Category builds
Synth Project: Overview
A brief post to give an idea of my plans for building the Music From Outer Space Experimenter Board.
PARTS Challenge – Put Blue Block on Red Disc
While visiting the mini maker faire last month at OMSI, I discovered a local robotics club called PARTS (Portland Area Robotics Society) and managed to attend their most recent meeting – which are all held on the first Saturday of each month. It was perfect timing too, for two reasons: First, the meeting dealt with […]
Black is the New NavBot
Created a new bot better suited for dead reckoning navigation. And the results?
Building Zumo – Part IV
Finally completed the Zumo build, code and all. It was way more work than I bargained for.
Ended up adding a second microprocessor (The Trinket) to handle sensor and servo functions, implemented an I2C slave and wrangled new interrupt-driven servo code.
Building Zumo – Part III
Completed the Zumo hardware side and got the encoders working but then hit a road block trying to get the motors to turn…
Building Zumo – Part II
Did a little more work on the sumo type bot.
Added a perfboard with a mounted servo for a sweeping collision sensor.
Say Hello To My Little Friend – Zumo Part I
Decided to build the Pololu Zumo chassis with their optical encoders.
Still need to figure out a circuit to convert the encoders’ analog signal to digital.
WallBot – Version 2.5
WallBot got a new motor controller and quadrature encoders.
Integrating the new motor controller raises some software issues….
WallBot – Version 2
Next version of WallBot.
Mounted the sonic sensor onto a servo to provide better wall detection and handing. Managed to also slim down Wallie’s profile.
Tamiya Track Chassis + Gear Box Build
While searching for a chassis for my two-wheeled bot I came across an inexpensive track chassis from Tamiya.
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