Posted February 15, 2013 by Chris

“The oscilloscope simulation shown on this website is based on the HAMEG HM203-6 20 MHz oscilloscope of Hameg GmbH in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. The HAMEG HM203-6 oscilloscope only was the inspiration for developing the simulation, because it is very well suited for this purpose.”

Posted February 14, 2013 by Syd

“In this article, we will once again be using the magic of software to enhance our lives. We will be using a technique known as web scraping to gather weather information to prepare for whatever mother nature throws at us. This could be useful if you live in a suburb and must commute some distance to work in the city.”

Posted February 13, 2013 by Chris

“Last month I talk about Remote Controlled Mobile Robot using MC40SE, this month I want to use it for simple line following robot…The list of hardware needed: MC40SE board, LINIX Brushless Motor, 2 x 4” Nylon wheel, 2 x 12V battery, 4 x fiber optic sensor and a robot base which mounts with a castor and brushless motor properly.”

Posted February 12, 2013 by Chris

“Question: What makes 8 times ‘beep’, but cannot be heard?
Answer: My ultrasonic range finder 🙂 ~ FRDM-KL25Z with HC-SR04. What I’ve added to my FRDM-KL25Z board is an ultrasonic distance sensor, measuring distances up to 4 meters.”

Don’t miss this thorough tutorial on using and interfacing ultrasonic range finders to microcontrollers.

Posted February 11, 2013 by Chris

“The Finch is a new robot for computer science education. Its design is the result of a four year study at Carnegie Mellon’s CREATE lab. The Finch is designed to support an engaging introduction to the art of programming. It has support for over a dozen programming languages and environments, including several environments appropriate for students as young as eight years old.”

Posted February 7, 2013 by Syd

“In this article, we will be using an old unused machine along with free software to create a web server with the capability to handle all our web application development needs. We will be using the Linux operating system and installing Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, and PHP. Whether you are a seasoned web developer or just starting out in HTML, this is a vital first step.”

Posted February 4, 2013 by Chris

“The RGB panel is a new module designed to be suitable for the e-puck robot. It is comprised of: 9 RGB LEDs, 8 infrareds and a PIC 18F6722. Every LED is independent from each other, so it’s possible to turn on the LEDs with different colors in the RGB color space (additive color mixing).”

Posted February 3, 2013 by Chris

“Our group designed and manufactured a miniature robotic vehicle that conquers various terrains. The vehicle was designed with a track system which is powered by two DC motors. The motors use a Quadruple half H-Driver in order to drive the motors in both directions….These configurations allow the vehicle to drive on various terrains. ”

Posted January 31, 2013 by Chris

“The CHORG project consists in both a hardware and software platform both of them developed by myself. The main purpose of this project is to create a robot arm capable of adapting a task to randomness of the real environment. While the hardware’s imperfections serve as good way measure the randomness the software purpose is to adapt that and allow it to successfully perform a certain task.”

Posted January 26, 2013 by Chris

“This website describes an open design for a small, $800 robot suitable for swarm-style multiagent research, robotics education, and other tasks. Our goal is to get as much functionality as possible from $800 per robot, replicate the robot many times to create a small collaborative swarm, and document the results to make it easier for you to do the same.”