Blog, page 36
page 36 of 79Continuing through the writing archive.
Breaker Faire - May 25th 10am-5pm
Breaker Faire at VHS on May 25, 2013: smash a car, eat pancakes, play the giant claw game, proceeds to Vancouver Mini Maker Faire.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - Relay H-Bridge and Circuit Design
Building a relay H-bridge for the Giant Claw gantry motors after the L298 driver could not handle the current.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Controls System
Fighting mismatched salvaged drill motors, undersized L298 drivers, and slippery pulleys to get the claw gantry moving.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Gantry System
Switching the Giant Claw from a four-motor skycam to a two-motor CoreXY gantry with eight pulleys on top of the cube.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Claw, Prototype 3
Claw prototype three adds a geared motor, longer prongs, limit switches, and the wooden frame cube it lives inside.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Claw, Prototype 2
Second claw prototype built in wood with brass hinges that actually grips play balls and holds them while swinging.
Read postUsing a Raspberry PI with a webcam to make time lapse videos.
Bash script for a Raspberry Pi and a cheap USB webcam that grabs a timestamped JPEG every ten seconds for time lapse.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Claw Research, Version 1
First cardboard and laser-cut attempts at a three-prong claw for the Giant Claw Game, plus links to designs that inspired the next pass.
Read postReporting the system stats of a Raspberry PI to COSM with python
Python script that pushes Raspberry Pi CPU, RAM and disk stats plus an Arduino light reading up to COSM.
Read postRaspberry PI as a FM transmitter
Turning a Raspberry Pi into an FM transmitter by abusing the spread-spectrum clock on GPIO pin 4.
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