-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
- January 2024
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
Meta
Author Archives: robertwilkie
Cheap and Easy Wire Spool Holder
Why didn’t I think of this? Now all I need is a rod… http://www.instructables.com/id/Awesomely-cheap-spool-holder/
Posted in Misc-Life, My Projects, Tinkering, Tools
Comments Off on Cheap and Easy Wire Spool Holder
TI booster board for sensorless motor control
Nice shield for the MSP430 board. http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/19/sensorless-brushless-dc-motor-drive/
Posted in TI
Comments Off on TI booster board for sensorless motor control
Command Line Interface to AWS
Don’t like going thru AWS’s web interface, well there is a command line interface you can download from github, called CLI, that will do the job. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/24/aws_command_line/
Posted in Cloud
Comments Off on Command Line Interface to AWS
How to Solar Power a Raspberry Pi
Another nice bit about the Raspberry Pi is they use little juice, so makes builds like this possible. http://blog.makezine.com/2012/12/11/how-to-solar-powered-raspberry-pi-ftp-server/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+makezineonline+%28MAKE%29
Posted in RaspberryPi, solar
Comments Off on How to Solar Power a Raspberry Pi
Review of Xerox WorkCentre 6605
Seems like the machine got an OK in the review, but not a COOL and must buy. http://www.itpro.co.uk/644674/xerox-workcentre-6605v-dn-printer-review
Posted in Xerox
Comments Off on Review of Xerox WorkCentre 6605
Nice Interview with Natesh Manikoth about Xerox Transportation
Nice write-up about Xerox Transportation (ACS). They are the part of Xerox that deals with tolls and parking garages. The interviewee talks allot about how Xerox research has been a huge help to them, but no real substance behind it. … Continue reading
Posted in Xerox
Comments Off on Nice Interview with Natesh Manikoth about Xerox Transportation
A paintball gun on a quadcopter
Cat’s and dogs (and annoying kids) watch out. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/paintball-gun-on-quadrotor-but-dont-panic?utm_source=feedburner-robotics&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrumRobotics+%28IEEE+Spectrum%3A+Robotics+Erico+Feed%29#disqus_thread
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on A paintball gun on a quadcopter
Use a TP-Link as a camera broadcaster
OK something else to add to my list. Why would this be useful, think cheap wireless camera. I have some good cameras that would be nice to “network” them. And TP-link are cheap. http://forums.openpilot.org/blog/52/entry-91-tp-link-wr703n-as-telemetry-link-and-camera-broadcasting-part3-video/ http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/13/tp-link-wr703n-as-telemetry-link-and-camera-broadcasting-tutorial/
Xerox and Cleveland close to resolving ticket machine issues
The long battle between Xerox and RTS of Cleveland sounds like its nearing an end, where Xerox will fix up the confusing and break down allot bus ticket machines . http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/12/rta_xerox_close_to_resolving_l.html
Posted in Xerox
Comments Off on Xerox and Cleveland close to resolving ticket machine issues
Portable CNC Mill
This article has been making allot of rounds within the hobby/DIY communities. Basically its a cheap mill, converted to CNC use, then put into a box with a display mounted to the cover of the box. Looks nice. http://hackaday.com/2012/12/28/a-portable-cnc-mill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29
Posted in CNC/3D-printing
Comments Off on Portable CNC Mill