RE: Project14 | Build Your Own Rube Goldberg Device!

dang74 — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 14:17:33 GMT

Growing up in the 80s I seen all kinds of examples of Rube Goldberg devices in movies, television shows and even a pop tart commercial. It seemed to be a more prominent part of pop culture in those days.

Anyway how is this for a modern take on Rube Goldberg? Let's replace the traditional task of measuring voltage using a multimeter with the following:

1. Attach an ADC module to a WiFi capable microcontroller development board.

2. The acquired measurement is then transmitted by WiFi

3. Where it is received by a gateway device connected to my company's IT equipment rack.

4. From there the data enters the unknown waters of the internet, travelling a mysterious path through copper and fibre cables being directed by a series of network switches until it travels half way across the world and back.

5. Finally it reaches the hard drives of the cloud hosting company I pay $9.99 a month to store and process a floppy drive's worth of data.

6. I log onto my computer, open my browser and type in a cryptic series of numbers.

7. And when I hit enter the data embarks on its return journey, once again travelling the world over before making its way into my local area network.

8. Eventually the data enters my computer through its ethernet port and makes its way through the motherboard circuitry.

9. Finally the data is converted to video, transmitted up through the monitor cable and displayed to my screen.

Oh, wait a minute I think I just reinvented the Internet of Things. ;)

RE: Project14 | Build Your Own Rube Goldberg Device!

cbohra00627 — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 04:37:51 GMT

Seems to be a fun activity!!!