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Third device type
Today has been quite a productive day; I have worked on the interface and I have transferred to the compiler the task of creating the list of web controls for editing. The work has been loaded with refactorings and I have been spending almost all the time on it. It was worth it anyway, considering…
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Preparing for Hardware Debug
After missing the schedule and more than two months later than planned, the prototype is ready for hardware behavior coding. The code structure already works exchanging information with the web interface, which has been (by far) the most delicate part of the process. For the tests I have only developed two types of device: The…
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Crisis
Our plans are going to the dogs. We had expected to have the first version of the architect’s plans by now so we could start requesting quotes from local builders. April has begun and we still have nothing. Impatience is not necessarily a bad thing in itself; on its own it is harmless. The only…
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Coming out to the real world
After a while with no news, occupied in other tasks and fighting with Visual Studio I’m proud to offer the first image of a new generation of Vesta devices. It may look poor and full of bugs, but considering the significant changes behind the scenes, it’s going to be a milestone soon. First of all,…
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Second visit to the architect
Taking advantage of a family visit to Oviedo, we went to see how the project was progressing. They had barely begun to sketch out our first exchange of ideas, and both parties were aware that the initial sessions are where the working document undergoes the most changes. It is not easy to define everything we…
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A light at the end of the tunnel
After a while, longer than expected and planned, the kernel on the back of the Vesta controller’s heart has begun to show the very first images. Too much time, many days and weeks lost in testings, endless programming sessions capable of testing the limits of human will. A very long time plagued by uncertainty in…
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On plans and architects
The property consists of two houses. The original one, dating from 1890, is a two-storey building with a loft, a three-sided roof, and the typical style of the Oscos region. Then there is the annex, which probably began life as a small porch at the back of the main house and, in the same anarchic…
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And we bought it
It dawned raining in Asturias. It was Thursday, 4 November 2020, in the city of Avilés. We got up at an ungodly hour to catch the plane and be there before midday to sign the purchase. With our heads full of doubts and determined to see it through no matter what, we presented ourselves before…
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A Human Chronicle of a Place
It had to happen. I had hoped it would be later, but it was inevitable that we would eventually have to face the reality of living alongside the local people. The social atmosphere in the region is not very different from that of any isolated community that has remained almost cut off from the main…
