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Servo Command!
“Servo Command!” is a computer program written in the Processing computer language to control a continuous rotation servo via an Arduino interface. I got a lot of the information out of books on Processing and the Arduino, then modified it … Continue reading
GIRC: Graphical Interface for Remote Control
GIRC is my program to operate a remote-control vehicle via computer with a graphical user interface. The program is written in Processing and an Arduino is used for the hardware interface. Here’s a screen capture with the path being drawn … Continue reading
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Tagged arduino, GIRC, graphical interface for remote control, processing, RC, remote control, robotics
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Elenco Amerikit Learn to Solder Kit Review
I got this kit because I wanted to brush up on my soldering skills. This is when I was about a third complete with the project. The rows of dots on the right are for practicing soldering before you actually … Continue reading
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Tagged electronics, elenco, elenco amerikit learn to solder kit, european siren, soldering
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Quake off Vancouver Island
I live near Seattle and I didn’t feel this thing at all, but this has been an active year for earthquakes and so I like to keep track of these things. BTW, the PNSN web page lists the number of … Continue reading
Tomorrow’s Builders
Seen on a park sidewalk:
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Tagged art, builders, building, construction, kids, parks, sidewalk
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Space Elevator Conference Robots
The 2011 Space Elevator Conference was held on August 13 in Redmond, Washington at the Microsoft Conference Center. I dropped by to take a few pictures of various types of robots that space elevator advocates hope might someday climb their … Continue reading
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Tagged robotics, robots, space elevator, space elevator conference
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Been a while since I’ve seen one of these
This is what a ‘calculator’ looked like when I was a kid. Only AFTER I had finished grade school did they come out with pocket calculators. Back in the 80s, I attended an employee orientation session at Boeing. An engineer-instructor … Continue reading
Soldering is easy and fun . . . .
I’ve been putting off a minor soldering project for over a week now. I don’t know why I’m inflating it into something huge. It’s just one more example of my procastination superpower. Anyhow, rather than do anything constructive, I wrote … Continue reading
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Crop Circle Maker 1.0
The red mark indicates how many perimeter-lengths the roller has traveled. The hook is for attaching ropes to pivot around poles. A crop circle pattern 100 feet in diameter would have a surface area of 7800 square feet. Assuming that … Continue reading
How to go back to the Moon, cheaply
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Tagged delta iv heavy, lunar, mission, moon, Soyuz, space, space travel
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