Michael SngInterview
Toy designer (Codename Colossus)
Adapted from Michael Sng's interview on Uses This, published 8 September 2015. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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My main work machine is a DIY PC featuring an i7 2700K processor, an ASUS Z68 Maximus IV motherboard, 8GB of G.Skill RAM, and two AMD Radeon 7850s in CrossFire.
It's also where I program the Arduino microcontrollers that control my toy.
My toy uses a Lynxmotion SSC-32U servo controller, which is such an awesome piece of hardware for any sort of animatronic project.
For audio, I have a Zoom H4n audio recorder and a $5 lavalier mic of questionable origins.
My everyday communication devices are a Xiaomi Redmi 2 mobile phone.
I also carry around a Nexus 7 of the 2012 variety everyday.
Communication
Coding & Development
Of course, I always have to use the Arduino IDE to program the microcontroller.
Design
Because I work very closely with an engineering company, I have access to SolidWorks as a 3D solid modelling software.
Media
I use GoPro Studio to stitch my videos together - it's especially great for making the time lapse videos.
For audio I use the free but awesome Audacity, combined with the $5 lavalier mic, which can remove a lot of background noises quite easily.