Being unemployed enables me to do things I otherwise have to push aside. I wouldn’t be able to keep this up for much longer because of bigger plans that require me to have some reasonable income.

I got very excited after stumbling on the Arduino a few months back. I ordered my starter kit only to try the “hello world” routine. At least the status of physical computing  didn’t end up like my GPS data logger dreams (no need to post about something that never really happened). This project is at beginner level, but it’s a lot of fun.

There’s a simple text scrolling implementation example from the merchant that sold me the LED Matrix here. I decided to roll my own display code because it’s such an old school thing to do. The display reads the current temperature from a small temperature sensor connected to the Arduino. I’ll be adding a potentiometer and a relay to complete this project as a temperature regulated switch. It’s a major step in building a little seed or yeast incubator that I’ve been dreaming about for a few years (Don’t ask).