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Project14 | A Question of Scale: Grow or Shrink Something for a Cartridge-Sized NES Portable!

tariq.ahmad — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 07:03:13 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 8/13/2022 7:03:13 AM

In the comments below: Tell us about your Question of Scale project ideas!

It can be a Something You Shrink or Grow like the Cartridge-Sized NES Portable Grand Prize (plus a $100 Shopping Cart) or a Data Acquisition project involving measurement systems such as thermocouples, piezos, and other sensors.

The theme this month is A Question of Scale and it comes from a suggestion from beacon_dave and a follow up suggestion from jack.chaney56 (who thought of projects involving measurement systems such as thermocouples, piezos, and other sensors). The original idea was to take something and scale it up or down like Ben Heck’s Giant Game Boy , Ben Heck's Hand Soldered Portable Atari 2600 , or Jumbo Servo by Workshopshed. While we are talking about great projects from element14's The Ben Heck Show , you could also throw in Episode 206: Ben Heck's ZX Spectrum 2.0 which Workshopshed won for his entry in Winner Announcement: Ben Heck's Portable ZX Spectrum! Ben Heck, like many of you, holds a special place in my heart, it was the only program that I was on during my first year on the element14 community.

If there was ever a Project14 contest to tie in with a Ben Heck giveaway, a rarity now that he has officially retired, this would be the one to do it with. The Giant Game Boy lives in the canteen of the Chicago office and would be a nightmare to ship but luckily we still have builds leftover from Ben to use in giveaways, one of them being, the Yobo NOAC Nintendo Portable "How Small Can it Be?"! It's a Cartridge-Sized NES Portable, that accepts actual cartridges from the original NES system, a system that also holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first game console I ever owned. You can win it as the Grand Prize (along with a $100 Shopping Cart for the most exciting A Question of Scale project that either grows or shrinks something either up or down in scale.

Should you decide to do a data acquisition or traditional measurement type project such as Temperature Measurement for Lab and Science Projects by shabaz , feel free to do that as well. No need to shrink something that is really big, to make it small, or vice versa. As beacon_dave mentioned data acquisition and measurement projects are "good for getting the younger generation interested in measuring the real world around them" and "Pico Technology has a list of educational projects for data acquisition type projects". Like all Project14 contests, we'll have 3 First Place Winners and a $100 Shopping Cart prize.

Winners will be chosen by community member judges who will look for 4 things:

Is it Original?
Did you Stick to the Theme?
Did you list the Steps?
Video Proof (You are Encouraged to be Creative and Have Fun)!

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Here are Some Question of Scale Projects from Ben Heck to Inspire You:

A Question of Scale: Inspiration from Ben Heck!
Episode 336: Yobo NOAC Nintendo Portable "How Small Can it Be?"	Episode 225: Ben Heck’s Giant Game Boy Episode
www.youtube.com/watch	www.youtube.com/watch

A Question of Scale: Inspiration from Ben Heck!
Episode 177: Ben Heck’s Dreamcast Portable Part 1 Episode	Episode 181: Ben Heck's Dreamcast Portable Part 2 Episode
www.youtube.com/watch	www.youtube.com/watch

A Question of Scale: Inspiration from Ben Heck!
Episode 183: Ben Heck's Dreamcast Portable Part 3 Episode	Episode 204: Ben Heck's ZX Spectrum 2.0 Part 1 Episode
www.youtube.com/watch	www.youtube.com/watch

A Question of Scale: Inspiration from Ben Heck!
Episode 206: Ben Heck's ZX Spectrum 2.0 Part 2 Episode	Episode 165: Ben Heck's Xbox One Portable Part 2 Episode
www.youtube.com/watch	www.youtube.com/watch

A Question of Scale: Inspiration from Ben Heck!
Episode 236: Ben Heck's Hand Soldered Portable Atari 2600 Episode	Episode 164: Ben Heck's Xbox One Portable Part 1 Episode
www.youtube.com/watch	www.youtube.com/watch

A Question of Scale: Inspiration from Ben Heck!
Episode 165: Ben Heck's Xbox One Portable Part 2 Episode	Episode 166: Ben Heck's Xbox One Portable Part 3 Episode
www.youtube.com/watch	www.youtube.com/watch

Your Monthly Theme

The Monthly Theme You Voted For: A Question of Scale
Temperature Measurement for Lab and Science Projects	Jumbo Servo
players.brightcove.net/.../index.html	players.brightcove.net/.../index.html

Your Chance to Win

Be Original	Stick to the Theme
You could come up with a clever name that make's your project memorable! This project is your baby! Part of the fun of bringing something new into the world is coming up with a name. Your project could introduce something new or that is not commercially available or affordable!	If you have an idea for a project that doesn't fit the current theme then submit your idea in the comments section of the monthly poll.
List the Steps	Submit Video Proof
Provide the steps you took to complete your project (text, video, or images). This could be a step by step how-to-guide, vlog, schematics, coding, napkin drawings, voice narration, or whatever you think will be useful!	If it doesn't work that's fine, this is more about the journey than the end product. A short video is all that is required but you can shoot as much video as you like. You are encouraged to be creative and have as much fun as possible!

The Grand Prize

One Grand Prize Winner Wins Ben Heck's Cartridged-Sized NES + a $100 Shopping Cart

Cartridged-Sized NES	$100 Shopping Cart

First Place Winners

3 First Place Winners Win a $100 Shopping Cart:
- How to Redeem Your Shopping Cart for Project14

Your Project, Your Ideas!

About Project14	Directions
Every month you'll have a new poll where you'll get to decide an upcoming project competition, based on your interests, that will take place a couple of months in advance. Themes are broad in scope so that everyone can participate regardless of skill set. What are Monthly Themes? Every month (around the 14th of each month) a new theme will be posted on Project14. Submit your ideas (proposals) for your projects to get feedback from the rest of the community. Submit a project entry in the Theme space once you start working on it. What are Monthly Theme Polls? Every month (around the 14th of each month) there is a project theme poll. Vote on which project competition you want to see for the following upcoming theme. The themes voted on during the previous poll decided the upcoming theme. If you submit an idea for a theme that is not used then it can still be used in a future poll. Themes comments and ideas from the comments section of the project theme poll.	Step 1: Log in or register on element14, it's easy and free. Step 2: Post in the comments section below to begin a discussion on your idea. Videos, pictures and text are all welcomed forms of submission. Step 3: Submit a blog post of your progress on your project by the end of the month. You are free to submit as many blog entries as you like until the beginning of the next theme. Be sure to include video proof of your project! Visit: A Question of Scale and submit your project blog or tag your blog with questionofscalech! You have until February 14th End of Day to submit your completed project! A jury consisting of your peers will judge project submissions!

About Project14

Directions

Every month you'll have a new poll where you'll get to decide an upcoming project competition, based on your interests, that will take place a couple of months in advance. Themes are broad in scope so that everyone can participate regardless of skill set.

What are Monthly Themes?

Every month (around the 14th of each month) a new theme will be posted on Project14.
Submit your ideas (proposals) for your projects to get feedback from the rest of the community.
Submit a project entry in the Theme space once you start working on it.

What are Monthly Theme Polls?

Every month (around the 14th of each month) there is a project theme poll.
Vote on which project competition you want to see for the following upcoming theme.
- The themes voted on during the previous poll decided the upcoming theme.
- If you submit an idea for a theme that is not used then it can still be used in a future poll.
Themes comments and ideas from the comments section of the project theme poll.

Step 1: Log in or register on element14, it's easy and free.

Step 2: Post in the comments section below to begin a discussion on your idea. Videos, pictures and text are all welcomed forms of submission.

Step 3: Submit a blog post of your progress on your project by the end of the month. You are free to submit as many blog entries as you like until the beginning of the next theme.

Be sure to include video proof of your project!

Visit: A Question of Scale and submit your project blog or tag your blog with questionofscalech!

You have until February 14th End of Day to submit your completed project!

A jury consisting of your peers will judge project submissions!

In the comments below: Tell us about your Question of Scale project ideas!

It can be a Something You Shrink or Grow like the Cartridge-Sized NES Portable Grand Prize or a Data Acquisition project involving measurement systems such as thermocouples, piezos, and other sensors.

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Project14 | Winners Announcement: Size Matters Not: A Question of Scale!

tariq.ahmad — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 06:58:56 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 8/13/2022 6:58:56 AM

Congratulations to nobble for Mini Gameboy Home Console: The Gamebox DMG Consolizer , Workshopshed for Jumbo LED , and dubbie for Tiny24hourMoBot ! You are the Winners of A Question of Scale competition from Project14! You win a $100 Shopping Cart

Congratulations to shabaz for Building a Miniature 300W Speaker Simulator ! You are Grand Prize Winner of A Question of Scale ! You win the grand prize of a mini NES plus a $100 Shopping Cart

"A mind that is stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and as Acting Chief Justice of the United States, noted for his long service, concise and pithy opinions, and deference to the decisions of elected legislatures, he is one of the most widely cited United States Supreme Court justices.

"I learned, and later had to unlearn in order to become a scientist myself, that science is simply measurement and the answers are in print." ~ George Gaylord Simpson, perhaps the most influential paleontologist of the twentieth century.

When the idea of A Question of Scale was mentioned, the idea was to build a Jumbo Servo like Workshopshed or to blow something up or shrink it in scale such as a Giant Game Boy or make something real small like a handheld console. To make things a little more interesting, the Grand Prize was a mini NES portable. This theme had the promise of producing some fun projects and didn't disappoint. There wasn't a project in here that didn't question the way we looked at scale. Workshopshed returned with Jumbo LED and there was a mini LED tree from kk99 , nobble returned with his most exciting Gameboy build since Hack Like Heck - Elliot Goofe - Nobble - FUTUREBOY! THE MOST Advanced Gameboy Pi. Hack 2 The Future of Handheld Gaming , and from his followed up with another exciting gaming project after his last appearance in Hack Like Heck, and R2D2 returned in the smaller form than he was seen in The Making of R2D2 - The Force on Wheels by Sean_Miller when dougw brought R2 back in a smaller form factor with Size Matters Not - An R2D2 Story . Along the way, dubbie found a clever way to build a robot in 24 hours Tiny24hourMoBot and made it really, really small....

The Grand Prize winning project was Building a Miniature 300W Speaker Simulator from shabaz . It was inspired by a project from our Test Instrumentation competition. He returned his own version of Working Prototype of a Kelvin (4-Wire) Milliohm Meter with one of his own in Building Frank's Milliohm Meter. He then took that project and used it for a Project14 entry of his own! In the end, A Question of Scale proved this guy's point:

Electromagnetism	Wearable Tech
Project14 \| The Force of Electromagnetism: Anything from Solenoids, Motors, to Wireless Transfer!	Home Automation Mojo You Must Know Part 4: Actuation

Electromagnetism	Home Automation

Jumbo LED

Tiny24MoBot

Remote Home Monitoring with Raspberry Pi and Hologram Nova - Full Instructions

Jumbo LED

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Project14 | A Question of Scale: Grow or Shrink Something for a Cartridge-Sized NES Portable!

In the comments below: Tell us about your Question of Scale project ideas!

It can be a Something You Shrink or Grow like the Cartridge-Sized NES Portable Grand Prize (plus a $100 Shopping Cart) or a Data Acquisition project involving measurement systems such as thermocouples, piezos, and other sensors.

Here are Some Question of Scale Projects from Ben Heck to Inspire You:

Your Monthly Theme

Your Chance to Win

In the comments below: Tell us about your Question of Scale project ideas!

It can be a Something You Shrink or Grow like the Cartridge-Sized NES Portable Grand Prize or a Data Acquisition project involving measurement systems such as thermocouples, piezos, and other sensors.

Project14 | Winners Announcement: Size Matters Not: A Question of Scale!

The Grand Prize

Building a Miniature 300W Speaker Simulator by shabaz:

First Place Winners

Jumbo LED by Workshopshed:

Runners Up

Remote Home Monitoring with Raspberry Pi and Hologram Nova - Full Instructions by luislabmo :

What's Happening Now

In the comments below:

Be sure to Congratulate the Winners and Keep Being Awesome!

Project14 | Winners Announcement: Size Matters Not: A Question of Scale!

The Grand Prize

Building a Miniature 300W Speaker Simulator by shabaz:

First Place Winners

Jumbo LED by Workshopshed:

Runners Up

Remote Home Monitoring with Raspberry Pi and Hologram Nova - Full Instructions by luislabmo :

What's Happening Now

In the comments below:

Be sure to Congratulate the Winners and Keep Being Awesome!

Project14 | Winners Announcement: Size Matters Not: A Question of Scale!

The Grand Prize

Building a Miniature 300W Speaker Simulator by shabaz:

First Place Winners

Jumbo LED by Workshopshed:

Runners Up

Remote Home Monitoring with Raspberry Pi and Hologram Nova - Full Instructions by luislabmo :

What's Happening Now

In the comments below:

Be sure to Congratulate the Winners and Keep Being Awesome!

Project14 | Winners Announcement: Size Matters Not: A Question of Scale!

The Grand Prize

Building a Miniature 300W Speaker Simulator by shabaz:

First Place Winners

Jumbo LED by Workshopshed:

Runners Up

Remote Home Monitoring with Raspberry Pi and Hologram Nova - Full Instructions by luislabmo :

What's Happening Now

In the comments below:

Be sure to Congratulate the Winners and Keep Being Awesome!

Project14 | Winners Announcement: Size Matters Not: A Question of Scale!

The Grand Prize

Building a Miniature 300W Speaker Simulator by shabaz:

First Place Winners

Jumbo LED by Workshopshed:

Runners Up

Remote Home Monitoring with Raspberry Pi and Hologram Nova - Full Instructions by luislabmo :

What's Happening Now

In the comments below:

Be sure to Congratulate the Winners and Keep Being Awesome!

Project14 | Winners Announcement: Size Matters Not: A Question of Scale!

The Grand Prize

Building a Miniature 300W Speaker Simulator by shabaz:

First Place Winners

Jumbo LED by Workshopshed:

Runners Up

Remote Home Monitoring with Raspberry Pi and Hologram Nova - Full Instructions by luislabmo :

What's Happening Now

In the comments below:

Be sure to Congratulate the Winners and Keep Being Awesome!

Project14 | Winners Announcement: Size Matters Not: A Question of Scale!

The Grand Prize

Building a Miniature 300W Speaker Simulator by shabaz:

First Place Winners

Jumbo LED by Workshopshed:

Runners Up

Remote Home Monitoring with Raspberry Pi and Hologram Nova - Full Instructions by luislabmo :

What's Happening Now

In the comments below:

Be sure to Congratulate the Winners and Keep Being Awesome!

Project14 | Winners Announcement: Size Matters Not: A Question of Scale!