[melkael]

I’ve started a lot of ambitious DIY projects that I then abandoned (AR glasses, beaglebone based cellphone, etc).

My (still unfinished) PhD thesis is my longest project so far and its teaching me how to keep grinding. I feel like having a deep motivation and some structure helps for me (although a very tenuous one as I started during lockdown so my PhD time was mostly remote work so far).

Being autonomous motivates me to do things, but having people you have to explain your stuff to helps to keep working when its hard.

[ge96]

How far did you get with the hardware projects? It is a bit of work to design something/get it made and also approved.

[melkael]

I had pcbs made. For the ar glasses I had a working v0.0.01 (working on a small microprocessor and low battery, with bulky cables but it could run a production ready screen nicely)

Edit: I’m talking about the screen because the hardest part was probably to source it and then interface with it (my screen was 720p and like 1-2inches large which is of course not your standard part).

Also I have to add my background in electronics is being the average arduino tinkerer, having an ambitious project in domains I know better helps finishing stuff too

[ge96]

Dang yeah I personally am an Arduino/RPi/ESP/Teensy tinkerer as well but have yet to actually make own my PCB design (gerber file? or something).

That's a goal in the future, that would pretty neat use Kicad or something.

So what happened to the AR project? Just scrapped it?

I'm backing a PCVR company and they're making small display stuff too it's pretty neat.