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Low cost vision system, thoughts

I was thinking about this last night, I've had in the back of my mind an idea for a low cost vision system. What is req...
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posted by mlw
25 comments posted 20yrs posted by mlw

30 Gauge Wire & DC Motor?

I was wondering if I can use 30 gauge wire-wrapping wire to power a DC motor. The motor is a "Gear Motor 2" from www.ho...
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posted by redbrickhat
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by redbrickhat

Bluetooth link to replace serial cable for OOPic

Hi, I have an oopic II+ microcontroller with RS232 level converters and I am currently programming it with a serial cab...
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posted by niamhom
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by niamhom

Differential (or is it?) question

I need a gearset like a differential, except that I want each axle to rotate in the opposite direction. Right wheel rot...
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posted by Ramon
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by Ramon

IBM PC Parallel port desc

I know this is not much more than a google away, but if you are looking... http://www.linuxpcrobot.org/?q=node/5
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posted by mlw
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by mlw

Software-only USB driver for AVR

The following press release may be interesting to readers of this news group because it presents a complete solution fo...
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posted by avrusb
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by avrusb

Robotics crypt? Expectations?

In another thread, someone mentioned that robotics seems in the decline. While I agree, I also wonder why. Maybe it is...
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posted by mlw
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by mlw

Using I2C

Hi, all! I'm trying to read from a Sensor which speaks I²C, but I have many problem... The Sensor is attached to the pa...
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posted by lucabert
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by lucabert

control of 24vac motors?

I'm pretty new to electronics and was wondering what it would take to control two 24AC motors on a pan/tilt head with 1...
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posted by joe_d_builder
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by joe_d_builder

Use of rat brain cells as a processor

For a while now I have been wondering what everyone else thought of this. A little less than a year ago I believe, an a...
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posted by PenJones128
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by PenJones128

flexible wire that becomes ridged muscle wire?

hello all. new to the group. i've been searching for a while now but still not found what i'm looking for. i know of a...
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posted by corpseguy
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by corpseguy

the crypt

Hi, I've read comp.robotics.misc for many years but almost never post, although I did get some good help last year from...
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posted by dpa
67 comments posted 20yrs posted by dpa

Need a controll board for 3 servos

I need to make a controll board for 3 servos by regular potentiomenters. The problem I have - I do not know nothing abo...
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posted by bad
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by bad

An invitation to join RoboMontreal

Attention Montreal-Area Roboticists! Come and check out the first forum dedicated to robotics enthusiasts in the Montre...
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posted by donald.dansereau
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by donald.dansereau

Robot RC

I would like to add a 2-4 channel receiver to my robot, but I want to keep the cost down. I would also like it to be as...
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posted by tbcreg
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by tbcreg