28th of March 2021, Sunday

Hello Gophers!

It's Sunday evening, and I feel like writing a piece for the phlog. I just don't
know what it will be about. I just feel like writing I guess.

I did some Lua coding for the first time in my life this weekend. It is a script
for OBS (Open Broadcasting system) that will run each 500ms and check what scene
we are currently broadcasting. Dependent on a code in de scene's name the script
will activate a tally light for the main camera that is used in the scene, in 
order for our minister to see where he should look. I ordered a cheap RS232 con-
trolled relay board from AliExpress, and I hope to control the four relays with
the script. The relays will be connected to the tally lights that will be placed
with every camera in the system. I must say the Lua language is not too bad. I
just do not like the non-strictness it has about typing. I'm old fashioned maybe
But okay, the script seems to work, and puts out the right commands over the
RS232 connection (I checked with a nullmodem cable and a serial terminal pro-
gram). Now the wait begins for the delivery of the board from China. Here in the
Netherlands that can easily take 5 weeks or so. We'll see.
I also designed a nice small 3D printed enclosure for the tally lights. I love
designing stuff in OpenSCAD. It just comes so naturally to me. I am a mechanical
engineer officially, but I like the programmatic approach to 3D drawing more
than drawing in a 'real' 3D drawing package like Pro/Engineer, NX or the like. I
can not tell you why, but I like the control over the exact numbers in OpenSCAD
I guess.
 
Well. This was again a small phlog entry about tech. I'll try to tell a bit 
about my personal life again next time.

Have a good week! 

Cheers,

Fripster

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