INSTALLING MINT ON A RELUCTANT TOSHIBA SATELLITE LAPTOPDownloaded the latest Linux Mint 16 with Mate image via torrent from linuxmint.org. Burned to DVD and used it to boot the Toshiba. All seemed to be going well untill the boot finished and I tried...
Powering the Motherboard, Camera, and Radio board using a power supply set to 3.3v, upload the code available at: https://github.com/arkorobotics/CUBEX_V1/tree/master/Code
Finally, assemble CUBEX Power Board, LTC3536 section first, connect a power supply (set to 4.2v) to the battery input and measure the LTC3536 (buck-boost) output to assure the output is 3.3v. Then solder on the LTC3105 (solar charger) and solar cells...
First thing to do is create simple heater controller. My idea is to use PWM signal what will turn on/of heating element, and because PWM is running more than 1kHz, i can get very fine power control. Here is original circuit:Idea very simple. First i...
1) Come up with a simple good idea.2) Add good ideas to it.3) Try to implement it.4) When it fails, start to strip down the design to try to get it to work.5) Strip it down more6) More...7) Rejoyce when something simple works8) Add a few simple things...
Go to your local Big Box hardware store (Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, Ace, …). Find a nice employee in the lumber section and ask for "Four cheap two-by-fours, and someone to cut them for you". Getting the boards cut in store saves you time,...