Author Archives: robertwilkie

TimeWriter, printer for graffitti

Posted on March 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting project, its like a homemade giant inkject that you can walk along a wall and “print” out a message.  Guy uses paint that will dissolve in rain.  Also using an arduino to controll the whole thing.  Not much info … Continue reading →

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Best list of Major Linux Distro’s yet

Posted on March 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

And its on wiki (figures). Anyways, I have been a big user of Linux based systems for some time, but its branched off in so many different directions I have a tough time keeping track.  This list is nice since … Continue reading →

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Tools and scripts to go with Wireshark

Posted on March 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

Wireshark is one of those standard tools I use for many years and has been very helpful in finding issues on networks, reverse engineering protocols, etc etc.  But there are lots of other things that go well with wireshark besides … Continue reading →

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Cheap Robot Vac cleaner

Posted on March 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

Well its more of a floor duster than a vac from the sounds of it.  But at $40, it maybe worth it.  Since I (or someone in my family) is vaccuming every day, this might be a good “spot” vac … Continue reading →

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Robot Combat

Posted on March 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

Wow, there really is a real robot combat bit…check out the IEEE article on it. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/heather-knight-talks-robot-combat?utm_source=feedburner-robotics&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrumRobotics+%28IEEE+Spectrum%3A+Robotics%29

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Nice write-up on building your own CFL grow light

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Spring is coming…promise.  but til then maybe you can start you plants indoors with a home built grow light.  This page is very useful since it points out bulbs you can get an a hardware store…well heck all of the … Continue reading →

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Make a water tilt switch

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Simple directions for a basic “trigger” when the water tips.  Why would you do this?  To see if something is “leaning” when it should not be. http://www.instructables.com/id/make-a-water-tilt-switch/

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Ahh.the simple stoplight project

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Taken to a arduino (atiny).  I remember this being one of the first more complext circuits I covered in beginning years of college. http://www.instructables.com/id/ATTiny85-Traffic-Light/

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Water fill circuit

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on how to build a circuit to control the water level without using a standard float switch.  This could be something interesting to do in the future. http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-simple-water-level-control/?ALLSTEPS

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How to figure out servo speeds

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Author puts up a bunch of info on how to figure out speeds of servos…too much math for me, I just look them up.  🙂 http://www.instructables.com/id/Servo-Math/

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