Sometimes me and Dave talk about some z180 boards we play with and often give away, for support issues regarding them there is another yahoogroup at...
... And, apart from the current drain (which is reduced somewhat by removing unnecessary bits) they'd make pretty generic platform bases. I'm looking into...
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Mar 16, 2003 11:25 am
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Just a couple of questions. (I'm not even sure I'll make it to this meeting) Is the line to be followed dark or reflective? Any idea on line width? Should I...
... Not much to summarise really. Lot of talk, not much else (my fault too I guess!). I did bring along a dozen of the now-famous Z180 boards, which were...
... too I ... I thought you were in India? ... eagerly ... I will upload my latest monitor rom for it into the files area. ... though, ... devices ... My Z180...
Dave says he jawed a lot. Well lots of people asked him knotty questions and i was one of the main culprits. Several of the issues that have been clouding my...
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Mar 20, 2003 6:29 am
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Never thought of using that spare V8 in the garage to power my line follower, I will have to look into it. ... From: Andrew McMeikan <andrewm@...> ...
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Mar 20, 2003 6:32 am
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... <snip> ... motors to ... a few ... black ... sounds good, I went out and got one of those buldozer kits from standbriges and am playing with the tracks....
WWEs have a second hand section in the back of their store, They have a number of flat(as in thin) 5 cell NiCd packs that look like they have come from old ...
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Mar 20, 2003 8:58 am
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Hello Andrew. Did you get the bulldozer or the front end loader variety and does it have a gear box to lift the shovel up and down? I used an L298 for drive,...
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Mar 20, 2003 9:02 am
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I got the buldozer one so I just have the two tracks. Since I was thumping the poor little motors with 5v their life probably wont be improved much ;) I was...
I've been thinking about slugs actually, Picture a great big snail serenely sliming its way around the line( If i am first every one else will spin out or get...
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Mar 24, 2003 7:39 am
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You just gave me an idea I *have* to try out. Not so much slug action, that seemed too hard to go around corners as well. You made me think of two suckers that...
Why arnet any of you guys using biometals (nitinol). It uses small current compared to motors, weighs a million times less, is driven by pulse width modulation...
I looked at a sample kit but it was $90 also if you let the wire overheat then it cuts its life down sharply. Might play with it if I get into model rockets as...
Yeah, like Andrew i have looked at muscle wires and stuff but i haven't managed to slot away enough money for that yet. As to how many robots? who cares the...
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Apr 1, 2003 9:40 am
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Hi all, I got my grubby little hands on 2 new 640x480 dual scan electroluminescent displays for $20 and now I need to build an 80x24 text mode controller to ...
Because I'm too lazy to do this any other way,... ... From: "Dave Emrich" To: <z180@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [z180]...
Hi Dudes, Trent Lloyd (the "schoolie" who turned up at our most recent meet) has asked me to add him to the mugwa mailing list coz he doesn't want the hassle...
Hi all. It seems that there are quite a few people intersted in the small task of getting an autonomous vehicle to follow a line. I reckon that we need to get...
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Apr 7, 2003 2:30 am
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Just to let you all know that Chris and Geoff will be attending the monthly meet. I plan to bring a couple of rws/tws 434 modules and some mcu's on ...
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Apr 14, 2003 7:18 am
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... entertained but ... OOOOOOOOOh....:o) Just remember though, where there's thunder, there's ESD. :o) Mick......