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Experimenting With Thermistors - Cool Prize

2022-10-25T02:26:00Z

Here is the very nice tool kit supplied to finishers in the Experimenting With Thermistors . It comes in a clever fold-up tool case that has a snap-in location for each tool. The tool assortment is well chosen to cover a wide range of usage requ...(read more)

2nd Place Prizes Received!!

2022-10-20T18:25:00Z

I am so thrilled with the prizes that I received!! I didn't realize there was a prize included for the cat (Mr. Meowser) as well!! Finisher Prize!! 3D Printer IRobot Mop Mr. Meowser approves of the prizes Mr. Meowser enjoying his p...(read more)

Multicomp DMM Prize

2022-10-15T18:02:00Z

I received a nice Multicomp DMM as a prize in the Twist, Turn and Move Design Challenge for my Sammy Semaphore entry: For some reason there is a ball bearing in the package? Any ideas what that is for? Thanks element14, it was a fun project.(read more)

Blog #2: TTM Design challenge - Creating a Robot Arm with Scavenged Parts

2022-09-28T00:07:00Z

Let's meet the arm (or rather arm joint) of the robot that doesn't exist as of yet! Mechanical assembly of robot arm I had some printer parts (motors, gears, sheet metal parts) that I wanted to use to create this robot. Also, I had thought of using t...(read more)

Blog #1: TTM Design challenge - Introduction

2022-09-19T21:33:00Z

First off - I have a confession to make that I had some time adversities due to illnesses in my house so I'm quite late in writing up the blogs and completing the challenge. However, I would say that I am only completing the blogs and as far as the c...(read more)

Sammy Semaphore Fully Functioning - Blog 7

2022-09-13T03:44:00Z

Intro Sammy Semaphore is finally fully functional, complete with remote Bluetooth control. He turned out very well, although not without having to work through adversity. The biggest issues were supply chain and the fact that I got very sick. Sammy S...(read more)

TE Connectivity Connector Tester - Blog 6

2022-09-13T03:22:00Z

Intro There is only one day left before the deadline for this contest, so I need to publish where I am at. The Connector Tester part of this project involved designing a couple of PCBs to allow TE Connectivity connectors to be tested. Unfortunately n...(read more)

Twist, Turn and Move Design Challenge with TE Robotics - Unlimited CNC Robot Blog 7 (Final Blog)

2022-09-13T00:17:00Z

Unlimited CNC Robot Blog 7 (Final Blog) My final video of the working project: community.element14.com/.../CNC-Final.mp4 I want to thank our sponsor TE Connectivity for making this challenge possible. Thank you to Element14 and the community for h...(read more)

The Robocat: Final Blog Post

2022-09-12T23:46:00Z

With the deadline here, I am presenting the current state of The Robocat. We have achieved nearly all of our goals by creating a wheeled robot with a super cute cat body. The Robocat can follow pre-programmed paths, identify a laser pointer dot...(read more)

RARM is alive!

2022-09-12T23:18:00Z

And now, the results. A long time passed since the challenge started. Difficulties have passed and now it is time to get into presenting to the community results. First, let me show you some pictures, and then I am attaching a video so you can...(read more)

Teleoperation Robot - Blog #3 - Twist, Turn and Move Design Challenge with TE Robotics

2022-09-12T21:37:00Z

1. The Main Robot Body I am using a Steel chassis with 4 x 100 RPM - 12V Centre Shaft DC Geared Motors and 4 x 7cm Diameter wheels. 2. Creating the Firebase Realtime Database Project 2.1 Creating a Firebase Proj...(read more)

Rullit #8 - Final demo

2022-09-12T13:46:00Z

This is the last post of this challenge. I am going to provide a list of the materials required to build Rullit and I am going to publish a final (partial) demo of Rullit at work Bill of materials Qty Description Notes Link 1 TE Robotic...(read more)

Twist, Turn and Move Challenge - Unlimited CNC Robot Blog #6

2022-09-12T11:23:00Z

Unlimited CNC Robot Blog #6 I wanted to post this blog before I post my final blog tonight. I found a big error in my code and wanted to update it now. The error I made was I had my line sensors reversed to what they needed to be for the right readi...(read more)

ARDUMOBO blog 7: Connectors

2022-09-12T08:28:00Z

Connectors Going back to the block diagram, I will add a few comments here. As a general principle, I would like to be able to disconnect the two engines, two sensors and two power supplies (not pictured in the diagram: 5V power bank and 6V engine p...(read more)

Blog #4

2022-09-12T03:56:00Z

It has been a long journey, filled with knowledge. At this point, my RARM is almost done. I would like to tell you a little bit of what was my path to building the robot. Let's get started In the beginning, when I started blogging I used ...(read more)