Early Action College is In...

Deferred from MIT... I don't think I am going to make in Regulars.

Song I was listening when I read that I was deferred

Sleep Apnea CPAP machines

https://www.propublica.org/article/you-snooze-you-lose-insurers-make-the-old-adage-literally-true?utm_medium=10today.media.20181121.421.2&utm_source=email&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=10-for-today---4.0-styling

ITS HERE!

Wow. 2 day shipping from china ($30), 10 boards for $15????? I didn't even know it was 10 boards :O

Excited... Sort of

Finally figured out how to make PCB easy, with easyeda.com. That site underwent a lot of changes that makes it SOOO much better.

Pics:

My Schematic

PCB Layout (2 layer, 4.1"x2.1")

What it looks like from the top (second layer not visible)

I just ordered it like 30 mins ago, they should be getting ready to make it anytime and SHIP THE DARN THING OVER... The board costs ~15$ but the shipping is like 30 bucks.... :(

JOMO

JOMO (The Joy of Missing Out.)
--By Michael Leunig

Oh the joy of missing out.

When the world begins to shout

And rush towards that shining thing;

The latest bit of mental bling--

Trying to have it, see it, do it,

You simply know you won't go through it;

The anxious clamouring and need

This restless hungry thing to feed.

Instead, you feel the loveliness;

The pleasure of your emptiness.

You spurn the treasure on the shelf

In favour of your peaceful self;

Without regret, without a doubt.

Oh the joy of missing out.

My Plan for the Summer

My Junior-Senior Year Summer:

I only got into SIP :(... I should not complain because many others do not have this opportunity, and the project I am assigned to is still quite interesting... It is almost the entire summer, but I get to commute to UCSC and back, so I still get to work on my projects at home.

I also did not make Physics Camp, but that was kind of expected... I hope I got a Gold or Silver medal at least :/  (I got a silver, top 75)

When I am at home, there are many things to do

1. Formal 4 year plan for Science Club A
2. RISE Club activities F
3. College App essay practice A
4. RECORDER THINGY!!!!! I NEED TO GET IT WORKING >:O B
5. Pallet train track thing A
6. Imaging Joe's Trail (extended now holy crap its loooong) (update 2: FKKK SO LONG WTF ACTUALLY KMS) B
7. Squirrel deterrent for my dad's fruit tree F
8. Physics practice A
9. Establish a good sleep schedule A
10. Read some Chinese stories A
11. ENTER sign with phospholuminescence sheet thingy A
12. CS Club ideas for in-school competitions after server is fully understood (maybe push onto droplet / aws server) B
13. stop eating junk A
14. VW Beetle for Remi! F
15. Read secret book! A

A = done
B  = sorta done
C = crap
F = given up

Matthew Guo is a master race legend

A Poem!

One Art
BY ELIZABETH BISHOP

The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster.

—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident
the art of losing’s not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

My Poem

Mouse's Violin

By Joseph Li

I heard a mouse play violin

The strings were made of cotton thin

His hands were moving

The crowd was booing

He never played it ever again

MOSFETS

Mosfets are voltage controlled switches. They have three pins  (from left to right): GDS (God Dammit, Satvik!)=> gate drain source. N-channel and P-Channel fets are different. P go to the positive terminal of a power supply, while N are placed on the ground logic level.

Full Link to Computer

Full Code:
const int LT = 1;
const int LI = 2;
const int LM = 3;
const int LR = 4;
const int RI = 5;
const int RM = 6;
const int RRB = 7;
const int RRS = 8;
const int RPB = 9;
const int RPS = 10;
const int AIR = 13;
const int wait = 500;
const int fingeringMatrix [] [10] =
{
  //C, Thumb to RPS
  {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},//72 = C5 (one octave aboute middle C)
  {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0},//note: Middle C is 60
  {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0},
  {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0},
  {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
  {1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0},
  {1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},//C6?
  {1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  //NO THUMB NOW!!!!!!!
  {0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0},
  {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1},
  {0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
  {0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0},//94
  {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}//OFF ROW
};
// MIDI data: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/midi-tutorial/all
byte incomingByte;
byte note;
byte velocity;
int action; //0=NONE; 1=NOTE ON; 2= NOTE OFF 3= OTHER, -1 = NOTE ON VELOCITY, -2 = NOTE OFF VELOCITY

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(38400); //38400 debug, 31250 real (matches MIDI)
  //set up the pins
  for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
  {
    pinMode(i, OUTPUT);
    digitalWrite(i, LOW);
  }
  pinMode(AIR, OUTPUT);
  //set up vars
  action = 0;
  note = 0;
  velocity = 0;
}

void loop() {
  if (Serial.available() > 0) // if theres data
  {
    incomingByte = Serial.read();//get data
    /*long asdf;
      asdf = Serial.parseInt();
      incomingByte = LTB(asdf);
      Serial.println(asdf);
      Serial.println(action);
      Serial.println(incomingByte);*/
    if (159 >= incomingByte && incomingByte >= 144) //NOTE ON status
    {
      action = 1;
    }
    else if (143 >= incomingByte && incomingByte >= 128) //NOTE OFF status
    {
      action = 2;
    }
    else if (incomingByte >= 128) //some other status byte
    {
      action = 3;
    }
    else if (incomingByte < 128) //data byte
    {
      if (action == 1)
      {
        note = incomingByte;
        action = -1;
      }
      else if (action == 2)
      {
        note = incomingByte;
        action = -2;
      }
      else if (action == -1)
      {
        velocity = incomingByte;
        playNote(note, velocity);
        action = 1;
      }
      else if (action == -2)
      {
        velocity = incomingByte;
        playNote(note, 0);
        action = 2;
      }
    }
  }

}

void playNote(byte n, byte v)
{
  if(note <72 || note >94)
  {
    return;
  }
  if (v == 0) //if OFF
  {
    note = 95;//OFF note
  }
 
  if (note >= 72 && note <= 95) //WHEN ON
  {
    note -= 72;
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
      digitalWrite(i + 2, fingeringMatrix[note][i]);
    }
  }
  if(v==0)
  {
    digitalWrite(AIR, LOW);
  }
  else
  {
    delay(30);
    digitalWrite(AIR, HIGH);
  }
  return;
}

byte LTB(long e)
{
  byte ans = 0;
  int ansArr[8];
  for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
  {
    ansArr[i] = (e % 2);
    e /= 2;
  }
  for (int i = 7; i >= 0; i--)
  {
    ans += ansArr[i];
    if (i != 0)
    {
      ans *= 2;
    }
  }
  return ans;
}