Our family room TV is essentially a computer monitor, as it’s mainly used to stream movies and shows. It does a great job, and we’ve only had one complaint with the setup to date: There’s no remote.
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And the Trogdor comes in the NIIIIiiiiIIIIIGHT!
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My first gaming project ever using Microsoft MakeCode Arcade!
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Finally! A project my 2-year-old understands and appreciates right out the gate. She’s thrilled. I’m thrilled.
Your ancestors called it magic, but you call it science. I come from a land where they are one and the same.
-Thor (2011)
That feeling of magic and science is what I wanted to invoke when taking hold of this hammer and watching it light up. No visible plugs, switches, or any other indication of functionality thanks to inductive charging and reed switches.
Between the learning experience of the Drachenbox One, and the DrachenberryPi configurations, I had a few parts left over, which was irritating. It pains me to have useful components like LiPo batteries and charging circuits sitting idly in storage until another project needing them comes along. It occurred to me later than I’d like to admit that a LiPo battery and charging circuit makes for a great project in and of itself.
As mentioned at the end of my last post, Adafruit did indeed figure out how to get RetroPie to work using their TFT screens, which was awesome, because it allowed me to use the one I had previously purchased without issue, and finally build my own GameBoy:
Part of the driving force behind the decision to get my own 3D printer was discovering the PiGRRL project from Adafruit.
I could build my own GameBoy… WHAT?!
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