……the yard. Remounted the SainSmart Ultrasonic module to the front of the unit and it works pretty well, though now I see a need for either a servo mount (to scan side to side) or several more units mounted at 45-degrees for ‘side’ vision. Next up, edge detection circuitry.
of the Robot Invasion!!!!!!! Basic transport mechanism with the Arduino/electronics platform mounted.
……Happy Halloween. Bought the resin skull at Big Lots and installed LEDs (from Dollar store LED candles) in the eyes. Built the ‘candle’ atop the skull from a dowel and hot glue and wired another LED into it. Mounted to a wooden cigar box to hide the battery and switch. …
cube…………27 independently addressable LEDs via an Arduino. One of the better software implementations is this one: http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Cube-and-Arduino-Lib/.
at the piece in progress. The painting stage has begun (as well as positioning pieces to see how it’s all going to work).
….tube amplifiers. The top image is a Bell & Howell projector audio amplifier. Lucked out in a surplus find. Dismanted the unit and sprayed liberally with DeOxit. Applied power and She Lives! The volume pot was scratchy — but another liberal dousing of DeOxit fixed that issue. This unit needs …