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Need a simple PCB made, try Dirt Cheap Dirty Boards

Posted on April 11, 2014 by robertwilkie

Need some cheap PCB boards, can wait a few weeks, not too complicated?  According to this article you shoudl try out Dirt Cheap Dirty Boards.  For $12 you get 10 5x5cm boards.  Which is a really good price.  But….the quality … Continue reading →

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Make 3D printed Bearing housing

Posted on April 11, 2014 by robertwilkie

Not a bad idea for custom bearing housing.  If you have your own 3D printer. http://www.instructables.com/id/Making-a-Bearing-Housing-with-3D-Printer-I-made-it/

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Videos of a bunch of CNC’s made from floppy drives

Posted on April 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

Well they are steppers typically found in floppy drives.  This is fun to watch.  Especially the 2nd video that is crazy fast. http://hackedgadgets.com/2014/01/07/cnc-macnine-built-using-floppy-drives/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HackedGadgets+%28Hacked+Gadgets%29#section7

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Adafruit has a cheap touch LCD for the RPi

Posted on April 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

This is pretty cool, Adafruit has an touch LCD screen that plugs right on the RPi.  Has buttons too.  AND its only $35 (+ tax and shipping).  I looked on ebay and I found some other alternatives that where cheaper, … Continue reading →

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Interesting DLP printer to come to kickstarter

Posted on April 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

This looks like an interesting printer, DLP based (lasers, resin).  Not idea on cost yet. http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/04/08/3d-printer-m-one-makex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3d-printer-m-one-makex

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How to install multiple OS’s on on SD card for RPi

Posted on April 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

Can’t decide with OS to use on your RPi, or perhaps you are like me and constantly changing the use for your RPi.  Well this Article can help where it helps explain how to put multiple RPi OS’s on one … Continue reading →

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How to run minecraft on an RPi

Posted on April 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on how to run minecraft on a Raspberry Pi.  Why is this important.  Well its not running on a system that does something else.  And it can be dedicated to minecraft.  AND it uses very small amount of … Continue reading →

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CAN Hacking Intro

Posted on April 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice intro to CAN by hackaday.  CAN is the car based network that has been around…actually I am not sure when it started (its been around for some time with robotics). http://hackaday.com/2013/10/21/can-hacking-introductions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Adding serial USB to arduino

Posted on April 9, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting video on adding USB directly to the Amtel controller.  Which is great it you are just using the chip.  The other nice thing is it can be done as a HID based device (think keyboard). http://hackaday.com/2013/10/23/serial-usb-for-any-avr-microcontroller/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Xerox CEO got own article on being the worst

Posted on April 9, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting that thought she was voted the 5th worst, she got her own column on MadamNoire about making the bad grade.  Of course the articles are coming across like this is a surprise, but again, if you look at the … Continue reading →

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