I installed Linux Mint and I’m having fun with some extremely cheap RISC-V microcontrollers (ch32v003) using the open source toolchain of ch32fun. Having a blast!
What are you doing with the microcontrollers? Anything interesting?
So far I’m just learning to code harder in C getting into the nitty-gritty of the hardware. A simple but challenging enough project is a mini LED light that I can tie to my thumb in order to use my eBook better. Regulable light intensity through PWM, low-power mode for low power consumption when off, interrupts from button to power-up… Quite a few different peripherals to touch!
We finally made it through the long winter and NWSL is back this weekend, baby! It kicks off Friday with Portland Thorns vs Washington Spirit and my favorite team, the Seattle Reign have their first game against the Orlando Pride on Sunday afternoon and I could not be more excited to watch some women’s soccer 😊
I stood up an old laptop on the windowsill and set up a video broadcasting website for it. Should handle around 50 or 75 concurrent stream watchers, I guesstimate. It was a fun DIY/learning project for me.
Last night I passed 120,000 words on my first draft.
I’ve been trying to write a book for close to three decades. Sometimes I would right 10,000 words and give up, sometimes I’d give up after a single paragraph. But for some reason, this time I’ve stuck with it.
Still a bit of work to do to finish it up, and it’s still the first draft, but I’ve never been so close to achieving my lifelong ambition.
Tomorrow I’ll meet some friends to play Doppelkopf (german card game for four players) and on Thursday I will visit the movie theatre to watch Marty Supreme.
