It's Christmas!
When i told my little brother's boss that i was starting to make robots, he answered me "well, i used to do a lot of electronics when i was younger, i may have some stuff that could be useful to you", and i was like cool, i'm gonna have a bunch of resistors... And that's what he gave me :
So that's big bunch of stuf, i have even no idea about what half of those stuff are for, but i'm sure i'll figure out soon enough ^^
Those stepper motors look pretty cool :
even if i don't know how to use them, and can't find any datasheet.
I also have that "mercury-switch" :
25 of those LM324N :
it seems that they are "Low Power Quad Operational Amplifier", whatever it means...
I also have a dozen of those things :
but i don't have the slightest idea about what it is.
Add to that gears, bumper switches and switches of all sorts, leds and plenty of other cool stuff!
So i was already quite happy, but cherry on the chicken, i also received my SRF05 that i ordered last monday from Active Robots (very fast shipping!):
So robotically speaking, that was a pretty cool day! :D
@ Mon, 2009-04-27 12:01
Thats one awsome haul dude
@ Sat, 2009-04-25 10:10
Thanks for the tip mate,
Thanks for the tip mate, i'll try!
[Edit] sh*t i forgot the "Reply" button... sorry Rik...
@ Sat, 2009-04-25 08:49
Thanks guys for those
Thanks guys for those explanations!
For the heatsinks, i think i could have guessed...
About the stepper, there already is a lot of useful informations in the third picaxe
fuckingmanual, it's more a question of wires color..."These are very useful for boosting analog signals for your processor. For example you could connect microphones, phototransistors, PIR sensors etc."
Ok, i thought it was something to boost the output... Indeed it could be pretty useful.
But anyway, i'm not planning to use all those things right now, i already have a ton of stuff to explore and discover!
@ Sat, 2009-04-25 10:03
Every newbie panicks over
@ Sat, 2009-04-25 01:01
LM324
These are very useful for boosting analog signals for your processor. For example you could connect microphones, phototransistors, PIR sensors etc.
Each chip has four seperate amplifiers that can be used independantly or in combination.
Google "opamp handbook" for hundreds of uses and explanations of how they work.
@ Sat, 2009-04-25 00:54
The steppers don't need a
The steppers don't need a data sheet really. The data is on the label. 4V, 0.9A, 200 steps per revolution (1.8 x 200 = 360 degrees).
These are top quality motors from a printer by the look of them. It is hard to tell from the photo but they look like 6 wire. They can be driven in more than one way.
Google Stepper motor with words such as Bi-polar, Uni-polar, half wire and full wire.
They could be driven with a L298N or a L293 (see the component section)
@ Fri, 2009-04-24 20:56
heat sinks
These are cooling fins. You bolt them onto components with a hole in them. Components that would otherwise get too hot. These are the thingeys that help to keep the magic smoke inside.
Also: check the thread about sun screen.
@ Sat, 2009-04-25 00:35
In sunny Queensland the zinc
@ Fri, 2009-04-24 20:39
I'd say you hit a nice
I'd say you hit a nice jackpot with all of that stuff.....nice aquisition!!