Something is still missing

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dubbie — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:07:10 GMT

Juha,

I often find myself in a similar situation, especially when the sun is shining, as it is at the moment. I often tell my wife that I'm inversely powered by the sun - whenever it shines I just have to sit/lie down in the sun and have a doze.

It is also the reason I have not made an official PiCasso Design Challenge application. I managed to get an old Raspberry Pi B running connected via Ethernet, for the purposes of gaining experience and then just stopped. There's still time for an unofficial entry though.

Dubbie

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neuromodulator — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 02:22:45 GMT

Just wondering, did the kit also include LEDs or is there extra budget to add other items?

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jc2048 — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 23:30:37 GMT

Have you considered resistance wire rather than resistors? If you wound it in a spiral and glued it to the back of the thermochromic material it might allow for larger, more even pixels than with actual resistors and it might give better transfer of the heat, particularly if you then backed it with an insulating layer. Just a thought of something you could try out if it were of interest. There's also the possibility of doing things that are less regular than a matrix, or regular in a different sort of way (fractal-like, maybe), or with overlaps.

As to whether you stop at this point, that can only be for you to decide, but what you've proposed looks interesting and I'd like to see where you go with it.

RE: Something is still missing

dougw — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 22:35:49 GMT

That is a common problem and of course there are no easy solutions.

It sometimes works to break it down into very small tasks so it is really quick to complete one task, but until you actually do one the fear is still a deterrent.

And even after doing something, the fear doesn't necessarily go away. [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-09398ce1-6ba8-4fd6-ab83-53c30614b43f/contentimage_5F00_2.png:16:16]

At least this community will appreciate it when you do overcome the inertia....[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-09398ce1-6ba8-4fd6-ab83-53c30614b43f/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]