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Low resolution motor control

Here is an interesting problem, at least I think so, at "cruising speed," or there abouts, my PID algorithm works fine....
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posted by mlw
16 comments posted 20yrs posted by mlw

Sheet Metal Bending tools

Hello, I have noticed some cheap sheet metal bending brakes for less than $200 floating around. Does anyone have any ad...
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posted by howyhowy
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by howyhowy

Why did my drive blow up?

My first attempt at building a high-current H-bridge failed miserably. I was trying to drive a pair of windshield wiper...
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posted by bennet
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by bennet

Homebuilt CO2 laser cutter

Hi all, The Blake Laser website http://www.theblakelaser.com is now back up again. It has a picture of the homebuilt CO...
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posted by tony
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by tony

USB - Parallel port ATMEL flash uc programmer

hey guys, i recently wanted to program an atmel 89s52 uc, so i sifted through my electronic junk and found one i had bu...
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posted by rkhasgiwale
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by rkhasgiwale

Building a Robot with Aluminum

We are in the fortunate situation to have been given access to a shop with MANY aluminum dropoffs for a period of time....
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posted by too_many_tools
19 comments posted 20yrs posted by too_many_tools

Linux Network Joystick interface

I am working on a joystick interface for my robot. It will use a standard USB joystick (cheap $) and communicate with t...
8 comments posted 20yrs
posted by mlw
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by mlw

DVD Rental Machine

Hello guys, I am thinking of manufacturing DVD Vending Machine (DVD Automated Rental Kiosk). For example: http://www.re...
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posted by vladaman
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by vladaman

Simultaneous IR Object Detection and IR Control?

I am planning to build a robot that uses a Sharp GP2D120 for IR object detection. I would also like to control it using...
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posted by redbrickhat
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by redbrickhat

F.S.-mindstorms2.0(not ebay)

Everything new except the box and flat paper map-1 project made with it. Most parts never used. Tower,software CD, prog...
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posted by castvee8
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by castvee8

Handy board Question

This is not an in the Book question. I checked. I would like to go directly from the RJ11 handyboard (HB) conection to...
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posted by blicken
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by blicken