Loose Ends #8

 

Here is the right side (standing behind), without the space port.  It may be hard to see, but above the power well on the plateau, there are two exhaust ports for the garbage collectors.  You get a better look in this blow up.

Below are some pictures of the detail in Maintenance Control and the Cyber Cafe.

 

Ore Processor - Part THREE

 I am including a few pictures that I took during the build.  This is not done yet.  The conveyor belt in the front does not always hold the crystals securely when operating.  So there is more work to do here.  I have been leery about running it full time at shows.  If the crystals fall off, then the conveyor belt could jam.  To get them out, requires to disassemble the front part.

 

I also want to add some mechanism at the end of the back conveyor belt to intimate that there is crushing going on.

 

 

 

Updating Android

So the last six weeks or so have been spent trying to update the Play Store to Android 15.  Every August this needs to happen.  While most updates are fairly mundane, for whatever reason this one was not.  

One reason was the compiler also made major changes in how it operates with Android.  Once I figured out what was happening there, then the debugger was having issues.  Part of this appears to be related to the latest version of OneUI on my S23.  

I was also operating under the constraint that the firmware in the hardware devices that out there, cannot be changed.  And there a lot of Bluetooth 4.2 devices, which is also a constraint.  In the latest versions, there is a lot more initialization/verification in the connection.  Plus it determines what version of the firmware is present and then loads the correct User Interface, based on this and what device is connected.

I also test with four devices with varying versions of Android, Samsung Tab A7, Samsung A53, Samsung A13 and a Samsung S23.  The Android version varies from 13 to 15.  

Well now that is done, I can move on to the next thing.

 

Liberty Ends

 

I have been traveling and performing mundane tasks of life that have been put off for a while. But that is ending now and we are back to blogging and working.

I have taken some what of break with the Space Outpost and Lego in general as a way to recharge my creativity.  Part of this is working on the train room and advancing the layout.

So more on all of this as the week progresses.

 

 

On Liberty

                                                                                                                            Image by Gallant890 from Pixabay
 

Garbage on the Space Outpost

As past of the effort to detail the space outpost, garbage handling came up.  There are two approaches to detailing, fun action related things, ie building walkers, attacking the aliens, etc.  Or you can work on the "hum drum" that makes any large complex run, ie, maintenance support, food service, gym, showers, sleeping quarters and garbage handling.

My idea was incinerators and maybe a garbage crusher.  These two pictures above show the beginnings as I play with incinerators and the openings.  I saw these circular openings elsewhere and decided it was perfect for this.  It gives the illusion there are doors in them that will close when needed.  The bottom picture shows three different possibilities.  I settled for the one on the right as the basis.

Here is the close to final design, without the circular openings.  There is an incinerator on either side and the garbage crusher in the middle.  There is a control panel for operation.

The circular openings have been installed.  There is still detail to be added inside each compartment.  The circular opening makes it hard to see the garbage crusher.  The is something that will have to be worked on.

This is installing the lights.  I went with cool white on the incinerators and RGBW Led on the crusher.  Except I only connected the RED and BLUE.

Here it is with the LEDs on.  You can also see some of the detail that is included is included in the incinerator rooms.  After seeing this, I am going to look at putting the small LED controller in to varying the lighting.  The garbage crusher also needs work.  Unfortunately, there is no place to put a motor, that would be ideal for the crusher.

 

Loose Ends #7

 

This is the first attempt at the fueling station for the Space Port.  Still needs some work.  I did this at the last minute before Brick Days, using only the parts I had on hand.  Thus there is room for improvement.

Here is another perspective while fueling the cargo transport.

What follows are some random ideas that came up while building with the grand kids.

I am not sure what these creations will lead to.  But one of the overall treatments needs to the so called greebling, and that is probably where this is eventually heading