Reminder from: vancouverrobotics Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouverrobotics/cal Vancouver Robotics Club Meeting Sunday March 9, 2008 10:00 am...
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Mar 3, 2008 5:00 pm
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Saturday March 8th,Big Computer Swap Meet Lots of quality dealers! Get all your new & used monitors, printers, hardware, software, parts, games, cameras,...
Reminder from: vancouverrobotics Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouverrobotics/cal Vancouver Robotics Club Meeting Sunday March 9, 2008 10:00 am...
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Mar 7, 2008 4:55 pm
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The touch sensor I showed today is described here: http://elm-chan.org/works/capsens/report_e.html Basically the only change I made is reimplementing the...
Paul and I had an interesting chat at this months meeting. Here are the minutes is anyone else in interested. Rotring 600 Trio old style not Newton (new style)...
On Sunday Lance Balcom came out to talk to us about the FIRST organization and the various teams and competitions in the Vancouver area. If you aren't familiar...
FYI, I am bidding (sniping) on the following 2 items I mentioned earlier. Please do not bid against me. If you're interested in an Evacu-trac, there are 2...
Just an update on this situation... NEWSFLASH! THIS JUST IN! ... Buffer ICs need power! *hangs head in shame* Well, it's not quite as bad an oversight as...
Hi Jeffery, ... It uses what's otherwise known as leakage current. leakage current can cause lots of interesting devices to work or half-work. Desiging devices...
Hi Dave, I was wondering if something like that was the cause. It was indeed behaving rather strangely - every second time I tried to connect to the chip, it...
Hi All, I’d like to transfer my finished breadboard projects to PCBs. I can create some basic schematics and boards with Eagle. I’m planning to mill the...
Hi James, ... I like the 0603, they are a bit smaller than the 0805 and I can hand solder them just fine. They also have the resistor values printed on them. ...
... I've found that discretes down to 0603 are fairly easy to solder. ... 0805 is a pleasant size to work with, so there ya go. Just buy more than you need,...
Aaron Burt
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Mar 14, 2008 4:34 am
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Hi Markus, Aaron, Thanks very much for your valuable input. I already learned my lessons with a $20 radioshack iron. Few months ago a bought a weller wes51...
There will be a Big Computer Swap Meet on Sat. April 12thfrom 11am-4pm at the Croatian Cultural Centre 3250 Commercial Drive in Vancouver Admission $3.00 Kids...
I got this request today, if you are willing to work with Paul please contact him directly: I am trying to find and hire someone to design a small electronic...
Hello! My son is 6 years old and is super interested in robotics. Can you help us? I think we're looking for a place for kids to learn robotics: camps,...
Josh & Andrea
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Mar 27, 2008 1:56 am
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... Can you ... Hi, Let me Introduce myself. My name is AMR, a mechatronics graduate student at S.F.U. for teaching your son the basic robotics skills, I think...
Awesome, thank you!! Andrea _____ From: vancouverrobotics@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vancouverrobotics@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 3mr Sent: March 26, 2008...
Josh & Andrea
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Mar 27, 2008 2:45 pm
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To all, UBC Thunderbird Robotics had previously planned to take part in the SRS Robo-Magellan competition under the assumption that the competition would be...
Hi Philip, ... Yeah - basically nobody stepped forward to be the chairperson for Robothon 2008, so it was cancelled. -- Dave Hylands Vancouver, BC, Canada ...
Hi there, I've been sitting in the background watching the conversation go by every now and then. I've never been to one of the meetings but keep telling...
Hi Troy, From the sounds of it you have a 2 channel transmitter and receiver. You should NOT join the 2 pins on the receiver, they most likely represent a...
I am coordinating with UBC, WAR et al on plans to host a Robo-magellan event here in Vancouver in September. If you are interested in participating, please...
Thanks for the fast answer! The reason I connected the two RCV pins is that's how it was on the board I removed it from (actually dremel, I was too lazy to...
Hello, I'm looking for anyone out there who has any kind of robot that can be controlled with Microsoft Robotics Studio, that is willing to rent the robot for...
I havn't ( and dont have plans to) use msrs, what can it do, possibly it can talk to one of mine, I have a few dan ... -- Dan Williams, Owner ...
dan williams
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Apr 6, 2008 5:30 am
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Reminder from: vancouverrobotics Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouverrobotics/cal Vancouver Robotics Club Meeting Sunday April 13, 2008 10:00...
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Apr 7, 2008 5:31 pm
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BCIT is having our open house this weekend April 11,12 from 9:00am- 4:30pm each day. Make sure you come to building SW9 to check out the Mechatronics and...