This walkthrough is meant for someone who has never used a breadboard before. When complete you should be able to make a basic circuit (light an LED).
List of … Read more
First off I'm no expert but I have gotten a bit wiser about what resistors are good for and how to find the right ones for a specific purpose. I will tell you about … Read more
This is part III of a series I call “How to build your first robot”. This part is not so much instructions of how to build & program, that was in Part … Read more
Datalogger Description This little program can be used during the development of robots or other electronic devices. It can display a graph based on input from a … Read more
JKA has made an Java applet that takes serial output from any Microcontroller, and displays it in much better ways than the low-tech version I posted earlier.
The … Read more
Just a quick tip on belt tracks, if you'd never did them before, and want to try :)
Simple; one wheel in each side follows a motor, rest is free to turn.
Motors can … Read more
Well, my 28x board is on its way and I have a good chassis to work with, so I will be building my first really cool robot soon. The problem I have is that the … Read more
(JKA is working on something more fancy than this, an applet for download)
If you are using Picaxe, I am sure you know, use, and appreciate the function … Read more
RC-servo to motor conversion
This is a smart little trick i had read about in the magazine "Elektor Electronics" a year ago.
In 15 minutes you can turn … Read more
