Reminder from: vancouverrobotics Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouverrobotics/cal Vancouver Robotics Club Meeting Sunday June 8, 2008 10:00 am...
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Reminder from: vancouverrobotics Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouverrobotics/cal Vancouver Robotics Club Meeting Sunday June 8, 2008 10:00 am...
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Hi, I am submitting a pcb board array to 4pcb monday. I am using eagle 5.0. I have a license so I can do cut and paste to form a panelized array. But I have...
Hey Tim, I don't know about the v-score, but you can probably find that out on the 4pcb website. I use BatchPCB and they don't provide v-scores (AFAIK). What I...
I found GC-Prevue works very well. I was able the discover I have a few layers mirrored in the extraction and as result fixed it. Drilling holes is an option. ...
At today's meeting Guy Lancaster came by to invite everyone to a summer picnic and robot demo and/or challenge. Here are the details: VanDev Summer Fair Friday...
Hi everyone, Attempt 2 to try and find a useful home for this. This is an old stlyle CRT monitor, not an LCD. Alex said he was interested but hasn't responded...
I have found this to be a good link to guide me through the verification process http://www.lika.be/content/view/44/30/ And creating a vscore layer is as easy...
Hi All, I have a question for you all. I am completely new to the world of robotics (and your group) and I am keen to get started. I have a very simple...
... BASIC Stamps are nice to start with, but they're fairly expensive, and somewhat limited for the price, in my opinion. I haven't tried the Arduino, so I...
the pickit2 starter kit from digi-key.ca appears to be a good buy for $35CAD. Has all the software and hardware, usb connection and no external power pac...
Hi Bee, welcome to the group! ... I use AVRs on a breadboard to test things out. I like the AVRs because they are quite powerful and relatively simple. You...
My secondary school students use PIC BASIC and Microchip's 16F627 microcontroller. Here is a list of our PIC BASIC labs. ...
Trevor Gibbens
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Sorry, this should read 16F627A controller Trevor Gibbens ________________________________ From: vancouverrobotics@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Trevor Gibbens ...
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... started with? And why do you choose this type? I second Markus on the AVR recommendation - it's a relatively beautiful architecture; quite straight forward...
Hi guys, I have a few other things I'm going to get rid of rather than move: 1 - Apple ][+ computer with floppy disk drive 2 - Apple ][+ clone computer 3 - Mac...
Thank you all for your quick response. Geeksomeguy, Curtis, Markus, and Richard, you were all very helpful. Based on what you told me I'm going to try and go...
Try robotshop.ca .. Never bought anything off them, but heard good things.. And they're in Canada. They sell actuators from our company, so that's how I'm...
... For basic stuff, http://rpelectronics.com has a good selection (TTL/CMOS logic chips, passives, leds, tools and so on - also some Parallax kits), and...
Digi-Key, at least, can be treated as if they're a Canadian company. They have a Canadian version of their catalog (with prices in Canadian dollars). When you...
Hi, ... I just register the mail-drop as a "shipping address" with my credit card company. Then when the company that your buying from does an authorization it...
Again, thanks to all for your very fast responses. You're a wealth of info! The part, for now, that I'm looking for is a simple tx/rx. I found it at other US...
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:43:42 -0000, "curiousrobot65" ... Look at: http://www.laipac.com/easy_315a_eng.htm The price for the pair seems to be $14.40 (in USD),...
Hey Jon, Thanks for the suggestion and the website. It was spot on with the part I was looking for BUT when I phoned company they said they will not ship...
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:12:49 -0000, "curiousrobot65" ... If you're willing to live with 2400 baud, Robotshop.ca has the Sparkfun pair that run at that speed......
Hey Bee, sparkfun usually ships with USPS. I never had a problem with customs, but my orders are typically small. It just takes a up to 3 weeks until it gets...
Hi! Many of our members in some of the countries like US, UK, France, India, and Australia are requesting permission from us to start regional robotics /...