#robotics Logs

Mar 13 2012

00:05 XSerpentX kat?
00:05 XSerpentX ..kat will u marry me
00:05 katsmeow-afk no, i am not going to marry anyone
00:06 XSerpentX ok fine.
00:15 Jaylord Oi, anybody here know OpenCV?
00:15 katsmeow-afk don't you keeep asking that ?
00:16 Jaylord Yah, but maybe one day somebody will say "yes"
00:17 tsmeow-afk hope
00:17 Jaylord I'm figuring it out myself anyway, but basically every time I get stuck I hope somebody can help me out - so far though I'm going solo.
00:17 katsmeow-afk you know Steffanx is
00:18 katsmeow-afk there's no opencv channel on irc anywhere?
00:18 Jaylord There is, but they're not helpful
00:18 katsmeow-afk LOL , tehre is : #opencv
00:18 katsmeow-afk oh, well, umm, i dunno
01:36 rue_house genorator brushes started to drop out just as the power came back
01:37 rue_house so great, now I have to overhaul the gen
01:37 rue_house out from ~7am to 11:30pm
01:38 rue_house 16 hours....
01:40 katsmeow-afk dc genny?
01:42 rue_house no
01:42 rue_house brushes to the armature
01:42 rue_house I'v put about 40 hours on it, I got it used
01:42 rue_house gnight
01:42 katsmeow-afk oh
01:43 katsmeow-afk all my ac genny have no brushes
06:26 orlok Hmm..
06:26 orlok If i set my CRO timing interval to say, 20ms, thats 20ms per each major graduation on the display?
06:26 orlok or overall?
07:55 horar g'day all
07:56 theBear orlok, heh, i forgot after years of not counting any freqs recently <grin> someone said per major div
07:56 theBear same as Y-axis knob
07:57 theBear hey horar, bbl tho, haven't typed for a week and my damn thumb's gonner fall off if i don't take a break
07:57 horar cheerio old chap
07:58 theBear :)
09:02 rue_house orlok, major div
09:02 theBear hi rue :)
09:02 rue_house hi
09:02 rue_house 16 hr power outage
09:02 rue_house wore out the gen, needs new brushes
09:02 theBear heh, i had something like a 10day city/net outage, don't feel bad
09:03 theBear i brushed a chair then locked it in the new 'workshop' room for a week, now there's spider webs everywhere.... maybe i need a new brush too
09:03 rue_house winter before last I think was 40 hrs total
09:03 e_house checks the brush by hammering a nail into a table with the bris
09:04 theBear hehe oh rue.... you naughty brush abuser you
09:15 rue_house Tom_itx,
09:15 rue_house http://hackaday.com/2012/03/12/ecdb-offers-a-simple-intuitive-way-to-keep-your-electronic-inventory-organized/
09:19 rue_house http://ecdb.net/img/about/index.png hmm someone has been cutting 556s in half
09:41 home got an arduino
09:41 home now what lo
09:42 home lol
09:42 home i really gotta learn PID control >.>
09:49 dunz0r home: It's not very tricky.
09:50 home lol
09:50 home make me a master at it XD
09:52 dunz0r home: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller read that and then understand this piece of code: http://ompldr.org/vY3hyYQ
09:52 dunz0r And that's it
09:52 dunz0r No, just kidding. It takes more. But it's a start
09:53 dunz0r home: This is an interesting piece: motorSpeed = KP * error + KD * (error - lastError);
09:54 dunz0r The I is sort of the error there.
10:02 home I see
10:02 home I cant access the file though
10:02 home how do I open pde files?
18:37 home hey
18:37 home hey
18:37 home anyone use arduino and eclipse?
18:50 Triffid_Hunter home: dunno about eclipse but I do program my arduino without arduino libraries and also have Makefiles that work for arduino sketches
19:23 home i see :/
19:35 Triffid_Hunter home: so assuming that eclipse can handle projects with Makefiles it should work fine
19:36 home it does..makes it for me automatically :/
20:23 home got mah arduino working
20:23 home where to get some parts to test it with :D
20:28 Tom_itx old printer
20:30 home explaiin bro
20:30 home EXPLAIN
20:30 Tom_itx bound to have an lcd or leds
20:30 Tom_itx steppers to drive
20:32 home oh my
20:32 home but I dont have a motor shield
20:32 home but I can take em off?
20:32 home and start interfacing?
20:32 home google time :D
20:34 Tom_itx you can't think without google?
20:34 home lol
20:34 home no
20:34 home I am stupid
20:34 home <<< really stupid
20:34 home I am also insanely insecure..and always need verification..
20:34 home i have a bad life...
20:35 home constantly get threats inside my own home :)
20:36 Tom_itx carry on
20:37 home lol I am 17...
20:37 home and have retarded parents....(who have ph.ds/masters)...
20:37 Tom_itx i meant get back to work
20:37 home lol
20:37 home nvm
20:37 home see ya
20:37 home gonna find me some stuff
20:37 home but I want sensors!
20:38 home especially encoders and ultrasonics :(
20:38 home and gyros too :(
20:38 home anyways see ya
20:38 pigpenguin darn i missed a conversation
22:56 home okay
22:56 home gotta find some stuff
22:57 Triffid_Hunter sparkfun and pololu are great for bits and pieces like motor shields
23:00 theBear if you need verification get yerself a nametag badge.... awesomeness, you'll be sorted
23:00 home hmm okay!
23:01 home okay...
23:01 home got an arduino :/
23:01 home now what
23:01 home I am wondering on hacking a mouse
23:01 pigpenguin sweet home is back
23:01 home to steal its encoders...
23:01 theBear and try swapping the odd cr/lf for a comma occasionally
23:24 pigpenguin have you guys seen the mansueto library from the university of chicago?
23:52 rue_house no
23:52 rue_house what kinda functions does it provide?
23:58 tsmeow-afk suddenly sne