Alicia White

You could have made it.

You could have made it.

But with an Arduino or one of these little micropython circuit Python boards, think about what you would need to do. You would, you need to, okay, so like mentally build the system architecture. You need to push palettes. You need to be able to tell time. And you need to monitor temperature. If you went online and looked up, how do I get a thermistor? How do I tell temperature? Really easy.

But with an Arduino or one of these little micropython circuit Python boards, think about what you would need to do. You would, you need to, okay, so like mentally build the system architecture. You need to push palettes. You need to be able to tell time. And you need to monitor temperature. If you went online and looked up, how do I get a thermistor? How do I tell temperature? Really easy.

That would take you three minutes. Wiring, it's going to be easy. Powering, it's easy. Doing the timing, a little bit of research on that will probably turn up that you don't care whether you're doing two hours in one minute or one hour, 58 minutes. So you don't have a big constraint between really good time versus kind of crummy time either way, as long as you're around two hours.

That would take you three minutes. Wiring, it's going to be easy. Powering, it's easy. Doing the timing, a little bit of research on that will probably turn up that you don't care whether you're doing two hours in one minute or one hour, 58 minutes. So you don't have a big constraint between really good time versus kind of crummy time either way, as long as you're around two hours.

And now you have to figure out how to push the pellets in in a way that's probably metal because you don't want it to burn in plastic. You're not going to 3D print this. And now you need a motor subsystem. And that's where things get a little complicated. But motors are very common. And you can buy the kit that just says, I want you to move here and I want you to move there.

And now you have to figure out how to push the pellets in in a way that's probably metal because you don't want it to burn in plastic. You're not going to 3D print this. And now you need a motor subsystem. And that's where things get a little complicated. But motors are very common. And you can buy the kit that just says, I want you to move here and I want you to move there.

And so you push the pellets in. Maybe you have another door closer thing. Now you're getting into the mechanical. And I do get intimidated by mechanical, but you have a unit that works. You can start to look at it and see how does this work? What are the mechanical pieces that I need to be able to push and close doors and scoop pellets? It becomes... You want to build this.

And so you push the pellets in. Maybe you have another door closer thing. Now you're getting into the mechanical. And I do get intimidated by mechanical, but you have a unit that works. You can start to look at it and see how does this work? What are the mechanical pieces that I need to be able to push and close doors and scoop pellets? It becomes... You want to build this.

So you build each piece and then they all work together and then it's done. And then you want to do firmware update and you call me.

So you build each piece and then they all work together and then it's done. And then you want to do firmware update and you call me.

And that mechanical is so much smarter than what I was coming up with.

And that mechanical is so much smarter than what I was coming up with.

So, Adam, what do you want to build next?

So, Adam, what do you want to build next?

Birthday cards.

Birthday cards.

Chibitronics. C-H-I-B-I-tronics.

Chibitronics. C-H-I-B-I-tronics.