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Hey Ottawa Robotics Crew, We recently launched projects pages and are looking forward to populating them with your creations. (We can even link it back to your...
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Hi, The RC car that I had used for my Robo-Magellan entry is on sale at Canadian Tire this week. Jeep Rockcrawler Remote Control Vehicle Sale: $99.99 Reg:...
Very cool! Thanks! Not cheap though. Lots of servos and not sure if there is any feedback ... I saw one person with a remote control but those moves have to...
Ouch! I think open-source is the way to go. Richard ... Subject: HCC-Embedded's FAT File System Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 20:24:12 -0500 From: Bernard Mushinsky...
SparkFun carries a couple of DOS-On-Chip FAT16/32 breakout boards for storing to SD and uSD cards: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php?cPath=2_129 ...
Andrew, Aaron! Thanks for the references! That takes care of licensing, I think. :) I am a hardware wanna-be and am not set up for prototyping yet. My son...
Here's a preview of the article "Knurling Made Simple" posted on the new 'Articles' section of the ProShop Publishing site. If you wish to view it complete...
Wow! An embedded x86 board for $110 and nice and small. http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6730175227.html Not as peppy as the nanoitx stuff, but still... for...
I am looking at digital thermometer chips that have i2c or spi interfaces. I would like to put one outside so would need 20-30 ft of cable (telephone) to...
... It will work as a function of the cable type (ie, shielding, capacitance, and having twisted pairs vs not having twisted pairs) and of bit rate. If your...
Thanks Albert and Ori, Good to know it has a great chance of working before wiring it up and debugging. It is definately low speed. RonH ... distance....
Ron: I have done a bit with the one-wire stuff from Dallas-Maxim http://www.maxim-ic.com/pl_list.cfm/filter/21/ln/en. Essentially it is a wire and ground and...
thanks for the warning... twisted pair it is. Merry Christmas to your family too, RonH ... telephone ... Essentially it is ... wire and ... and ... ...
Hi guys! I am building a MiniOre, and am looking for the source code in C to compile/modify. The only code I can find is the main.c test program which includes...
I have uploaded a snapshot of code (and bugs) for the miniOre at the point before I switched compilers. It is a work in progress and still is but some of the...
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Hi, The 2008 Robo-Magellan contest was discussed at the meeting the other night. The date is still TBD, but likely in early May 2008. Location is also TBD, any...
Hi, The Wal-Mart at Lincoln Fields has the 3 wheeled triclops? that Albert was demonstrating at the meeting for $50, and they also have a 1/6 scale Honda ATV,...
Hi Mordechai, I have been away for a while, but am still working towards a Robo-Magellan Bot. During the warm weather I tend to be obsessed with astronomy, but...
Hi, I don't think that there would necessarily be a difference between a PC vs. self contained bot, it depends on what is being done. I don't want to disallow...
I was supposed to show up but then again I'm on course for 2 weeks straight and had to study for the exam... As fun as firefighting was I'm in a dire need of...