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Building Circuit Diagram Software

kankatee's picture

I have seen quite a few folks on here replying to others with circuit diagrams. My question is what software does everyone use/prefer? I know some use Photoshop or Illustrator. Anything else anyone would reccomend?

 

Rocket Brand Studios New Products 2.7.12

Chris the Carpenter's picture

The new products are in! The new products are in!

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recommendations for tamiya gearbox motor drivers

As my name suggests i'm a newbie looking for some advice. I have a tamiya gearbox with two dc motors with suggested operating voltage of 3V. To control these motors i want to connect a ready made h-bridge ic or create my own using some transistors. I'd rather just buy the h-bridge ic to save time but i have some tip transistors if needed.

Charming Robot Shirts, cases, & other products

Daves Sketchbook's picture

Dave has been making robots in a different medium than is typical here.  I probably can't keep up with the tech discussion, but if you're at all interested in a fun and light hearted robot t-shirt or case for your iphone, check out my Zazzle store.  These are the robots of your childhood!

http://www.zazzle.com/davessketchbook*

Would love some feedback if you look!

Unnable to controll wild thumper with radio

Feda's picture

Hi Everyone!

 

Im absolutely new too this, so sorry if my question seems dumb. Im using a wild thumper board, wildt thumper 6wd platform and Lipo 2200 mah battery. 6 channel radio with reciever

Problem 1: Im not able too run the platform using the default setup. It will not respond. The radio and reciever works, i have connected a servo that responds, but the thumper will not.

 

Turning on a motor using a transistor (question)

Markamas's picture

I'm building a fire-fighting robot for a science expo and everything is fine so far (at least the electronic part is!) but I`m stuck with the fan motor. I`ve already fried a N3906 (don`t know what I expected).

Snap together electronic brick modules

Ro-Bot-X's picture

littleBits Founder Ayah Bdeir discusses her opensource library of electronic modules that snap together with tiny magnets for prototyping and play. Bloomberg's Sheila Dharmarajan reports on Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/84551788/