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/  

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TI booster board for sensorless motor control

Nice shield for the MSP430 board. http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/19/sensorless-brushless-dc-motor-drive/

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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/  

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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

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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

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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

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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  

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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/  

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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

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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

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