could I request a report from your practice last 20th? I'ld like to participate in this race next year, and it wold be helpfull to get a measure of the winners...
Well, My robot, Foo, massacared the competition. He screemed through the contest so fast, it was like there was no other robot there. Well, okay, there was no...
Hi all, First, it's been a while, more than 2500 posts have piled up in my email folder from this group. I've been very busy here, and I guess I had a moment ...
Drill motors are used all the time in the combat bots in the 12# and 30# classes. Yes they can draw a lot of current but they won't over heat unless they are...
Hello, My name is Traian, i am radio amator and i live in… Romania ... (what can I say…) One year ago I buy an old FORD TAUNUS since 1975 Honest, I love...
Hello, My name is Traian, i am radio amator and i live in… Romania ... (what can I say…) One year ago I buy an old FORD TAUNUS since 1975 Honest, I love...
I have digital servos in my biped, some are the Hitec HSR-5995TG's, the box they came in states "Position Data Feed Back". I can't find info on this feature or...
Typical combat robot controllers are simple PWM driven H-Bridges. When driving a PMDC motor from full forward to full reverse the peak current through the...
HI pigeon , thanks for replying to my email . Unfortunately i wasnt able to dig up anything from the archives , so i was just wonderin if you would b able...
Hi guys, I've been working on the project of detecting when a clothes washer/drier is running, and have run across a new idea. A colleage at work suggested...
Hi Patrick, If you mean an ISP programmer, you can get one from DigiKey (www.digikey.com). Search for "ATMEL AVR ISP PROGRAMMER". This device sits between your...
I have used speakers as microphones before. They work well given enough amplification. In your project you would not require very much of that but you may...
Dear sir I have been trying to run a stepper motor 4 steps at a time followed by a pause of few seconds,the above activity repeating, using the tmr1 for ...
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Oct 3, 2005 9:54 am
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Tom ... Yes and it works fine. Don't bother with ADC input - just use one of the digital inputs and look for a change (or, more likely, more than one change...
PeterBalch
PeterBalch@...
Oct 3, 2005 11:42 am
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There are a couple of easier and cheaper ways to do it. The quickest is to use a vibration sensor made for the purpose. MSP1006-ND is the Digikey number....
Hey Tom. :) You might check out the Hero robots. Rumor has it that some of them use that type of mechanism as ears. ;) __________________________________ ...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Monday Night Chat Date: Monday, October 3, 2005 Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM PDT (GMT-07:00) Monday Night Chat...
SeattleRobotics@yahoo...
Oct 3, 2005 2:02 pm
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Hi guys, I'm working on a schematic for some amplifiers in Eagle, and I would like to have the power supply pins of the LM324 connected to something other than...
Click on "invoke" (four gates in an array on the icon bar). Then click on the part in question. Then the power/ground symbols should show up in a list box. ....
Hello I would like to buy a T-shirt. In the past I have sent the purchase price + five bucks for shipping. Is there some one I can talk to about buying a...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Monday Night Chat Date: Monday, October 3, 2005 Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM PDT (GMT-07:00) Monday Night Chat...
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Oct 4, 2005 1:02 am
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Hi, For those wanting a little information on the DARPA Grand Challenge, here is a video composed of several clips from our 4th NQE run (sorry no audio): ...
-- In SeattleRobotics@yahoogroups.com, Kipton Moravec <kip@k...> ... you ... This device is also what I was going to recommend for testing. It actually is...
I am just a beginner in the field of microcontrollers, I need to know the rating (name) of the DC motor I would be using in a simple project using HCS12 and...
Just a quick reminder, The Robothon (www.robothon.org) is this weekend (October 8th and 9th), with the ever popular hack session Friday night. I know we are...
I have been working a lot on my inverted pendulum and I have come to a point where I am stuck. My encoder that measures angle works reasonably well but...
I have been working a lot on my inverted pendulum and I have come to a point where I am stuck. My encoder that measures angle works reasonably well but...
What kind of encoder hardware are you using? It's probably a software glitch in the encoder counter routine. What CPU are you using? You might want to...