How to make wooden buttons
Last night a ModLab I noticed Donna was talking about making buttons. Here’s a nice way of making buttons out of hardboard or acrylic I found in makezine. I really…
Read moreDigital or Analog
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Read moreDisplay time with actuators
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Read moreWireless for robotics
Yesterday I received this cool router which will connect wirelessly to another router and then present an Ethernet port to my BeagleBone or other robotic controller. This looks very promising…
Read moreMirrors for YAG
I’ve got some nice mirrors that might go nicely with that galvo I have. I need to get some lasers on order to hack around with this stuff. Blog this!…
Read moreActuators in small robots
I’ve been looking at getting some ACME threaded taps. I checked ebay without much luck. Here is the price from Leger (local Ottawa): 1 Pc 1/4”-20 NA Std. Acme hand…
Read moreConveyor
Check out this conveyor system I have. I’ve got quite a bit of it. It can follow a curvy track and is in detachable segments. I think it will come…
Read moreDIY motor for drawing robot
Last Wednesday at ModLab I got to see the progress that Doug is making on his motors! These motors are for a drawing robot experiment. The story is that he’s…
Read moreSquirrel-be-gone
I’m doing research on openCV, face detection and smile detection and so forth for a project. Take a look at this gem: openCV+squirt gun turret = Squirrel-be-gone Kurt Grandis Blog…
Read moreBone progress
Okay, I connected 5V to the bone, then the USB. It mounted and showed the file system at the right of the picture. I connected it to a router that’s…
Read moreBeableBone Micro-controller arrival
This just came in today. Not a productive day as I was on a medical adventure. But I’m just unboxing my new Beagle micro-controller. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend…
Read moreReally sexy galvos!
I’ve got this nice galvo with a controller board. The servos have hall sensors and the controller seems to have a parallel port. I’m wondering if this controller is worth…
Read morePedometer
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Read moreMagnetic Proximity Sensors
I have a few of these sensors. I checked resistance between brown and black. It is high except when there is a magnet around it goes low. So that’s good.…
Read moreFan Driver
I have a couple of these neat little boards that can run a fan faster or slower depending on the temperature. Fan goes from low to high power between 34…
Read moreLED Cube
I think it would be fun to make an LED Cube as a display device. This looks challenging and I think I’ll learn a few things in the process. Soldering…
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