Monthly Archives: July 2014

ASCII art is coming back, with CNC

Posted on July 6, 2014 by robertwilkie

Another interesting thing to do with a CNC, make ASCII art in halftones with it.  Basically you use the CNC to “draw” the artwork on a board that is painted one color (or an MFD board).  I have seen this … Continue reading →

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The opensource segway

Posted on July 4, 2014 by robertwilkie

Stumbled on this project by accident, its an opensource segway called openwheels.  Looks like the materials to build it cost around $300-500.  Something else to look at in the future. http://www.open-electronics.org/tag/openwheels/

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Simple Tutorial on Bluetooth Low Power (4.0)

Posted on July 3, 2014 by robertwilkie

Adafruit has allot of nice tutorials,  This one is a step by step guide on Bluetooth Low Power and its inner workings. https://learn.adafruit.com/introduction-to-bluetooth-low-energy/introduction

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