So in the “parts for your robot” game, there are a handful of names that you’ll come across. After another company suffered a meltdown, I went looking for other places where I might find some of the stuff I need. Solarbotics is most famous for their small low voltage gear motors that you’ll [...]
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SolarBotics Is Canadian!
January 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
Tags: Canada·electronics
Something Cool For Halifax Hackers
January 17th, 2010 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
There’s a movement to get a local hackerspace set up in Halifax. They’ve posted a page on the hackerspaces site, facebook page and are tweeting.
Immediately after joining the Facebook group, I was asked what this was by a concerned loved one. They thought I might be getting involved in something nefarious. Nothing [...]
Tags: electronics·Halifax
Excellent Reference For Bolts
January 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Topics Of Interest
Just came across a great reference page for anyone who’s doing at-home design and gets tired of making Home Depot runs to see if something fits.
The Bolt Depot offers printable scale drawings of various bolts and washers. It’s very handy stuff to add to your design toolbox. Just a quick tip for you [...]
Tags: nuts and bolts
EasyDriver Works As Advertised
January 4th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Topics Of Interest
After getting my parts, I had a few weeks before I had any project time. The first step was to see if the thing actually worked the way it was supposed to with my salvaged stepper motors. Well phase 1 of the test has worked so far, here’s a video.
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What the video [...]
Tags: electronics
Sparkfun Order
January 3rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
A while ago I sent in an order to Sparkfun to give them a shot. I’ve ordered electronic bits from a few places, but being in Canada makes shipping a challenge. I have to find places willing to ship via USPS to avoid a $40 brokerage fee at the border by most major [...]
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ADOM (Ancient Domains of Mystery)
December 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Topics Of Interest
In a continuation of my post on old school computer games, I picked up a new (old) game. ADOM has been pretty cool and excessively addictive.
The learning curve is steep. There’s not a whole lot of first step walk-throughs so it can take a while to get oriented. Here’s a hint. [...]
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