Sorry for the long delay, I’ve being dueling with my Arduino setup... I’m having a tearable time understanding C, I give big credit to all you programmers out there! I’m getting there, it’s just freaking slow.
Anyway, I received my replacement screen and finished connecting all of my componants. I spent about an hour modifying code last night to ensure everything was working properly and invissioned.
Test footage: note, the flickering is only seen on camera.
Based on the video above, I changed the following:
1. Updated the transitions, they no longer go black between screens. They simply wipe to reveal the selected function.
2. Altered the clock speed relative to the function; the LEDs on the scanner head change speeds depending on the function displayed.
Also, I’m still finalizing the sound FX I’ll be using, well, beyond the SFS “Boo Boop”. I taken directly from the film.
In addition to the scanning beep there will be a :
1. startup tone (triggered during start up)
2. button tone (triggered by any button press)
3. processing data tone (triggered where appropriate)
4. Shutdown tone (triggered on shutdown)
I was setting up to make another video to show my mods in action this morning when I acidently ran 8 volts through my breadboard and blew my SD card and reader. I’m luck that I didn’t kill everything, but I still need to replace those before I can make a new video. Also, even though it wasn’t videoed, all of the LEDs function well.
So for now, I ordered new parts that should be here by Wed, I’ve started to rework some of my previously mentioned cosmetic concerns (since I now have the time) and will hopefully have everything done by this weekend.
Cheers — James