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Santa's Mailbox

iker46 — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:42:42 GMT

Hi,

So last year I was going to adapt an old mailbox to my daughter's height, paint it red and white, so she could send a letter to Santa. My daughter was still too young to understand, so I didn't finish it.

She might be still too young, however this Holiday Special encourages me not to only finish it, but also improve it. I'm thinking in:

Adding a screen with a countdown.
Adding some lights.

I think that both she and her even younger brother will enjoy for some years sending the letter and watching it disappear as Santa collects it.

Any more ideas? Thank you.

RE: Santa's Mailbox

Fred27 — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:19:53 GMT

Stick it in a box labelled "open November 2024" and continue it then.

RE: Santa's Mailbox

cstanton — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:28:09 GMT

We'll look forward to it 🙂

RE: Santa's Mailbox

iker46 — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:03:08 GMT

Definitely I won't have time to participate this year... I'll come back with this project next year. Good luck to all.

RE: Santa's Mailbox

iker46 — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 07:12:59 GMT

As expected I have been very busy... I have been able to fix the painting of the mailbox and code the screen. I'll try to finish and post it and I'll keep updating in the future. It's something my kids could be involved with when they grow up.

Christmass tree

mihaita802003 — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:09:58 GMT

Hello,

This year, 2023, I created an Christmas tree using an PIC12F75 and 20 LEDs. The code is written in MPASM.

Here is video with my Christmas tree: https://youtu.be/Yg3-6_1Bg6U and https://youtu.be/v8Erdmjog68

RE: Christmass tree

satss — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 19:43:29 GMT

cool its god for work desk

RE: Christmass tree

ntewinkel — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:28:31 GMT

Very nice!

I love the clean design and the silkscreen additions, and you have some cool animations going on 🙂

RE: Christmass tree

dang74 — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 01:21:54 GMT

Very nice. Love the Christmas imagery in the silkscreen.

RE: Christmass tree

DAB — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:45:12 GMT

Nice build.

An easy addition to any desk.

RE: Christmass tree

robogary — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:43:50 GMT

Very clean build and nice looking

RE: Christmass tree

dougw — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:40:03 GMT

Cool. I like the battery base as well.

You can embed the YouTube video in your blog using the insert menu.

RE: Christmass tree

Fred27 — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:56:10 GMT

Nice job. It's not often you see someone using assembly these days.

Earn your cookie: With Santa as your Spotter!

balajivan1995 — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:28:45 GMT

Quite recently I was selected to Roatest the Rasynboard. While the Out of Box testing is in progress, I have decided to make a capstone project using ML on edge feature of the board. The idea is quite simple.

HMI display with Santa's likeness will be created. Whenever the user is in idle state, Santa will prompt the user to do some predefined exercises (Wrist curls, push-ups). Using the IMU motion sensor, the body movement will be captured, and result of movement will be validated by using ML inference on edge. If the movement is valid, Santa will offer a cookie, else Santa will ask the user to try again.

Whether you're a fitness enthusiast looking to add a touch of holiday spirit to your routine or someone who wants to stay in shape while embracing the joy of the season, Santa got you covered.

RE: Earn your cookie: With Santa as your Spotter!

robogary — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:33:13 GMT

I'd strap that IMU to my dog and collect all the cookies :-)

RE: teaser: ChatGPT Festivus

Jan Cumps — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:14:09 GMT

Turned out I did have a button. All is finished now.

https://youtu.be/L1tox42MjXA

teaser: ChatGPT Festivus

Jan Cumps — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 14:51:27 GMT

Teaser for ChatGPT Festivus:

[View:/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/416/speech.mp3:640:50]

Where's my draft Holiday Special 2023 project gone?

Fred27 — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:02:15 GMT

So, I decided to start on my Holiday Special 2023 project and created a new project following the new project format outlined Ho-Ho-Hold on a minute, is that a blog? I saved the draft but now can't seem to find it at all.

To be honest, there wasn't anything in there that I can't redo, but I was wondering if this is a problem or if it's just me being dense. To be honest, I've not felt that comfortable finding stuff since the switch to Verint, so it could well be me.

I think the best way might just be to publish the unfinished project and update it as I go...

RE: Where's my draft Holiday Special 2023 project gone?

javagoza — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:52:37 GMT

Confirmed!

RE: Where's my draft Holiday Special 2023 project gone?

cstanton — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:10:49 GMT

javagoza, after further testing, while this option may appear, we believe it'll throw an error if you go ahead and try it (we're not inviting people to that though), hopefully, this is at least reassuring 🙂 It's being raised with Verint to clear it away.

RE: Santa's Mailbox

dougw — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:08:17 GMT

You are lucky, by the time they are old enough to take care of themselves, they are usually more interested in sleeping in....☺

RE: Santa's Mailbox

Fred27 — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:59:36 GMT

That age is when you get the least sleep. Don't worry. It gets easier from here on. Mine are 12 and nearly 10 so a similar age gap to yours. They can get up in the morning at the weekend, make their own breakfast and entertain themselves. We're also starting to do some projects together.

RE: Santa's Mailbox

iker46 — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:04:07 GMT

Thank you all for the cool ideas! They are still really young (<3 years and < 6 months) and I don't have much time so I think I'll keep it quite simple but would improve each year and update here. Who knows, they might even help me in the future.

What unusual just-your-family Christmas traditions do you have?

Fred27 — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 11:37:46 GMT

So, there's all the "normal" Christmas / holiday traditions. Lots of countries have their own unique ones too.

How about your family or friends? Anything that just you do and nobody else?

RE: What unusual just-your-family Christmas traditions do you have?

dang74 — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:51:56 GMT

LOL, I like how you equate 'taking the week off' to working on half a dozen electronics projects.