Maker's Faire Load-in

R2 Booth, 2 tables yay

 Pics for setup at Maker's Faire KC 2013.  We are outside unfortunately but we're close to the front doors for "random" trips to wander inside.

Booth right in front of the main doors

Generator right behind the booth

Booth Tables

Center 3 door are wider for R2 access

Loading Map

Rugs should be able to roll up

Sidewalk behind the booth

Sizzled replacement

My replacement Xbee break out arrived today.  2 days early.  I'm a fan of sparkfun.com and their derive desk.

Fried and sizzling

So trying to prep my Teeces for full testing I started trying to make some half baked connection cables and my power cable for the marcduino Master board was crud and I wound up fring my Xbee break out board.  It made a nice pop and sizzle sound.  Even had some smoke drift by.  According to my USMC computer trainer, it needs that smoke to work, so I've ordered a new Xbee break out board (it should still have the smoke inside) and some real connection cables.

RLD assembled

So the PCBs and LEDs arrived Saturday, just in time for Father's day. 

I only got one LED backwards in the RLD (I don't have anythign else finished yet), pulled out and think I fried it in the process.  I have to replace that one.  Those are a PAIN to take out. 

I have the RLD assembled but it doesn't look right.   The 1/3 of the LEDs on the Right (next to the Mini) are real bright, but the rest of the LEDs are dim.  They all light up and flash, flipping the LEDs makes them go super bright so I know they are put in correctly.  Switching around the IC's doesn't change which LEDs are bright/dim.  I've tried 5 ICs and in any combination its the same.  The right 1/3 is bright, the rest are dim.   Trying to figure out what is wrong with it.