Message from @uberrice

Discord ID: 214052809119760384


2016-08-13 15:43:36 UTC  

Which specific part are you stuck on?

2016-08-13 15:43:44 UTC  

both

2016-08-13 15:43:54 UTC  

What have you done so far?

2016-08-13 15:43:59 UTC  

nothing

2016-08-13 15:44:08 UTC  

everyday carry thread

2016-08-13 15:44:12 UTC  

>someone has handgun

2016-08-13 15:44:35 UTC  

the reason Im asking is because I want to check if there is a newspaper in our mail box

2016-08-13 15:44:41 UTC  

without having to go outside

2016-08-13 15:44:58 UTC  

So you have a scale

2016-08-13 15:45:01 UTC  

And you have a rpi?

2016-08-13 15:45:07 UTC  

I have rpi

2016-08-13 15:45:15 UTC  

but not a scale that is small enough

2016-08-13 15:45:21 UTC  

also do you know any small chink scales

2016-08-13 15:45:31 UTC  

I do not

2016-08-13 15:45:51 UTC  

Anyway, go one step at a time

2016-08-13 15:46:11 UTC  

You didn't even figure out how to connect a scale to the rpi

2016-08-13 15:46:21 UTC  

tru

2016-08-13 16:09:10 UTC  

>i want to know if there's a newspaper in the mailbox

2016-08-13 16:09:21 UTC  

without having to go outside

2016-08-13 16:09:25 UTC  

thats the main point

2016-08-13 16:09:26 UTC  

photoelectric sensor

2016-08-13 16:09:30 UTC  

light barrier

2016-08-13 16:09:37 UTC  

using a scale is retarded

2016-08-13 16:09:38 UTC  

do u even ee

2016-08-13 16:10:00 UTC  

or you could use a piezoelectric element that detects the impact of something within your mailbox

2016-08-13 16:10:03 UTC  

endless possibilities

2016-08-13 16:10:11 UTC  

and a scale is the most stoopid of them all

2016-08-13 16:10:19 UTC  

holy shit the photoelectric sensor is pricy

2016-08-13 16:10:24 UTC  

>pricy

2016-08-13 16:10:25 UTC  

wat

2016-08-13 16:10:44 UTC  

119 pounds

2016-08-13 16:10:49 UTC  

lol

2016-08-13 16:10:53 UTC  

what the fuck are you searching

2016-08-13 16:11:03 UTC  

you can build a shitty one literally out of an IR LED and a phototransistor/photoresistor

2016-08-13 16:11:23 UTC  

ok

2016-08-13 16:12:00 UTC  

what kind of mailbox do you have?

2016-08-13 16:12:06 UTC  

uhh

2016-08-13 16:12:07 UTC  

idk

2016-08-13 16:12:22 UTC  

like form factor

2016-08-13 16:12:36 UTC  

a box with a slit on top that you tilt to shove in the newspaper