I have lately been flashing a bunch of Arduino micro-controllers with GRBL and I had a small issue where an older version of GRBL’s settings were stuck in the Arduino’s EEPROM. To get around this I used a quick script from the Arduino website to clear it. I thought it would be useful for people … Read More →
Nothing like molten metal I say. Grant Thompson from “The King of Random” show how easy it is to make an Electric Arc Furnace with readily available parts.
I am currently working on a neat project (Raspberry Pi CNC Board) where I have to program a bunch of Arduinos for each of the boards I am making. At first I did it with the Arduino IDE one board at a time but that was very tedious and required me to sometime change the … Read More →
We are happy to announce the next generation of our CNC boards. By combining a real-time CNC system (good old GRBL) and offloading less timely processes to a more powerful processor + operating system we have created a much more flexible but capable solution. To show some of the possibilities we have created a Web … Read More →
I was interested in Automated Optical Inspection the other day and I came upon this assume video from Sparkfun, demonstrating what work goes into each board they make. I love the bit with the disco lights and the dishwasher… 🙂
Drones can be very unpredictable and dangerous. Saying that, they can also be very useful in emergencies. I Swedish Swiss team has won a $1 million award for their work on the Gimball Drone. The drone is capable of flying into objects without breaking or damaging other objects. More Links: Drone for good Flyability Gimball … Read More →
The ESP8266 is a very cheap wifi-to-serial solution for adding Wifi to electronics projects. Once its been hooked up the fun starts. A terminal emulator like Putty or Tera Term is needed to send commands to the module. To interact with the module it needs to receive AT command via its serial pins. The simplest … Read More →
Farming is changing with production at all time highs but there is always room for improvements. Introducing a new breed of robots that automate things around the farm.
We have a new member to the Raspberry Family. The B+ version offers More General Purpose IO pins. Double the amount of USB ports Micro SD card Better audio Lower Power Consumption Neater Form Factor Dimensions of the Raspberry Pi B+ are below With a 40-pin breakout socket it offers a lot more than … Read More →
Brain Dorey has a nice build log about the DIY Pick and place machine he built. Pick and place machines are robotic machines which are used to place surface-mount devices. They are used a lot in the electronics industry. Some are also used for stacking and packing manufactured goods. The video below is a Pick and Place at … Read More →
