Posted September 15, 2015 by Chris

"OpenDrop is a new design for an open source digital microfludics platform for research purposes. The device uses recent electro-wetting technology to control small droplets of liquids. Potential applications are lab on a chip devices for automating processes of digital biology."

Posted September 14, 2015 by Chris

"I built a pick and place machine so I could build up my Motobrain project easier. I used MDF for the platforms. 12mm rail and linear bearings for the Y and Z axis bearings. THK linear motion guide for the X axis. The Z axis is a piece of carbon fiber tubing attached to a piece of laser cut acrylic. The nipples on the tube are 3D printed."

Posted September 13, 2015 by Chris

"Ditch the key FOB and use your mobile phone as a passive key to access and authorize your car. There are many challenges with such a system but I believe this development is unavoidable. Whilst my prototype is certainly not the most elegant, it does proof a basic point, which is that dedicated physical car keys are a thing of the past."

Posted September 11, 2015 by Chris

"If you’re going to use PICs whether it’s with code written by someone else, or with your own code you’ll need a programmer. There are numerous free hardware designs available and the software to control them. Alternatively you can buy programmers as kits or ready built."

Posted September 8, 2015 by Chris

"Our plcLib software turns your Arduino into a simple Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), allowing you to develop ‘PLC-style’ control-oriented software applications."

Posted September 7, 2015 by Chris

"In about April of 2004 I started this binary clock project which was inspired by the Think Geek binary clock. I put the project on hold a number of times and finally finished it around October of 2004. When I started the project the TG clock was only available with red LEDs, and while it was definitely pretty cool, there were a number of things about it that bothered me."

Posted September 6, 2015 by Chris

"This is the robotic arm I built to demonstrate at the Cub Scout meeting a few days ago. It’s main construction material is hardboard — sort of like clipboard material but a little bit more flexible. Ideally it would be built out of aluminum, but hardboard is very fast to shape and drill through, so in the interest of time it was chosen."

Posted September 1, 2015 by Chris

"The abbreviation CNC stands for computer numerical control, and refers specifically to a computer “controller” that reads G-code instructions and drives a machine tool, a powered mechanical device typically used to fabricate components by the selective removal of material."

Posted August 31, 2015 by Chris

"As part of Programmers’ Day celebration this year, Azoft web developers decided to surprise our fellow Azoft employees with a competition. To try something new and unusual, we created an internet-controlled robotic arm."

Posted August 29, 2015 by Chris

"Since ERNE was originally created as part of my Senior Capstone, I decided to compile some of the work I’ve done with the robot into a single video, along with some info of where this project has taken me."