Robotic automation is great. Set and forget, once dialed in this system will create parts that are identical and not complain about coffee breaks. Love the creative jigs that enable the robot to handle materials that might not be placed with high precision.
Techmoan got his hands on a few SX-64 Computers. This is the portable version of the C-64 that everyone loves. He needed to do a bit of repair but in the end he got 2 working machines. They are still going for a good price since these units are still rare compared to the regular C-64 but you can find them for sale if you look hard enough. Teamed up with
Headlights today are much smarter than they were not that long ago. Using cameras the headlight system can detect oncoming vehicles and vehicles in front of you. The headlights can then block out the area that the beams shine, this means the end of constantly switching between high and low beams when you are close to other vehicles on the highway. It is also much safer since the
A power supply is the heart of any good electronics lab. Hansaka Perera built his instead of purchasing one. It sure has a ton of bells and whistles. I don’t think I have seen a supply that shows what it is pulling from the wall, the LCD display in the center of his shows the total draw from the wall plug. The case of the supply is very nice and
SVS Embedded has built a nice proof of concept. It has a ton of peripherals hanging off the Raspberry PI. The system uses a vibration sensor and accelerometer to determine if an car accident has occurred. An LCD display reads out the information for the user. GPS captures the location of the incident and transmits it to a cell phone using a SMS transmission using the cellular radio.
SomethingUnreal has built a simple system to demonstrate how a PID Motor Speed Controller works. The system is spinning a piece of cardboard on a toy DC motor. The motor is powered by an H Bridge. An optical sensor provides feedback to the system so that it can see the actual speed and adjust the H Bridge accordingly. The software running on the PC is very nice as it allows
RGB Light Stick Painting doesn’t look very impressive when you watch it in action but with a long exposure and some well timed flashing lights the end result is amazing. The slow fading colors and a simple twirl of the stick looks very nice. The stick has 200 LEDs and is 2 meters tall. Not sure what is powering the unit but I suspect the LEDs are serial and
