New Container Ship

 

This is the first Lego Space set I had.  And t is the only that has survived me and to kids.  For some reason it has remained mostly intact.  I have used it in the display on and off, until the floating platform was built.  Since then it has been a fixture in the display.

Well time has moved on.  The Starfleet Voyager was a little big for the platform and is a classic implementation.  The display it self is not as boxy and for the most part studs are tiled over. 

This was my first idea for a replacement.  It is very similar to the original.  But it ended up being even bigger.  

Which led to the this.  It is a little smaller than the original, but keeps the lines of the my first idea.

Different views.  I am working on instructions and will post them on the website when I get done.  I may yet revisit the original idea and finish it also.

Loose Ends #4

 

For the last month or more I have been working on Software and Device firmware.  I have not posted because this work is extremely boring, except for a very few.  Last summer I embarked on a project to consolidate the all the device firmware and the PC/Android software.  It was extremely cumbersome to constantly have to make the same changes in multiple places.  But this project was much larger than I thought.  But it has made a huge difference in developing new features, since they automatically deploy across all the devices where applicable.

The PC interfaces are now going to be consistent as are the Android interfaces.  The device API will also be consistent.  If the feature is not available on a particular device, a special message will be returned to indicate non-availability.

These are the updated interfaces.  You can see the difference in the Light Buddy 2 interface at the top of the page and this one here.  Brick Controller ONE did not have PWM control of the LEDs or the Motors, so that functionality is not shown.  All the other brick and light controllers have some form of PWM.

More on these updates later.

 

 In between I have been working on the tera forming and landscaping of the plateau area.  While it is generally flat, there still needs to be some kind of terrain.  This takes a lot of plates and tiles to do.  Once the terrain is done, then it needs to be landscaped.

Finally I have been trying to get the first Light Controller up and running again.  When I did it the first time was right at the start of COVID.  Then all the parts disappeared.  Now that most are back, I am updating the design.