I am happy with my comms. I have not done ANY IR things yet I am happy with motor driver My steering is only 3 state at present. Left-Middle-Right. Not much...
I'm fairly happy with my UART comms - they are pretty simple but they work. At the moment I just need to have an auto-calibration for the sensor input to get...
I saw a TV ad for the Honda Asimo tour of Australia. On the website, www.asimo.com.au there are sessions at South Bank on 6,7,8,9 of December 2007. They are...
I see Futurlec are selling a small board based on the ENC28J60 for US$19.90. http://www.futurlec.com/Mini_Ethernet.shtml Looks nice with 5V tolerant I/O. Nigel...
Guys, Sorry for the lack of activity. Have been realy busy again. I have FT232s no so can make more of those little PC-Uart things. Will make some more posts...
FT232RL - the TTSOP modern version If you can use a real RS232 port then do. The FT232 is not really as good for our purposes. Most Motherboards do still have...
I'm haning out for one Andrew, =Nick PS: I'm a little preocupide with my new house at the moment so haven't done any code since the last meeting. Busy...
hope i'll see ya there 8th dec ... National Bingo Night. Play along for the chance to win $10,000 every week. Download your gamecard now at Yahoo!7 TV....
Yeah I'm really looking forward to it - youtube is good but real life is better! So how is everyone going? Any thoughts about the next get together? I'm pretty...
Hi All, Like Nigel, I've done bugger all since our last meet. My work is turning me into a head case and from your mailings I know coding the buggy with no...
Hi Guys, I am looking to etch some PCB's. I remember many months ago that Andrew gave a demo on PCB making and he used a green looking liquid for his etching....
Jason, Jaycar as well as DS. Kits are available. Ferric chloride will work at room temp, others need heating to 60c If you want to live longer keep the ferric...
Yeah I recommend starting with the stuff sold at Dick Smith - easiest to start with, pre-mixed and works at room temp etc. Not the cheapest way though. Also...
... Yes - the "green stuff" I use is Cupperic Chloride. Unlike FeCl3 from tricky dicky it never runs out or has to be disposed of. All you need to do is...
... Still puts holes in clothes though. You just dont notice it till a few months later when the holes develop and you wonder "How did that hole get there" ...
Hi Guys, Cupperic Chloride is the stuff I was thinking of. I actually have Ferric Chloride. My main reason to look at the Cu-Cl option is that I'm only doing...
... Ferric chloride is brown. He's probably using Cupric chloride - see http://members.optusnet.com.au/~eseychell/PCB/etching_CuCl/index.html ... The site...
... Yep - that was the link I used to make mine. Took three days first time I did it becuase of inapropriate shaped container. Using a little H2O2 to speed it...
Ok Andrew, I will take you up on that offer. Will you be home on Sat? Around 11am? What is the best sort of storage container? Is a soft drink bottle ok or do...
Hope everyone had a happy Christmas and is looking forward to a good New Years's. Anyway on the topic of PCB making etc I'm still looking for a good source of...
I've used that in the past. I found I could do large traces ok but when I got smaller I always had issues in transferring the image to the copper and would end...
... I have one of the Kinsten ones and they are not THAT nice. The exposure level is pretty high but not very uniform. Thats why I want to make a new one as...
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