General purpose robot control board
This project aims to create an all-in-one robot control board. Unlike the arduino platforms, this board will contain servo drivers, motor drivers, accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, radio module,...
View ArticleNew Playful Puppy kit from DAGU
The new Playful Puppy robot kit from DAGU will be available from April 2013! This new version of the robot is smaller and easier to wire up. Magnetic clutches have been included on the pan / tilt...
View ArticleMy participation in Google Science Fair
I am participating in Google Science Fair 2013. So, I thought of sharing my idea. A simple idea. I have modified loudspeaker drivers in two ways. The benefit of each are:1) Higher amplitude of sound,...
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Service Droid - The Build
Primary imageWhat does it do?Picks stuff up off the floorThe Service Droid is a new robot kit I am designing. It is intended to be a low cost, D.I.Y. robot chassis with two 3 DOF arms. The gripper on...
View ArticleMicroscope Camera Driver
I recently purchased a microscope to help with soldering. As a gift I was given this camera for the microscope but no software. Does anyone know where I can find drivers for this camera?read more
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Pushing the limits with encoders
This is now a tutorial and can be found here: http://letsmakerobots.com/node/39098I've been working on some code so that a simple Mini Driver using a lowly ATmega8A can drive two motors with encoders...
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Updated instruction manual for Mini Driver
The Mini Driver was released by DAGU some time ago. It is essentially our Magician controller in SMD format. Unfortunately the engineer who designed it does not have very good English so I was asked to...
View ArticleAttiny 2313/4313 servo driver
Hello everyone!Attiny85/45s are great for small projects because nearly all pins can be used to drive servos simultaneously.However 5 servos are nice but not enough. I found out that I have bought some...
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Scamper the omni directional high speed robot
Primary imageWhat does it do?High speed omni directional robot ideal for soccer botsNow with video, Scamper appears to be a little wobbly at slow speeds but that is because at only 6%, the motors are...
View ArticleBiped Howto: Moving servos
+++ UPDATE (12-march-2014): Rename title as "Biped Howto".Hi, I will try to explain, in a very simplistic manner, the way in which servo motors can be controlled.Servo motors are controlled by a PWM...
View ArticleBuilding a Better Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver
A few years ago I started building stepper motor drivers. First it was a simple unipolar driver. My motors wouldn't rotate faster than 1 to 2 rps. So I learned about inductance and using a higher...
View Articlesn754410ne dual motor driver not working on one side (one motor)
Thanks to @JAX, it's fixed. it was related to the push button. wires maybe broken or something, going to test further. But push button 2 works for both sides of the driver so it was indeed push button...
View ArticleDriving a ride on toy car motor
Hi folks,As part of a project I'm building I need to create a rotating platform and I recently salvaged a DC motor and its gear train from a ride on toy car, so I thought if it can scoot a child around...
View ArticleNeed a good dc motor driver?
Hi all I have a quick question. I have a couple DC drill motors and gear boxes and I wont to make a robot. I am looking for a 20ish amp motor controller. I either need a dull one of two single ones....
View ArticleBuilding a Better Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver
A few years ago I started building stepper motor drivers. First it was a simple unipolar driver. My motors wouldn't rotate faster than 1 to 2 rps. So I learned about inductance and using a higher...
View Articlesn754410ne dual motor driver not working on one side (one motor)
Thanks to @JAX, it's fixed. it was related to the push button. wires maybe broken or something, going to test further. But push button 2 works for both sides of the driver so it was indeed push button...
View ArticleDriving a ride on toy car motor
Hi folks,As part of a project I'm building I need to create a rotating platform and I recently salvaged a DC motor and its gear train from a ride on toy car, so I thought if it can scoot a child around...
View ArticleGeneral purpose robot control board
This project aims to create an all-in-one robot control board. Unlike the arduino platforms, this board will contain servo drivers, motor drivers, accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, radio module,...
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