XIGON-X V0.6 ALPHA

XIGON-X V0.6
Well i had to complete my 1st alpha demo release to where iam happy with it for this week. Think i'll take a few days to do other projects like my solar power system.

Xigon-X alpha v0.4

Some updates and bug fix's
remade the second wave attack. didnt like the way it was working.

Xigon-X alpha 0.3 now out

XIGON-X alpha v0.3 -
Been working mad on this game today and added not only pathing of enemies, but a whole new wave :) also added intro screen (had to add it). New sounds more bad guys and lots of extra code.

XIGON-X latest game iam working on!

Well this is my lastest crossplatform game iam working on in my spare time. It has been created with the GP2X and PPC in mind. (thats why it's 320x240 rez) . given time this may be a very sweet game:) I am posting a playable lvl and pics on GP2X.com

30Watt Solar backup / off-grid power

Solar Project 2 Started

Yesterday I bought a new Solar Panel online. Innergy Corps. 30watt Solar panel. I should get it in around a week to 10 days. Also in the order I purchased a 5amp 12/24volt solar charger controller. The total for all this was $220.00 (that is the cheapest I'v ever seen a 30watt panel -$178) after tax and shipping. Next i will be going to pep-boys for an 800watt inverter($69.99) , and a battery($89.99) deep cycle RV.
Now i should get about 150 watt-hours of power from that solar panel per 5 hours of good sunlight. (17.3volts 2.2amp max i belive - 12V 1.8A normal use). I will be trying to run my laptop off this semi-perm . also maybe my room lights (13watt flo bulbs that give out same light as a 60watt incandesent one).

Add all this to the solar battery chargers and ALL my electronics run off grid.

Finished Solar Charger & a store bought one

Ok the saga of the solar powered chargers goes on!

I felt that something was missing from my charger and that something was a finished box :) So i got myself into DIY mode and found a plastic VHS box (a nice thick one from a fancy movie hehe) and prceeded to messure,& cut out a whole for the solar cells to look through at the sun. Also inside is the holder for the battery clip. as you can see it look ok but not as nice as that store bought 4xAA,AAA,C,D charger that only cost me £9.99 . I have found that my charger works much faster because of the increased amps in the cells I made. (store bought is 150mA mine is 200mA) also 2xAA at 200mA is just faster anyhow. Just do that math. But my next project is a full blown Household AC power supply from solar power. I'll update you all as it happens with pics :)
CYA

Home is where I lay my hat !

Back Home At Last !

The sun is bright today ! Here I am standing 6000 miles away from that old town in england. I met up with some old friends and it's like old times already! A bit more paperwork and life can start normal again, with a job and car and ect .... ya know what i mean:) Well Iam off to do the daily stuff. CYA

Flight from england

Can you belive the state of flying to the USA as of the 10th Aug '06! That bag is all i can take ! My hand baggage (my laptop backpack) had tobe placed inside it and the weight is now 30Kg!! Iam also scared of what will happen to the case at the airport as I have lots of electronics -eg; wires solar panels, Laptop, video games, DVR and more... I have heard of the staff at airports stealing stuff from baggage and also things getting broken and not being replaced as this is now a state of "almost" WAR ! What is going on !! why is my friggin life cursed!

Solar power part2

Solar Powered Charger Part 2
I got hold of a multimeter and tested the solar charger I made. 4.5v at 100mA :) it charged 2xAA 800mAh in about 6 hours ... It's great to know that the parts are all but free (scrap from my dad's garden . old night lights) , and the power is free as charged batteries. So my next project is going to be making a home AC power backup. I'll be using a deep cycle battery and a 16volt solar panel with a meter + DC -> AC converter like ya get in cars. :)

Home made solar charger

Well i finaly got a fully working 4xAA battery charger. I also added a test LED with a on/off switch (so turned off i get full power to the batteries). The LED shows me a few things , power is flowing, current mA as brightness. I also used a diode just after the LED on the + out to the battery. This is so it cant discharge the batteries when theres no current flowing from the solar panels.

Iam using 4 old solar cells from garden lamps LOL. I was told they were busted and so was given them. I stripped them down to just the cells and rewired them into this :) I added them as 2 sets - both sets increase amperage then the 2 sets joined to increase voltage. Now i dont have a multimeter, but these as single cells recharge 2xaa batteries a day to use as lights at night. So i figure the way I wired them up it should be much faster in the set of 4 to do only 4xAA's. I did test them last night. I used a 60wat lamp to keep them flowing, but I know this cant be even half of there power output. I tested the Nicad's and yes they were charged a bit, so it does work. Now to get full sunlight and see how they charge in that:)