Hello Everyone, I am afraid that I will be missing the March 14th VRC meeting, so you will have to carry on without me... Points of discussion: 1) We have...
Hi Dave, I was just reading about the 9S12C from the link you supplied and just reading the specs it looks VERY impressive. Then when I saw the price I was...
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New Micros just released the TiniARM: http://www.newmicros.com/ A tiny little board with a Phillips LPC2016 on it. This is basically a 32 bit processor with...
... That definitely is a good looking processor. I've been keeping an eye on it for the last few weeks. Here is a different board + some JTAG tools for...
The only downside I've seen so far is that there aren't any A/D converters on it. I just ordered a MAX127 sample, which is 8 x 12-bit A/D channels connectable...
Hi All, Found this when I was looking for something else. http://www.vancouverislandrobotics.org/index.html On their website they have listings of robot...
Hi All, I have made an attempt to refine, and simplfy the Walker Triathalon Rules. It is still based on the 'Original' flavour, with some tweaking. Time to...
Hi Scott, It should say that the maximum width will be 36 inches, rather than the width will be 36 inches. For the Level Distance race, are there any penalties...
MessageHi Dave, No, no penalties for touching the walls...this way the walker can make full use of its tactile sensors to 'bounce' off the wall. I should also...
Hi Scott, I reread it, and I was confusing "racing platform" with robot :) Dave Hylands ... From: Scott Martin [mailto:scottydogma@...] Sent: Thursday,...
Howdy all. I haven't seen you guys for a while and it may be yet another month. After 8 years Gabbi and I have separated and I have had to find a new place to...
May I ask what nationality Gabbi is? Thank you ... From: Ryan Shuttleworth To: vancouverrobotics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:49 PM ...
Well, it is one week away from the International Robot Sumo Tournament. I have been asked to put a web page together for this event, so it is now at ...
If anyone emails me within the next day, we'll try to get you in to teh SF competition. We've currently got 414 robots and 527 competitors from 11 countries!...
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I am looking for the November 2003 issue of Servo Magazine, which has the Part 1, Mechanical design for the Hexatron Project. I found the Part 2, December...
I might have an extra copy lying around. I'll see if I can find it. I expect that most of the magazine places will have sent back their extras. You might try...
The LT6700 is a dual comparator with an internal reference. It is very low power and comes in a small SOT-23. It can be arranged to make window comparators...
Hi, I stumbled across this page: http://elm-chan.org/docs/wire/wiring_e.html Which looks like a really useful technique for prototyping. The key ingredient...
Although I don't know for sure, it looks like standard wire wrap wire which I use all of the time. The insulation does easily melt upon the application of...
Hi Paul (and everyone else), We missed you at today's meeting, but here is what we accomplished re: the competition event in June: 1) Loren is going to confirm...
Hi everyone, During today's meeting a couple of us were discussing various possible events for the competition in June. I figure this is another very important...
Hi All, Looks good to me. For squeezing it onto the poster we could arrange it like so: Line Follower - Basic/Advanced Mini Sumo - Basic/Advanced Lego Mini...
Hi All, Here's the second draft. New Walker-Triathalon Rules: 1- Level Distance Race. 2- Hallway Corner Crawl Race. 3- Obstacle Challenge Race. The width of...
Hi All, The workshop is set for March 20th, 2004. Starting at 10:00am. In room SW3-3750. Same building as our club meetings,one floor up . Bring a Lunch. Tools...
Hi Ryan, Obviously it's different from the wire wrap wire that I'm currently using (which seems to hardly melt at all). Do you have a link to the particular...