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Stardate: 20210411.2242 | |
Location: xiled rumination concentrator | |
Input Device: Concentrator PC (repurposed Lenovo PC) | |
Audio: Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More | |
Visual: X2Go session on daimos (Asus X200CA) | |
Emotional: Tired. | |
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I have been working on the xiled rumination concentrator quite a bit | |
lately, but I have not documented much about it, so I have decided | |
to write something to summarize the current state of the project (?) | |
Not sure if it's really a project since I keep changing things on | |
the fly and its function keeps evolving. | |
Current Primary Functions: | |
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Meeting Simulator - This is probably the primary function for now. | |
I spend a few hours a day in online meetings. | |
Audio listening booth - especially for new albums, streaming radio, | |
ham radio, zello. | |
Meditation - exterior sounds are muffled pretty well. | |
Recent upgrades: | |
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Cheap 32"(?) LCD TV w/HDMI from Goodwill - this is now the main | |
display. Not bad for $15, though it does have some weird temporary | |
image persistance(?) that goes away. The issue does not appear when | |
viewing video. | |
Surface RT tablet - access to the ship's computer (LCARS). This | |
was going to be an AUX display, but the browser does not work with | |
Deskreen[1] and I have not found an alternate browser for RT(arm cpu) | |
The LCARS interface works great as a GUI for the USS Nostradumbass | |
and it also provides cool ship sound effects. Sounds great with | |
it plugged into the mixer. | |
Repurposed Logitech speakers+subwoofer - The speaker/reciever setup | |
I was working on previously[2] was too cumbersome for the | |
concentrator. These are pretty standard desktop speakers that sound | |
decent in the enclosed space. The previous speakers will go to a | |
different project. | |
"Control Panel" - I have mounted a bunch of stuff to poultry fencing | |
and have pinned the panel to the foam wall of the concentrator. | |
Yeah, not the most elegant, but functional. Here is a crude diagram | |
of the panel. | |
USS Nostradumbass Control Panel: | |
{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}o------------o{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}| Amp on/off |{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}o------------o{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}o----------------o{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}| Logitech Audio |{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}| Controller |{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}o----------------o{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}{}o--------------------o{}{}{} | |
{}{}| 4-Channel |{}{}{} | |
{}{}| Mixer |{}{}{} | |
{}{}o--------------------o{}{}{} | |
{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}o----------o{}o------------o{} | |
{}| 5-Port |{}| 4-Port USB |{} | |
{}| Ethernet |{}| Hub |{} | |
{}| Switch |{}o------------o{} | |
{}o----------o{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} | |
That's it for now. I'll write more later. | |
[1] https://deskreen.com | |
[2] 20210323_audio | |
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