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Tag Archives: diy
Grisbot to be laser-cut (a guided tour)
Finally, the Grisbot’s acrylic casing is being laser-cut, possibly even as we speak. Here is a guided tour in Sketchup of what may actually come to be by the end of this week, starting with the front view: The ruler … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, arduino, atmega328p, design, diy, grisbot, hobby, laser cut, robot, robotics, sketchup, snowy i love you
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TOR Systems List
This picture identifies the major systems for the TOR. (TOR stands for Tele-Operated Robot.) Here is a preliminary parts list. 1. Arduino Microcontroller for input/output interface between communications and motor/servos. Easy to find, only $35. 2. Wireless Camera available on … Continue reading
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Tagged arduino, diy, microcontroller, robotics, servo, tele-operated robot, teleoperated robot, TOR, wheelchair motor, xbee
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Bottle Cap Buzzy Glow Toy
Take a plastic bottle cap and make it buzz and glow. Flip it over and here’s the internals: The bottle cap I have in mind is the plastic one that comes on top of one-gallon water jugs. The 3 volt … Continue reading
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Tagged bottle cap, diy, led, motor, product design, sketchup, toy
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Minor DIY surgery on a TV set
My nephew bought a TV at Goodwill for just fifteen dollars the other day, so that he and his friend can play XBox games side by side with their own screens in my apartment. I’m such a pushover that I … Continue reading
Just to replace a laptop screen cable
So my nephew’s T*sh*b* laptop screen was blinking when he tilted it, and now it doesn’t work at all. Most likely reasons, according to internet forum gurus, are the screen cable or the inverter. Okay, we’ll just open up the … Continue reading
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Tagged diy, electronics, laptop, repair, screen cable replacement, screen inverter replacement, toshiba
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Autofade with Fritzing (A review)
From Fritzing.org: Fritzing is essentially an Electronic Design Automation software with a low entry barrier, suited for the needs of designers and artists. It uses the metaphor of the breadboard, so that it is easy to transfer your hardware sketch … Continue reading
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Tagged autofade, autofade lamp, breadboard, design, diy, electronics, fritzing, fritzing.org, prototype
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Autofade Lamp Test Circuit Upgrade
On Saturday, I reported that I didn’t have enough current gain in my autofade lamp test circuit to get a flashlight lamp to glow. The solution was to insert a second transistor, so that the circuit looks like this now: … Continue reading
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Tagged autofade, autofade lamp, diy, do it yourself, electronics
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Autofade Table Lamp on Youtube
Here’s the autofade table lamp video that I posted to Youtube. Values of the capacitor and resistors are subject to tweaking, of course.
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Tagged autofade table lamp, diy, do it yourself, electronics, hobby, lamp, lamps, product concept, product design, sketchup
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Autofade Table Lamp Test Circuit
So, as you recall from my previous entry, I wanted to build an autofade table lamp based on this circuit diagram: This is how the test circuit looks in reality (the hand, by the way, is my nephew’s): (Note that … Continue reading
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Tagged autofade table lamp, diy, electronics, lamp design, product design
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Reed Switch and Transistor
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Tagged arduino, diy, electronics, rc toy, reed switch, transistor
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