#robotics Logs

Dec 22 2012

00:36 home gimme
00:56 rue_mohr its his machine
03:10 rue_bed hmm need a 12V powered 12V battery charger
03:12 yahweh Oh he means computer.
03:13 yahweh Yes, I think so, I know many people who could use it.
03:13 yahweh I'll wait until he gets his back though.
03:14 rue_bed ok
03:14 rue_bed 1am haha
03:15 rue_bed wait, I got some other computers in, want to take a look at them?
06:29 mohamed_amine anyone here can help me in modelica?
11:30 yahweh Hey Rue. You around today?
11:30 yahweh I was thinking of dropping by.
13:35 Tom_itx yay, got lcds
13:39 trying http://tree.oooo.tw/ christmas tree in many ways XD
16:18 yahweh Hey Rue
16:18 yahweh Rue
16:18 yahweh Hey you
17:27 home rue_
17:27 home rue_bed: rue_mohr I got the rc car
17:27 home \I pried it open, but I need to find a way to control it
17:28 Jak_o_Shadows1 The way i'd do it, but probably not rue_mohr, is to figure out where the h-bridge/motor driver is, drive that manually, and scratch through the traces to make it seperate
17:28 Jak_o_Shadows1 don't do that
17:31 home do what
17:43 home Jak_o_Shadows1: WHAT
17:43 Skwint home - rue helped me do exactly that once - what's the car?
17:43 home Skwint: sec phone
17:43 Skwint he knows way more than I do but in this particular case I might be able to help ;)
17:46 Skwint well, anyway, http://sites.google.com/site/squirmy/robot/RC-car-hack explains more or less what I did and more or less what an H bridge is.
17:47 Skwint If you have a different car posting photos of the circuit board somewhere would help
17:47 home I know what H-bridges are
17:47 Skwint then you know more than I did!
17:47 home I will post em later :P not now
17:47 home I like bothering rue
17:49 Skwint well, OK, I'm off to bed now anyway - good luck :)
17:49 home yeah tnaks
17:49 home will post on my site what I did XD
18:32 home okay
19:25 rue_mohr Jak_o_Shadows1, no, thats what I'd do
19:26 Jak_o_Shadows1 oh, cool
19:26 rue_mohr if you send me photos of the board I can help
19:26 rue_mohr but I'm just dealing with a lathe right now
19:27 Jak_o_Shadows1 i read that as latte
19:30 theBear interesting,
19:30 theBear cos I'm just dealing with a latte right now :)
19:31 theBear i think i'm coping as well as could be expected :)
19:31 Tom_itx heh
19:32 Tom_itx if it's much of a problem i'm sure i could deal with it for ya
19:32 theBear wonder what i need to pack, lots of summer stuff, few shorts and no sleeves i guess, maybe a shirt with buttons but some kinda childish pattern/design, and some black jeanses i spose... it's only christmas in the country
19:32 theBear thanks man, that really means a lot to me :)
19:33 theBear which reminds me, been nice to see rif around a bit recently
19:33 Tom_itx yeah
19:34 theBear dammit, no matter how many times i change the time, i'm never gonna finish packing if i don't ever start :)
19:35 Tom_itx headin home for the holiday?
19:35 Tom_itx or are you there already
19:35 Tom_itx i forget where you're at nowdays
19:36 theBear erg... it's never easy... i order pizza for dinner so i don't have to do 'any work'.. now i gotta walk down to the other end of the stupid long carpark to throw it away :(
19:36 Tom_itx funny, we ordered in pizza as well this evening
19:36 theBear heh, goin back south to mums place where i was around this time last year.... she been living near me 'in the city' recently tho, opened a cafe a few months back
19:37 theBear think bro AND dad be there by tonight heh
19:38 theBear hmm, where IS that little tiny wireless usb mouse for mr netbook
19:39 Jak_o_Shadows1 logitech has a nice one, about $25 and takes a single AA battery
19:39 theBear i feel so space-age these days... i can walk around with my netbook, wirelessed to my phone for net, my earpiece for sound in/out, and wirelessed to a mouse, just for icing on the cake :)
19:39 theBear yeah, this is a old ms one like that... mum got a new one 'cos she didn't think maybe you gotta press a button to reconnect when you replace the battery <grin>
19:40 theBear and the usb stick isn't a ultramodern stub thing, but it's not huge, and it DOES clip into the base of the mouse for transport :)
19:49 KimLaroux why not use bluetooth mouse?
21:42 rue_mohr its cruel to colour the teeth of small vermin
22:06 Tom_itx so
22:06 Tom_itx where's the pics?
22:06 Tom_itx you got too many toys to play with now
23:22 home rue_mohr: :D
23:22 home Okay so
23:22 home the RC car does not drive
23:22 home worst openbox purchase ;(
23:22 home my 11 dollahs
23:47 KimLaroux the problem is probably the control systems, but the motor driver probably still works
23:50 home Yeah
23:50 home but who knows
23:50 home I have to test tit
23:50 home it
23:51 home but its dead atm
23:51 home :(