I am going to close the poll Wednesday evening to confirm the date with Pinckneyville, so please vote before then....
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tedrobotbuilder
Jul 4, 2012 8:13 pm
While back some people were talking about building with stuff like MicroRax. Just saw this new video which shows some details on working with them, thought I...
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Randy Farmer
v1800list
Jul 4, 2012 9:37 pm
I'm having deja-vu. I was working on the Mantis 2 weekends ago. We are having a CNC class and a meeting on the project where we're building a 4x4 or 4x8 foot...
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Buddy Smith
arggroupie
Jul 4, 2012 9:37 pm
... How did the build go? --buddy...
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Ben Bradley
ben_nospam_b...
Jul 6, 2012 9:36 pm
So I take it Nov 3 wins with 8 votes? There's a thread on the Freeside list: "2012 Atlanta Mini Maker Faire on October 6, 2012" so we definitely don't want...
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Randy Farmer
v1800list
Jul 7, 2012 1:54 am
Sounds like they're wanting to up the level of hands-on participation this year. Any thoughts on what we can do? Maybe have RC cube quest set up? --Randy...
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Randy Farmer
v1800list
Jul 7, 2012 3:16 am
... I picked up 2 more steppers (and a big spool of black ABS filament) at Ultimachine.com's new warehouse in South Pittsburgh, TN yesterday. That gives me all...
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Denise
robotgirrl
Jul 7, 2012 4:16 am
That is perfect because I was able to reserve the community room for November 3rd for Robot Rally 2012...
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Denise
robotgirrl
Jul 7, 2012 4:16 am
I say, Go for it!...
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Denise
robotgirrl
Jul 7, 2012 5:16 am
Sorry for the delay on the email. I was presented two great ideas for discussion tomorrow. 1) how to attempt and survive the autonomus cube quest 2) how to...
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Team Test Bot
theorangeham...
Jul 7, 2012 5:27 am
Whhoooooa, hey! I'm in town for an ahrc thing for once! -c ________________________________ From: Denise <robot.girrl@...> To: Atlanta Hobby Robot Club -...
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Michael
makopack
Jul 7, 2012 5:37 pm
Ok, so it was brought up in the meeting today that we'd like something to do scorekeeping with... The thought of having a scorekeeping computer set up, that we...
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Team Test Bot
theorangeham...
Jul 7, 2012 6:08 pm
Hi all, Here's examples of the "BEC" that I talked about for downconverting battery voltage to logic levels. ...
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Kirk Charles
k_w_charles
Jul 7, 2012 6:40 pm
I am building a circuit with this digikey part 102-1517-ND the PCB's have been shipped. I'll let you know how it turns out. I'm converting 48V to 5 Kirk ... ...
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tedrobotbuilder
Jul 7, 2012 7:51 pm
This is the place I have ordered some batteries from: http://www.batteryspace.com/ Ted...
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Kirk Charles
k_w_charles
Jul 7, 2012 10:53 pm
Some thoughts and Notes: Consider Cube Quest and Sumo and Polyathlon separately. In the past we have failed to consider the cost of automation. Contest...
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tedrobotbuilder
Jul 8, 2012 1:26 am
And we need a database. I like databases. Ted...
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Denise
robotgirrl
Jul 8, 2012 4:28 am
We started talking about Robot C at RBMO this morning www.robotc.net. I did find that Robot C does have a virtual worldj simulation software...
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Dale Heatherington
dalesrobots
Jul 8, 2012 6:31 pm
Thanks for the links. Those UBEC devices seem to be almost exclusively sold by the ultra cheap Chinese online stores and most of them say "out of stock" on...
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Randy Farmer
v1800list
Jul 8, 2012 8:11 pm
Look at Castle Creations for a US supplier of BECs. Use one of theirs on Cordon Blu...
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tedrobotbuilder
Jul 8, 2012 10:33 pm
robotmarketplace has them in stock: http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/battery_eliminators_and_regulators.html Ted...
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Randy Farmer
v1800list
Jul 11, 2012 5:37 pm
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1757054094/xbee-handheld-controller I really like the case. I'd go for the Q2 model with sticks. --Randy...
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Denise Joyce
robotgirrl
Jul 12, 2012 1:41 pm
** The 2012 Atlanta Mini Maker Faire will set up shop on October 6th of this year on Georgia Tech's campus. Look up our website for more information! Is this...
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tedrobotbuilder
Jul 12, 2012 1:47 pm
They updated the site with a firm date: October 6th, 2012 http://makerfaireatl.com/ Ted...
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tedrobotbuilder
Jul 12, 2012 1:48 pm
Overlaps with one of our meeting, right? We could make the fair the place of the meeting that day. Ted...
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Randy Farmer
v1800list
Jul 12, 2012 2:15 pm
I met one of the organizers down at Freeside and MIC Tuesday night. We discussed trying to keep some of the affiliated groups close together, since a lot of...
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Randy Farmer
v1800list
Jul 12, 2012 2:40 pm
Other thoughts: Team up with Freeside and MIC on the little Build-a-robot project. Maybe get Freeside to design and 3D print a bunch of different face plates...
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Randy Farmer
v1800list
Jul 13, 2012 4:07 am
No one interested? :) I bread boarded up the easiest LED flasher that will run off of a single alkaline cell I could come up with using jellybean parts* ...
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botlanta@yahoogroups....
Jul 13, 2012 2:02 pm
Reminder from: botlanta Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/botlanta/cal AHRC General Meeting Saturday July 21, 2012 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Location:...
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Eric Ayers
ericzundel
Jul 13, 2012 7:06 pm
I just got a attiny43u that can run on a single alkaline cell which has a built in boost converter. SOIC 20 package only so I mounted it on a Spark fun...
