Entries Tagged as 'robots'
DIY CNC router build update
November 14th, 2008 · No Comments
It's been quite a while since my router arrived in the mail. It came in mid winter and essentially stopped all cnc progress. It was much heavier than I had expected, and the gantry I had built wasn't up to the task. The x and y axes were finished, but needed to be rebuilt stronger. [...]
Tags: cnc router · robots
Lego NXT vs Arduino
May 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
I have always been interested in Lego NXT. It seems like a really easy way to get into robotics, and programming. I have never really figured out how functional it is in the "real world" (whatever that means) The other day a coworker was really pushing the idea on me telling me I needed to [...]
Tags: arduino · general geek · robots
ModernDevice Company is the best!
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Sometimes I get bummed out about how much of the internet is negative. Here's my chance to say thanks for someone doing something positive. I'd like to give a lil' shout out to Modern Device Company for having really good customer service. I placed an order and included a few questions along with it. The [...]
LCD SUCCESS!!
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments
I'm pretty happy I FINALLY got the arduino to hook up correctly with two different hd44780 displays. I used the arduino example found here. I had done this before, but I found out that the Liquid crystal library is kind of broken. It needs to have a few lines swapped out in order to load [...]
Sheesh… Sorry I haven’t called! It’s been a while!
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
so in the last lil' bit I have not been blogging at all. Happily that has been because I've been swamped with projects, vacation, and work. Now I've got a big old backlog of updates on everything. Here we go!
Grow your own shiitake mushroom log
My beautiful girlfriend gave me a kit two years ago that [...]
Tags: arduino · general geek · robots
A new frontier(s) in geekdom
February 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
After taking receipt of my arduino kit from adafruit industries I have been looking for cool projects to make. There is so much cool stuff out there! The first and most exciting one is from a youtube video.
I love the whole idea of this. Creating your own type of bell tower (or orchestra) controlled by [...]
Tags: arduino · general geek · robots
Get yer lase on
January 19th, 2008 · No Comments
As of last night I got my 16x sony diode all plugged in and turned on! I'll have some pictures to prove it in a bit. I'm excited, but I really was expecting a bit more danger in the process. It's bright, and it cuts very thin, dark things. It might even do a decent [...]
Tags: cnc router · laser
Treatise on living and loving lasers
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments
In case you haven't caught on yet. I love projects, and I am always starting a new one in order to abandon an old one. Recently I have become fascinated by the DIY laser movement propagated by the fine people over at laserpointerforums.com. My interest was piqued initially by "lamedust" who posted an instructable here [...]
Tags: cnc router · laser
to keep myself busy…
January 13th, 2008 · No Comments
...i've been surfing the internet with a furious passion and trying to do little projects whenever possible. Here i wired up two uln2003a stepper motor drivers onto perf board. I'm not sure what i'll need it for, but I'm pretty sure i'll need it!
Tags: cd changing robot
IT’S ALIVE!!!
January 12th, 2008 · No Comments
I am going under the knife for ACL surgery in under a week, so I've been putting in hours on the CNC project like my life depended on it. I'm gonna be on the couch for about a week straight, and I'd like to be happy with where the project sits during that time.
I have [...]
Tags: robots