Thursday, November 29, 2012

tv: Hacking a Servo Trimpot

Season 3 : Ep. 5 | 3:28



In this episode we hack the trimpot of a servo in order to read the position of the servo. This servo will be used in an ongoing robotic dog project.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

tv: Accelerometer & Proximity Sensor

Season 3 : Ep. 4 | 3:59



In this episode we add a 3-axis accelerometer and an infrared proximety sensor to the DogBot foot.

Visit the following links for more information on the sensors used in this episode.

http://www.adafruit.com/products/163
http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1132

Go here to get a tutorial on how to write visualization apps that can interface with an arduino:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/389676/Arduino-and-the-Web-using-NodeJS-and-SerialPort2

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Sunday, November 4, 2012

tv: Force Sensitive Resistor, Part 2

Season 3 : Ep. 3 | 3:52



In this episode we will add the force sensitive resistor to the DogBot and do some preliminary tests.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

RepRap: Halloween Costume

I printed myself a pair of Harry Potter glasses for a Halloween party! How cool is that?

Even cooler is the fact that I didn't design them! Downloaded them off of Thingiverse, I did. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12993

I love this ecosystem!