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Once and future engineer.

Arduino Park Under the Magnifying Glass

Posted on January 14, 2011 by engineerzero

Lots of little details added. Sang is there because he will be the tour guide when the park opens. Which is still about a week away. As I look at this thing, I wonder. That 103 chip can’t have all … Continue reading →

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Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) in sketchup

Posted on January 14, 2011 by engineerzero

I saw that a molecule was trending on Yahoo, and how often does that happen? So I thought, “Here’s a challenge.” I went over to the wikipedia entry on paracetamol (aka acetaminophen) and copied the model into ball and stick … Continue reading →

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Arduino in Sketchup: Modulate my pulse widths, those are tildes!

Posted on January 13, 2011 by engineerzero

Since the last time I posted my work on the Arduino Uno in Sketchup Project, I have started using a magnifying glass. Lo, the minuses in front of the digital pinout numbers turned out to be tildes (ie, ‘~’ –which, … Continue reading →

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Thymine Sketchup model uploaded to Google 3D Warehouse

Posted on January 12, 2011 by engineerzero

This completes the uploading of the DNA nucleobase models to Warehouse. To see it, all you have to do is go to Google 3D Warehouse and enter Thymine. I realize that Google primarily intends the Sketchup/Warehouse paradigm for architectural modeling, … Continue reading →

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Arduino Uno in Sketchup (in progress)

Posted on January 11, 2011 by engineerzero

Based on the Arduino Duemilanova models I found in Google 3D Warehouse. It seems that one Arduino model is based upon another in the Warehouse in an evolutionary growth, so it’s hard to give credit for the original design. Suffice … Continue reading →

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Sketchup Molecular Model for Guanine, Uploaded to 3D Warehouse

Posted on January 10, 2011 by engineerzero

Check it out in Google 3D Warehouse here. I’m going slow on the uploading, for two reasons. First, there’s always a good possibility that there is a fundamental shortcoming in my design which will force me to redo everything. Second, … Continue reading →

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Icosahedral Logo (Work in Progress)

Posted on January 9, 2011 by engineerzero

Kind of overwhelms the images in Warehouse. Have to work on that. But at least I toned it down from this:

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Uploading Adenine

Posted on January 9, 2011 by engineerzero

That’s what I uploaded. This time I think it will stay. You can visit it in the 3D warehouse by clicking here. Here is my stupid logo: Originally, I used the Martian tripod as my logo, then I had second … Continue reading →

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icosahedral adenine in sketchup

Posted on January 8, 2011 by engineerzero

A problem with putting the letters on the sides of the icosahedra (yes, that is plural for ‘icosahedron’ according to the WordPress spell checker — which by the way treats ‘WordPress’ as a typo). Where was I? Oh, yes, a … Continue reading →

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Icosahedral chlorine atom

Posted on January 8, 2011 by engineerzero

As I started to add more atoms to the Sketchup molecule maker kit, I realized that the chemistry model color convention breaks down past the basic four atoms of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon. Green, for example, is used for … Continue reading →

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