during testing today…
Museum Testing
Over the last while I’ve been doing some testing inside in the museum, and I’m pleased to say that its been going very well. In the last two weeks 66 […]
Balance
Just a quick post on how the balance is progressing. The general idea is to use the balance as a tool that allows visitors to weight the effects that superstitions had […]
Museum Test #1
I’m going to be doing some testing in the museum tomorrow. I was in there yesterday to do a quick setup to see how long it actually takes me to […]
Testing the butter churn
Right, so I think the butter churn is ready to test in the museum. Below is a video of it working over in the prefab. I have 5 recordings prepared […]
Scales Development
I lately managed to come across a balance courtesy of Peter in the Butter Museum. I hooked it up to the arduino to control it and here are a […]
Work in Progress (for Dublin Maker)
Denise and I are hoping to show some of our work at the upcoming Dublin Maker event (July 26th) and as part of the submission process I’m putting up some […]
Arduino RFID & Thermal Printer
I recently got the Thermal Printer working with the RFID reader, as you can see in the video: It was a bit awkward, as they both need to use […]
Churn – Printing
So I eventually got a thermal printer that works. I’m planning on using it with the churn. So, people put a token into the churn, and when they churn they […]
Latest iteration of the churn
The technology is working, now it needs to be integrated, which is probably a much bigger job than I’m imagining in my head right now. Change log: Uses RFID […]
Scales UI
Lately the scales has been going through a LOT of changes. I’m no longer using Fiducials and image tracking as its very unreliable, which I found out through a number […]
Arduino Day 2014
As you can see from this blog, I use Arduino a lot, and I’m eternally grateful to the open source community who are a HUGE help. Given this, myself and […]
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