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Posted June 6, 2012 by Chris

“In the fall of 2007, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) became the first university in the nation to offer a bachelor’s degree program in the emerging field of robotics engineering (RBE). The university’s groundbreaking program is now also the first in the nation to receive accreditation from ABET, the organization that accredits engineering programs nationwide.”

Posted June 5, 2012 by Chris

“This is a modification to the Gemmy Toys Billy Big Mouth Bass. This hack is modeled after Marsette Vona’s famous Embedded Billy Bass Hack. Marsette’s original circuit was based on an 8051 type of chip. I have modified the project to use a PIC16F819 microcontroller and a common LM386 audio amp because I am more familiar with these parts. I considered this a great learning project.”

Posted June 4, 2012 by Chris

“PocketBot project consists of three parts. The key part of the project is the robot itself – a tiny line following vehicle of a matchbox size. Furthermore, the robot is supported with an USB communication device and with a PC control application. Altogether, these three parts form a complex solution to the line following issue.”

Posted June 3, 2012 by Chris

“There are a bunch of tutorials that show you how to build your own Arduino on a breadboard, called Hack-duinos or something similar. While these are handy, I prefer to use more solid electronic devices. So I build them with a home-made PCB and solder all the components on there myself.”

Posted June 2, 2012 by Chris

“The project is intended to build a mobile platform that keeps a certain distance from the vehicle in front of it by reducing or increasing the speed to follow. The main goal is to keep the hummer 1-3 meters behind the object in front of it.”

Posted June 1, 2012 by Chris

“Our project is Air String, a synthesized string instrument that can be played in real time by waving fingers with bright green color tips in motion of stroking a string in front of a camcorder. Our implementation is based on Karplus Strong algorithm.”

Posted May 31, 2012 by Chris

“The VDIP1 USB host controller is a worthwhile extension module for anyone working with the Arduino microcontroller. The ability to integrate USB inputs/outputs with your Arduino microcontroller means that you can interface it with practically any USB device, creating even more exciting possibilities with Arduino.”

Posted May 30, 2012 by Chris

“As shown in the schematic, the temperature sensor of our electronic thermometer is an LM35DZ. For one degree of temperature change, it increases its output 10mV, this circuit measures temperature values only between +10°C and +39°C.”

Posted May 29, 2012 by Chris

“The purpose of this project was to provide an inexpensive communications network that does not rely on pre-existing infrastructure. Currently the system utilizes wind and solar energy to power a wifi repeater and VOIP phone. The power produced by the wind turbine and solar panel is monitored remotely using a hall-effect sensor and microcontroller.”

Posted May 28, 2012 by Chris

“Breadboards are a great tool for prototyping and testing electronics circuits. Here I am sharing with you some plug-in modules that I once made to make my breadboarding life easier. I have used these modules many times in the PIC experiments described in this blog. These modules serve very common functions that are required in most microcontroller circuits.”