I'm a computer engineer not a mechanical engineer. :) I'm curious if there are standard ways to set up gears such that if the motor turns in one direction,...
I've heard good things about this book even though I haven't read it personally: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071361693/seattleroboticss/ Doug...
Hi Fred, Here are some Lego implementations: http://www.sonic.net/~rci/transmission.htm http://www.baumfamily.org/lego/creations/dirtrans/ (same idea as...
the last approach is the most common that I have seen. your motor is connected to a gear. that gear is connected to an arm that has a meshed gear on the end. ...
One method of changing direction to engage two different gear trains is one that I have seen used in CEC high speed oscillograph recorders that we used at...
twcarroll@...
Apr 1, 2003 6:40 pm
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Two more methods to do this are to have two gears that spin freely on the input shaft. Connected to each gear is a sping that is wrapped aroung the input...
If you don't want to read this, you don't have to, but i figured since everybody is telling their life stories i may as well tell mine too. I find it...
Tom Capon
robot@...
Apr 1, 2003 8:54 pm
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I am using a pic16f873 to interface with a program that sends out the SSCII servo format to control a motor. I use Tech-tools compiler. I set up the UART to...
... You shouldn't be doing that much work in an interrupt. You have a whole millisecond between characters at 9600bps. That's 1000 instructions. Instead, just...
Remember THAT number off the top of your head! This is the Sharp IR ranger that works to 150cm, or so they say. I've found that the value from the unit is...
I also got four of the BattleBots R/C toys, from the Zany Brainy in Redmond, WA. They were only about $6.50 each! Pretty good for a two motor robot with R/C ...
No, this was a person who wasn't a member of SRS, who saw a sign on campus at the UW and went to the UW and SRS websites to find out about it, but didn't find...
I am working on a project that I want to use something more elegant that the standard rc control scheme, I want to use a pc based control scheme but I am not...
Go get an old VCR. Take the top cover off and you will find what you are looking for right between the reel tables. The idler gear turns the take up side...
Note: forwarded message attached. Recently we've received a bunch of email spams from Rick Reeds and others... Im all for political views and freedom of...
This is very doable. I have started a system that used a USB Game Pad (two analog sticks) on a laptop, tried to a 2.4GHz radio modem on the users side, the...
Hey thanks for the great responses to my other question about directional transmissions. I spent some time today working on some 22 gauge "weld steel" sheet...
Well, in Seattle a few of the best places are just south of downtown: * Pacific Industrial Supply on 4th S * Pacific Iron & Building Materials on 4th S *...
Steve Safarik
ssafarik@...
Apr 2, 2003 5:58 am
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... just need to be ... when ... You don't mention if your Dremel has a speed control or what it was set at, but drilling into steel (even the "wrought iron"...
... if there ... one ... different ... problems and ... introductions to ... Useful books on mechanical design... "Pictorial Handbook of Technical Devices," by...
Jason and others, Yes, the SRS group is only for discussion of robot-related topics. There are other groups where you can express your opinion of world...
Dennis, I recently got a batch of different sharp IR rangers, and I noticed the same problem with at least one of them. I can't remember if that is the exact...
You mentioned in your posting: "As for drilling metal, what did I do wrong? Did I use too high of a drill speed? I actually was using my Dremel in the "drill...
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