Broke v4.1 when it fell off my desk and I rolled over it with my office chair, so I took the chance to fix a few things. The push-rod hinge is wider now, and the fan mount is thicker and larger diameter. I also thought I would give annealing the nylon...
Steve hasn't recovered enough to help with the testing yet. I've been doing my best, but I have few opportunities. Software development is going well however. I am cautiously optimistic that the software is now feature complete. I have successfully (I...
General System DesignSome general decisions needed to be made about the overall design before trying to do much. Overall various websites seem to suggest buying robot kits, quality parts, and never trying to build your own servomotor controller. We'll...
As my initial capacitive sensor using aluminium tape as electrodes proved successful, I looked into shrinking the size. Compared to measuring the capacitance, another method of detecting a conductive object like the human body around a sensor is by using...
1-August 2015See #30 - BioBed - Star Trek Medical Sick Bay diagnostic bed.Just like the Star Trek bio-bed in the ship's sick bay, you could use a Zero Gravity lounge chair (upscale chaise lounge (or Jazzy electric wheelchair) that adjusts easily like...
This project has sat on the backburner for quite sometime but I have been thinking about it alot over the last few months and in the last couple of days I have completely overhauled my approach and developed a complete electrical system architecture...
Finally Im getting somewhere with the first proper production run. After the initial zero series I had a few weeks downtime when building the electric furnace and better matchplates for the casting process, but now its all hands on deck to get a new...
Sunday, 13/08/2023, 10:55. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I will go back to the reversibly actuated artificial muscles. Yes, I know, I know, I just wasted so much time taking each single approach for their efficiency and now I'm throwing...
Successfully blinked up an electric imp. Next week I will try to get it set up for remote programming.https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/wireless-arduino-programming-with-electric-imp/all
I have a Photovoltaic Solar Array on my roof, and as a nerd I just can't NOT know how it is doing up there. Bureaucracy being what it is, it was installed in the summer, and I didn't get Permission to Operate from the local electric company...
For better choose of the best matching gear we will add a frequency meter. We ordered one and it will be delivered next week. So with this we can install the electric box.
Ok, I don't know if this problem is consistent with official pro mini's, but I have a couple that I will test. What I had to do to get these two tutorials working https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/arduino-wireless-communication-via-the-electric-imp/allhttps://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/wireless-arduino-programming-with-electric-imp/allwas...
Its not only a song by a local band called Melody Club, but "I'm electric" also states that the amazing and time-saving electric foundry is getting closer to completion.I asked a good friend of mine to help me out in building a 2.1kW electric furnace...