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Day 2: Keyswitch test prep
09/27/2022 at 01:54 • 0 comments27/09/2022: Temporarily mounted LCD screen to the wood chassis. Added a ribbon cable to the RPi to break out the GPIO pins, so that I can test a single keyswitch.
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Day 1: Day of the Saw
09/27/2022 at 01:50 • 0 comments23/09/2022 Cut lumber in half, bolted halves together and cut to rough shape. Started notional placement of major components. Wow, this screen is big. I have a couple of significantly smaller LCD panels, but I'm not ready to sacrifice the old Dell netbook or the OLPC XO.
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Day 0
09/17/2022 at 01:13 • 0 comments16/09/2022: The LCD controller arrived in the mail. Assembled the RPi, LCD panel, controller, USB keyboard and mouse, and performed a smoke test. The RPi booted and the desktop appeared on the panel. Brought up a terminal emulator and ran a couple of commands.
17/09/2022: Off to London to watch the funeral procession, brb!