Hi Michael, Donations of old No. 17, G steel guitar strings welcome throughout the year. We use the business end of a nine volt battery snap for what may be a...
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glanca
Oct 16, 2010 4:57 am
Anyone else coming to Robothon this year? So far I know of Bob, Jonathan, and myself. Bob's going with his family. Jonathan's going just for the day on...
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Bob Cook
bobcook_02
Oct 16, 2010 2:14 pm
It would be awesome for more people from Vancouver to go to Robothon this year! Looks like I'll be running the Robo-Magellan event again, always looking for a...
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Roger Korus
thekorus
Oct 17, 2010 9:19 pm
I've never tried them, but I've been looking into PCB-pool for some 6-layer PCBs myself. The prices seem pretty good for small 6 layer boards. ...
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dan williams
dan_williams@...
Oct 18, 2010 4:41 am
http://eds.dyndns.org/~ircjunk/images/bga-adapt1.jpg http://eds.dyndns.org/~ircjunk/images/bga-adapt2.jpg ;) ... -- Dan Williams, Owner http://eds.dyndns.org/ ...
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Trevor Gibbens
tgibbens@...
Oct 26, 2010 9:50 pm
Which books, articles, and websites are recommended as good sources for beginner and intermediate level AVR programmers? Are there any AVR projects which you...
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William Henning
webdevsupport@...
Oct 26, 2010 10:15 pm
Hi Trevor, I recommend http://avrfreaks.net for AVR information. The various Arduino boards are also AVR based. These days I prefer the Parallax Propeller, and...
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Bob Cook
bobcook_02
Oct 27, 2010 3:23 am
Hi Trevor, I've looked at "C Programming for Microcontrollers" and thought it was pretty good. You can get the book with an AVR Butterfly board: ...
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James Nagy
jnagy_y
Oct 27, 2010 5:40 pm
Hi Trevor, I've used the link below when I started programming AVRs: http://www.tuxgraphics.org/electronics/200904/avr-c-programming.shtml All you need is an...
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Verne
turnbuckle99
Nov 4, 2010 8:10 pm
There will be a Big Computer Swap Meet /Sale & Pop Culture Collectibles Fair on Saturday November 13 Great selection of rare toys, vintage comics, movies,...
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vancouverrobotics@yah...
Nov 8, 2010 6:00 pm
Reminder from: vancouverrobotics Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouverrobotics/cal Vancouver Robotics Club Meeting Sunday November 14, 2010 ...
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vancouverrobotics@yah...
Nov 12, 2010 5:58 pm
Reminder from: vancouverrobotics Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouverrobotics/cal Vancouver Robotics Club Meeting Sunday November 14, 2010 ...
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Tim Webster
tdwebste
Nov 14, 2010 11:22 am
http://www.societyofrobots.com I have found laser cut plexiglass to be a great way to make fast prototype body parts. You can buy laser cutting services from...
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glanca
Nov 15, 2010 5:46 am
I mentioned this FPGA workshop at the meeting today and several people wanted details. The workshop costs $59 and you come away with the BeMicro development...
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Dallas Luther
dallas.luther
Nov 21, 2010 9:51 pm
Hey All, Just wanted to make everyone aware of the NPTEL initiative from India. Its a collection of free online engineering courses in several disciplines. I...
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beautiful_belly
Nov 22, 2010 5:17 am
Hello fellow Robotics Club members!! We need your help. My best friend, Tara, mom of 5 boys and expecting # 6 (yes, another boy!!) who all our head over heels...
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Trevor Gibbens
tgibbens@...
Nov 22, 2010 7:01 pm
Hi Luther, Thanks. We will include this on our website. Best regards, Trevor Gibbens ________________________________ From: vancouverrobotics@yahoogroups.com...
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Trevor Gibbens
tgibbens@...
Nov 23, 2010 3:48 am
What is the best way of ensuring that MS Word special characters emerge properly when formatted using CutePDF? Characters for diameter, ohm, and degree are...
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Jeffery MacEachern
geeksomeguy
Nov 23, 2010 4:34 am
I've never used CutePDF, so I'm not sure. My first thought was botched font embedding, but it has Symbol embedded, so that shouldn't be an issue. I've never...
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Trevor Gibbens
tgibbens@...
Nov 23, 2010 4:50 pm
Hi Jeffery, Please find attached the MS Word file. Thank you for offering to convert it with cups-PDF for Linux. If anyone has a suggestion regarding how to...
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Jeffery MacEachern
geeksomeguy
Nov 23, 2010 7:33 pm
Hi Trevor, OpenOffice has decided to crash and burn, and I don't have time to figure out why. However, I think your issue might be a problem with ...
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Bob Cook
bobcook_02
Nov 24, 2010 1:24 am
Hi Trevor, Not sure what has gone wrong with CutePDF but I can tell you that the symbols in your Word document do not open correctly on Microsoft Word on my...
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beautiful_belly
Nov 24, 2010 2:54 am
hello robotix friends!! Thank you so much if you have been voting!!! We're in 8th place and holding. The top 10 make it to the semi finals. There are 3 days...
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Verne
turnbuckle99
Nov 24, 2010 7:58 am
Sat Dec 4 South Vancouver, BC - Big Computer Swap Meet & Pop Culture Collectibles Fair at the Scottish Cultural Centre, 8886 Hudson St, South Vancouver, BC, 50...
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dan williams
dan_williams@...
Nov 25, 2010 3:13 pm
I dont know about cutepdf, as I run linux, I dont use cups cause I havn't got to hooking up a printer to my machine for the last 10 years. Attached is the...
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vancouverrobotics@yah...
Dec 6, 2010 5:59 pm
Reminder from: vancouverrobotics Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouverrobotics/cal Vancouver Robotics Club Meeting Sunday December 12, 2010 ...
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Bob Cook
bobcook_02
Dec 7, 2010 2:51 pm
Turns out I'm going to be out of town for this one, sorry guys. Hope to see everyone in January and have a great meeting!...
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vancouverrobotics@yah...
Dec 10, 2010 5:59 pm
Reminder from: vancouverrobotics Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouverrobotics/cal Vancouver Robotics Club Meeting Sunday December 12, 2010 ...
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glanca
Dec 11, 2010 9:59 pm
At November's meeting Dallas suggested that the Vancouver Hackerspace is trying to organize a Maker Faire in Vancouver next summer. Any more news on that? ...
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Bob Cook
bobcook_02
Dec 11, 2010 10:12 pm
The site is still empty. http://makerfaire.ca/ I'm really disappointed that I can't make this months meeting. Your robot platform sounds pretty cool. Do you...
