I have recently become very interested in microcontrollers, in particular the Raspberry Pi Pico. Not only is it ridiculously affordable (just over £3), it provides so much scope to be used in many different projects. One such project I wanted to explore was building an independent Time-based One-time password (TOTP) device.
After building the Pocket Cube Solver I wished to expand upon this design and cater for a conventional 3x3x3 Rubik Cube. In this post I wish to discuss the process I went through in designing and building the solver and visual client alike - taking the learnings garnered from implementing the previous solver.
Over the past couple of months I have been very interested in exploring how to efficiently visualise and solve a Rubik’s Cube. Coupled with my desire to experiment with Rust and WASM this felt like a great opportunity to blend the two. However, before solving a 3x3x3 Rubik Cube, I thought it would be beneficial to explore how to optimally solve a Pocket Cube first.
On the eleventh day of Advent of Code 2016 we are tasked with moving all the supplied Generators and Microchips to a top-floor using a single elevator.
On the tenth day of Advent of Code 2016 we come across a factory in which many robots are zooming around handing small microchips to each other.