Recently Built The Deep Space 9 Station In The Minecraft Server I Play In

Cracking open a cold one with the boys

Sugar is not a vegetable 

(Original Sin #2)

This Collector’s face is priceless

DUDE! this changes everything! 

When you enter a cave and it’s full of Deathclaws

Programing microcontrollers

My day

Today, I, the very sedentary me, went hiking a muddy and rocky mountain because I was promised pizza.

Half my body is in pain.

Worth it.

Project time!

So for some time now I've had an idea of an usb extension that lets you choose between two usb ports using a switch. 

 So I started taking measurements and making the design:

Then I actually made the thing, I would have loved to make it on a PCB for it to be more sturdy and reliable but that’s not suitable for me at the moment, so I just soldered some cables (what a mess) and now it’s time to test it.

After some adjustments a resoldering it works just fine and I have a functional prototype that I hope does not burn my computer.

So, the switch selects which USB port receives power. That way, when on the left it activates the left port:

And when in the right it reads the right port:

The Usb on the left has a solid black image and the one on the right a solid white.

It works so only the selected Usb port is the one that works.

I am playing The Long Dark game, a survival sandbox in the apocalyptic winter of Canada. Just my kind of game, sandbox, pretty and simple.