Genesis V1 was the first FarmBot ever built. The physical manifestation of it closely resembles the original FarmBot design from the FarmBot Whitepaper. The goal of V1 was to build something as quick as possible both to show prospective contributors...
A few days ago I finished tests on my breadboard, being positive I decided to migrate my project to a pcb not only for functionality and practicality, but also for aesthetics, I have chosen the PCB manufacturer company Seeedstudio.com, we all know...
Project Objectives: (originally from 8/29/19) These objectives are mostly the same as my last project; however, my new goal when starting this project is really to get the best quality music and not necessarily high power and long arc length. Have improved...
People often want to know how much electricity FarmBot uses. Sometimes they’re wondering if FarmBot can be run on solar power (which it can be). Though more often they are actually searching for an answer to this (slightly more complicated) question:...
In the previous post I shared some of my thoughts about this project, and decided to pick a different development board than the Pro Mini that I have been using so far. Don't get me wrong, Pro Mini is great for all kinds of small and cheap projects,...
I was prototyping a lot and here is wrap up what I went through. 1) Research and CADI´m making this design parametric (where it make sense) so you do not have to change value on 10 different places through design file. As I mentioned I´m...
SmartScale Video Demonstration Project Overview SmartScale was developed in 10 weeks as part of the EE 327: Electronic System Design II course at Northwestern University. The instructor was Professor Ilya Mikhelson, PhD. For the build process, we...
First robotics competition is a high school program where teams around the world are given a brand new game the first weekend in January. Teams must design, build, and program a robot to play that game. Starting in March, they begin to compete. (These...
Genesis V0.5 exhibits the following changes from Genesis V4The Tracks cable carrier is repositioned and now supported with teenuts and long M5 screws, just like on the GantryThe Z-axis motor mounting bracket has been made thicker and the holes for the...
Intro: High-Precision Temperature Controller ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The NTCs (negative temperature coefficient) are special thermistors which change the resistance depending on the temperature....
A small mini voice assistant robot to solve the troubles in individual use of intelligent speaker. As I want to have a voice assistant that can be customized started from the hardware and need to access to the voice assistant and control my own devices...
Where it all started: In late 2023, Chamberlain started blocking the MyQ garage door integration from Home Assistant. This move confirmed my concerns about relying on integrations that communicate through cloud based APIs. I begrudgingly overcame MyQ's...
(this project log is looking like a schizophrenic conversation with myself, bruh) Project Log 52: 3D modelling Attempt 7. (I'm previously writting this on a notepad because I'm testing if not creating a project log helps my anxiety. It is ironic...
Gathering components. The TCD1304AP has a good sensitivity in the wavelength range of 400 - 700nm, allowing to apply a 650nm laser. Such diode lasers are widely available and very cheap, I apply a Chinese one of less than €5.-. The prism comes...
Full video on this subject (this is literally the script): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psy6lRcdGtk Introduction Old houses, like my parents’ home, comes wired with simple electromechanical doorbells. They’re a simple electromagnet with a metal...