That’s right, it’s 6.6! What better way to spend it than to go shopping!

Our morning started off with planning out our circuit layout using Tinkercad, which was helpful as we could simulate the circuit with our code. 

We then met up with Dr Ho to update our progress which went okay. He raised a few points on the ball weight, and suggested we purchase a more powerful motor, a linear actuator and piezo sensor. Of course, being a physicist, he asked us to do some calculations which we absolutely disliked and procrastinated until a few weeks later.

After all the talk, it was finally time to get moving. We made the 1 hour journey (yes, 60 minutes) to Bugis to purchase the electronics we needed. While people rush to get the best deals online on 6.6, we decided that it’s better to buy our electronics in-person as we didn’t want to wait days and weeks for shipping.

We wished we could say that purchasing the electronics from physical stores was as easy as clicking a few buttons to buy it online. For one, we were confused as to whether we needed to go to Sim Lim Square or Sim Lim Tower. PSA to anyone who are as confused as we were:
– Sim Lim Square for consumer electronics like laptops and cameras
– Sim Lim Tower for hobby electronics like Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Google Maps wasn’t of much help either as some of the store locations were not updated, so when we went to the stated location, it ended up being a whole other store. Physical stores also made it harder to compare prices before purchasing, which led to us paying almost six times more for jumper wires T.T

Even through all this, we still managed to purchase most of the parts we needed. Ultimately, the light at the end of this tunnel was finding our number 1 go-to electronics shop: Continental Electronics! (Not sponsored, but hey,, we wouldn’t mind…)

Now, it’s time to wire all these electronics up in real life…