Thursday, June 8, 2006 – 13:47
After a long time in school and many preparations, the big day is very close. I will graduate tomorrow Friday the 9th of June from ABB Industrial Highschool i Västerås. I have a tight scheudle tomorrow and will be doing many things. 7:30: Breakfeast with champagne at Aros Congress Center followed by signing each other’s [...]
Friday, May 26, 2006 – 10:29
I am not used to having Thursday and Friday off from school, but that is the fact this week due to Ascension day. The last lession I had this week was physical education, and it was the last lesson of that sort that I will ever have. When I graduate from highschool and start to [...]
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 – 21:54
So three years at the ABB Upper Secondary Highschool are finally coming to an end. I started first class there in the fall of 2003, and my graduation day will be at the 9th of June this year, so it’s only 15 days left. In Sweden, the Highschool graduation is a big event. All graduated [...]
Monday, May 22, 2006 – 07:31
After many hours of writing, editing and layouting, we (the Voxel group) have sent in the second version of our final report on Project Voxel. This is the penultimate version, and after the teachers have corrected any mistakes, we will hand in version 3, the final version, next week.
Thursday, May 18, 2006 – 09:34
Today we had our project presentation. We had a working prototype, although it didn’t use the microprocessor. The presentation was 30 minutes long and seemed to be well-recieved by the audience. George was also there, and he spoke a lot about how good we’ve been, so after all it feels quite good to have done [...]
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 – 20:48
So tomorrow is the presentation. We have been busy working all day, and are finally finished to the point where we have something to display for the audience. The presentation is redy to be presented!
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 – 14:25
We have assembled the spinning disc and attached the LED matrix to it. We then fired up the first test run, with the middle LED:s turned on. Performance is less than expected, but we are closer than ever to a working prototype.
Thursday, May 4, 2006 – 21:21
While working on the programming to the microprocessor, my friend accidently turned the voltage knob on the power source connected to the evaluation board. The voltage rose from 5 to 10 V, and before I could shut off the power and remove him from the power source the damage was already done. I felt a [...]
Monday, April 24, 2006 – 16:03
We have set up a laboratory for development, and I have installed Ubuntu on the computer we use. Now it’s just the rest left. We also had a meeting where we discussed the report.
Thursday, April 20, 2006 – 21:26
Finally, the m68hc12 card has arrived. It is neat, fast and good-looking. Bundled with a good manual, it was easy to start with the development. I have already downloaded and modified the ermat program to the chip, and to my great surprise it worked perfectly from the beginning. However, it was extremely slow thanks to [...]