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Bot Thoughts

http://bot-thoughts.blogspot.com/

A blog on robots and robotics and related topics. A collection of ideas, thoughts, drawings, sketching, and (hopefully at some point) actual home-built robots.

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  • ESR Test Harness: Part 1

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 08:00 in 3d, eagle, cad, esr meter

    Introduction Because I recover electrolytic capacitors from junked electronics for hobby use, and because I restore vintage audio equipment with old electrolytics, I wanted a way to test these capacitors as they are known to have a short lifespan com...

  • Edward Isaac Bot: Sketchbook 5

    Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 08:00 in sketchbook, sensors, edward isaac bot

    The weird third eye thing on this alternate sketch of EIB is supposed to be a Polaroid sonar transducer. But much has changed in the last 15 years in the way of robotic rangefinders.Pokey uses Sharp GPD12 infrared rangers (right) which provide surpr...

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    Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 16:28 in flying, navigation

    This flying robot from MIT is just ... wow. I wonder what laser scanner they use?? ...

  • Slowing Down

    Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 08:00

    I have a lot of irons in the fire and up to various stuff that I can squeeze in between the time when baby girl goes to sleep and when I do. Or occasionally during a lunch hour.I'm in the midst of several electronics projects: IR repeater, oscillosc...

  • IR Repeater: Part 1

    Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 08:36 in infrared, remote control

    Introduction Our Tivo, satellite receiver, and DVD player are on a shelf at the front of the living room, partially obscured by a sofa making it difficult to control them with remotes. I could go and buy an infrared (IR) remote extender (aka IR repe...

  • Oscilloscope Calibrator: Part 3

    Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 08:00 in power supply, oscilloscope, oscilloscope calibrator

    Power SupplyThe last item on the list for the oscilloscope calibrator is an AC to DC power supply. I couldn't really design that earlier because I wasn't sure what supply voltage and current would be needed for the amplitude amplifier. Now I do.Wit...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

MyBlazeOfGlory

5 stars Tony

Cool blog, especially if you are the type that likes to tinker with things. Cool layout.

Posted: February 8th, 2008 | More Reviews From MyBlazeOfGlory | Report This Comment

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