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Building a new controller - fun and games

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Friday 27th January, 2012
This blog is a an ongoing list of my thoughts, as I attempts to create a library for the Micro Magician. It is boring and should not be read by anyone :p

 

As some of you may already know, I am designing a new Arduino compatible controller for small robots. One problem with small robots is limited space. This makes sheilds, motor controllers and wires difficult to fit. For this reason I tried to incorporate a few useful devices onto a controller while keeping the cost low.

Navigate by sudden deceleration (collision sensing)
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This is a prototype of a robot car I am designing for the classroom. The idea is to create a kit, cheap and simple enough for the classroom with enough … Read more
Okay this is just a concept at this point, but If it generates enough interest i'll begin finishing the design. I want to take the Sanguino, Arduinos Middle child … Read more

nanoDuino, sumo and soccer bots

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Hi Everyone,

I'm starting with some new projects.

The first one is nanoDuino, an ultrasmall arduino, based on patrickmaccabe's one. This one has all the input and output's pins broken out and the sockets for FTDI and ICSP cables. It is 18,5x20,5 mm:

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Walks around using 3 micro-servo's
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Hi LMR people! I'm building a little hexapod, just for fun. It uses 3 tiny 3g servo's (from ebay). all the legs are constructed using the inside of terminal blocks. … Read more

Canadian eletronics supply

This is a site that I have recently found browsing ebay for a local supplier to help me along the way of learning and building.

 

http://www.dipmicro.com/store/

 

 

Please post if you know of any other Canadian affordable suppliers

pick up, and move stuff
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another small project i made.. thought i might aswell post it here too he got 6 DOF. enjoy the videos! :D Read more
Race around walls (hopefully :-)
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I wanted to do a wall racer ever since I joined this site but I also wanted to do something a bit different. I'm now attempting a micro wall racer using a tiny RC … Read more