#garfield Logs

Dec 01 2018

05:31 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, I am gonna be a week going thro this stuff, didn't get the arm tho
05:41 PM rue_mohr: ah well
06:05 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, when you get a chance
06:05 PM zhanx: I got a National Instruments NI roboRIO industrial grade also
06:07 PM zhanx: it was in the box with all the alumumin parts and motor controllers
06:08 PM zhanx: https://imgur.com/a/CRj76Eg
07:11 PM zhanx: rue_bed did you fall asleep?
07:38 PM zhanx: https://imgur.com/a/eUlNewK <- you missed that furrywolf
07:38 PM zhanx: or was it
07:39 PM zhanx: https://imgur.com/a/CRj76Eg
07:39 PM furrywolf: when firefox decides to actually let me do something, I'll see what those are...
07:39 PM zhanx: robot parts
07:39 PM zhanx: aluminum
07:39 PM zhanx: and motors
07:40 PM * furrywolf is still staring a blank grey firefox window
07:40 PM furrywolf: at a
07:41 PM furrywolf: ohhh, part of a tab has displayed!
07:41 PM * furrywolf hates firefox
07:42 PM furrywolf: nope, back to not responding...
07:43 PM zhanx: shooot it
07:45 PM furrywolf: hrmm, omni wheels... nah, I need mecanum wheels.
07:45 PM zhanx: they work tho for free
07:45 PM zhanx: I have 4 so far
07:46 PM furrywolf: someday I want to build a large-scale (i.e. ~1 ton) mecanum-wheeled project.
07:46 PM zhanx: tanl
07:46 PM zhanx: tank
07:47 PM furrywolf: indoor forklift
07:49 PM zhanx: bonus this box has the wiring connectors for the motors I found earlier
07:50 PM furrywolf: I've been playing in my head with the design of mecanum wheels with driven instead of free rollers... two motors per wheel, 8 motors for a 4-wheel vehicle.
08:06 PM zhanx: just found a IR beacon kit for drones so they can self locate
08:06 PM zhanx: two freq and 2 settings
08:08 PM zhanx: oh sweet they have internal batteries also
08:49 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, do you have a thing for the ir beacons?
09:30 PM zhanx: https://imgur.com/a/Xzvj6ZD
10:27 PM zhanx: furrywolf, is kat on?
10:27 PM furrywolf: dunno
10:27 PM furrywolf: katsmeow: No such nick/channel
10:28 PM zhanx: weird
10:28 PM Tom_L: may be under another nick
10:28 PM zhanx: she might be
10:29 PM zhanx: Evening Tom_L
10:30 PM furrywolf: she often picks different nicks... usually something aggravating.
10:30 PM zhanx: yep
10:30 PM zhanx: Tom_L, read the scroll back yet?
10:34 PM Tom_L: saw you got more stuff yes
10:35 PM zhanx: I didn't get the industrial arm which sucks
10:36 PM zhanx: if you want one of these let me know https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13774
10:36 PM zhanx: I have a few
10:52 PM Tom_L: thanks but i haven't been doing much with electronics lately
11:28 PM rue_mohr: i ateWAY TOO MUCH
11:29 PM furrywolf: don't?
11:29 PM zhanx: no wonder
11:29 PM zhanx: you i sent pics here
11:30 PM zhanx: rue
11:30 PM zhanx: brb turning off the mic
11:30 PM furrywolf: I'm wasting time reading about furry conventions these days.... I've never paid much attention to cons, and didn't realize just how fucking huge they've grown.
11:30 PM furrywolf: (conventions these days, not my reading these days)
11:31 PM zhanx: fu
11:31 PM zhanx: furrywolf, that is all you
11:31 PM furrywolf: anthrocon this year had 8500 furs, 2000 of which were in fursuits, and fully reserved ten major hotels to house them all.
11:31 PM zhanx: not gonna shame you for it or spend time caring, would rather your knowledge
11:32 PM furrywolf: that's... a seriously impressive logistics problem.
11:32 PM zhanx: and i am a conservative, so figure that out also
11:32 PM zhanx: its like a catch 22 with a catch 22
11:33 PM furrywolf: does being a conservative mean you're against people getting together and having a good time?
11:33 PM zhanx: nope
11:33 PM furrywolf: I'm just impressed at the sheer scale of these conventions... that's not even the largest one.
11:33 PM zhanx: I conserve the environment and am slow to change laws
11:34 PM rue_mohr: damn I wish someone would throw a coding party
11:34 PM rue_mohr: an all-nighter
11:34 PM zhanx: hey good on you for your thing furrywolf
11:34 PM zhanx: rue pics i posted
11:34 PM rue_mohr: i saw
11:34 PM furrywolf: ewww. I hate late nights.
11:34 PM zhanx: didn't get the big arm got a 36" arm kit
11:34 PM furrywolf: go to bed at 9. get up on time. be more productive.
11:34 PM furrywolf: speaking of which... bbl, bedtime.
11:35 PM zhanx: furrywolf, is not a night owl
11:35 PM zhanx: ok rue_mohr i have been playing with this arm for about 2 hours
11:36 PM rue_mohr: lets see the arm
11:36 PM zhanx: pieces like a puzzle
11:36 PM rue_mohr: toooo much fooood
11:36 PM furrywolf: you should try playing with your other arm too. prevent tennis elbow.
11:37 PM zhanx: furrywolf, i said no
11:37 PM zhanx: :P
11:37 PM rue_mohr: awe, coding party....
11:38 PM rue_mohr: int he livingroom, with a movie and like 6 people
11:38 PM rue_mohr: all banging away
11:38 PM rue_mohr: cmon furrywolf doesn't it sound like fun!?
11:38 PM furrywolf: no
11:38 PM rue_mohr: uuugh
11:38 PM zhanx: it does
11:38 PM furrywolf: I don't like movies, or being up late.
11:38 PM furrywolf: bbl
11:38 PM rue_mohr: nobody pays attnetion tot he movie, its just background noise
11:39 PM zhanx: oh rue and i got a screen thingy to show 10 monitors on one screen
11:39 PM rue_mohr: wow
11:39 PM rue_mohr: can it 'zoom in'?
11:40 PM zhanx: its in the box new
11:40 PM rue_mohr: vga? hdmi?
11:40 PM zhanx: vga
11:40 PM rue_mohr: nice
11:41 PM zhanx: furrywolf, with s video also
11:41 PM zhanx: plus 4 100 ft s-video cables
11:41 PM rue_mohr: somewhere there are a bunch of aliens having a good time hackin away on stuff, and I'm not there
11:41 PM rue_mohr: 100ft!?
11:42 PM zhanx: yep
11:42 PM zhanx: monster cable brand
11:42 PM rue_mohr: so its for a cheap securrity system?
11:42 PM zhanx: no its FTC
11:42 PM rue_mohr: first?
11:42 PM zhanx: this lab was a FTC lab
11:42 PM zhanx: yep
11:42 PM rue_mohr: huh
11:42 PM rue_mohr: there is a LOT of money
11:43 PM zhanx: over 10 grand i have sorted
11:43 PM rue_mohr: huh
11:43 PM zhanx: I have 50 pounds of legos
11:43 PM rue_mohr: they prolly needed to junk it for the next 50 grand of stuff they get
11:44 PM zhanx: rue, i have 20 proton boards from sparkfun with daughter boards each totalling 150-160
11:44 PM rue_mohr: proton?
11:44 PM zhanx: sparkfuns esp8266 thing
11:44 PM zhanx: i think
11:44 PM rue_mohr: oh
11:45 PM rue_mohr: photon?
11:45 PM zhanx: the oled display from sparkfun is 22.95 each
11:45 PM zhanx: that might be it i google wrote a number moved on
11:45 PM rue_mohr: ok I saw IMU shields
11:46 PM rue_mohr: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13321
11:46 PM rue_mohr: odd, cause those controllers dont ahve that much io
11:47 PM zhanx: https://www.mouser.com/Circuit-Protection/Fuses/Automotive-Fuses/_/N-ba8b5?P=1z0x81fZ1yocc0hZ1z0s1g2Z1z0z33z
11:47 PM zhanx: oops
11:47 PM zhanx: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13628
11:47 PM rue_mohr: hahah
11:47 PM rue_mohr: 1.50 from china before there was $8ea chipping
11:48 PM * rue_mohr looks at his on the foot
11:48 PM rue_mohr: floor
11:48 PM rue_mohr: got it on a breadboard with an stm32
11:48 PM rue_mohr: tho, my screen is larger
11:48 PM zhanx: wh
11:48 PM zhanx: want one
11:50 PM rue_mohr: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/0-96-inch-IIC-Serial-Yellow-Blue-OLED-Display-Module-128X64-I2C-SSD1306-12864-LCD-Screen/32896971385.html
11:50 PM rue_mohr: I think
11:51 PM zhanx: i'll just send you one
11:51 PM rue_mohr: heh
11:51 PM rue_mohr: I'd like that, i ant get anymore
11:51 PM zhanx: like i don't have enough
11:51 PM rue_mohr: well, I can, but with the new shipping their $10ea
11:52 PM zhanx: also my logitech controllers are direct logic
11:52 PM zhanx: pendant ready
11:53 PM zhanx: i was shocked as they are usb
11:54 PM rue_mohr: their usb anyhow,t hey prolly just reset the ID's
11:54 PM rue_mohr: man I ate way too much
11:54 PM rue_mohr: wanted more too
11:55 PM zhanx: still sick everything tastes like cardboard
11:56 PM rue_mohr: I need a nap
11:56 PM rue_mohr: I want to work on the cam program
11:56 PM rue_mohr: arg
11:58 PM rue_mohr: hmmm
11:58 PM rue_mohr: vit B and minimal speed of melatonin and put myself out?
11:58 PM rue_mohr: /speed/sleep/
11:58 PM rue_mohr: /of/or/
11:59 PM zhanx: ready for this rue
11:59 PM zhanx: 2 of these