Category Archives: Tinkering

Gawd…another bot I want

Posted on March 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

This looks like another nice kit, that goes for $200ish on kickstarter with plans to produce for $240/230ish.  It can make a wall drawing, desktop drawing, eggbot, or a car based drawing robot.  It uses an arduino and if you … Continue reading →

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New development tool for real dev’s for Arduino

Posted on March 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

A new tool came out for arduino called “Emrio“.  Which is an IDE for arduino.  It looks pretty powerful but its oriented toward more developer based folks than the average tinker.  Have I played with it?  Not yet but its … Continue reading →

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Build your own RPi portable game system

Posted on March 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

Neat built for a portable game system.  It actually uses an arduino with the Raspberry Pi.  The parts get a bit pricey (figure this could run 120 easy).  I think it could be dropped down by 30 with a few … Continue reading →

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Build your own AVR Programmer (multiple types)

Posted on March 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice build on how to use one setup to program multiple types of AVR chips.  Its a bit pricy on the build thought. www.instructables.com/id/All-In-One-AVR-Programmer/

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How to add a hotspot shortcut to android homescreen

Posted on March 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

I am doing this myself right now.  I hate constantly going thru menu’s to set this up.  This looks much easier to do. http://www.howtogeek.com/211317/how-to-add-a-hotspot-shortcut-to-the-android-home-screen/

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Use RPi for a Steam Box

Posted on March 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Sounds like a nice way to use a Raspberry Pi as a Steam box to handle video streams. http://lifehacker.com/turn-a-raspberry-pi-2-into-a-cheap-diy-steambox-for-in-1693120019

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Threadless ballscrew

Posted on March 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

I had never heard of this before, the threadless ballscrew that basically uses bearings at an offset to move up and down a rod.  It looks like a good solution for things with a known weight/load on them.  But I … Continue reading →

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Build an arduino Jammer (433 MHz)

Posted on March 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice project that I can totally see simplifying in cost and material.  Thought it looks like the author is using an old arduino anyways. Basically the author build a simple jammer for 433 frequency, think car alarms, cordless phones for … Continue reading →

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Need to test and map out your network, use NetPi

Posted on March 23, 2015 by robertwilkie

I am always amazed what folks do with Raspberry Pi’s, this time a gent put an image together called NetPi to analyse your network and see what you have on it, test it out for preformance, and looks like it … Continue reading →

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print your on RC boat

Posted on March 23, 2015 by robertwilkie

After reading the article below, I checked out the blog, which is in japanese but you can get the gist of the ideas.  I like the builds for motors for the boats.  pretty simple idea and all printable. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150321-3d-printed-boats-become-a-hit-for-both-adults-and-kids-in-japan.html http://trhk.exblog.jp/

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