#robotics Logs

Jan 12 2015

00:16 rue_shop3 pcb's
00:21 rue_shop3 Tom_itx,
00:21 rue_shop3 Tom_itx,
00:21 rue_shop3 you there?
00:25 delinquentme Nah, not pcbs but the little stands with alligator clips
00:25 delinquentme which hold stuff to PCBs while you solder the connection
00:29 rue_shop3 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Third-Hand-Soldering-Solder-Iron-Stand-Holder-Station-Magnifier-Helping-Tool-Kit-/131188478608?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8b715290
00:29 rue_shop3 that?
00:30 rue_shop3 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Third-Hand-Soldering-Solder-Iron-Stand-Helping-Magnifying-Tool-Magnifier-DX-/251618857353
00:30 rue_shop3 or that?
00:31 rue_shop3 http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEUTRAL-WELLER-PCB-HOLDER-T0051502699-/171531206237
00:31 rue_shop3 or that?
00:31 rue_shop3 funny, I'm printing those now...
00:37 rue_shop3 Tom_itx, why did a whole 2313 get used just for serial converting an lcd!?
00:37 rue_shop3 on this oven...
00:49 rue_house Tom_itx, $4
01:12 RifRaf|2 this new i3 rocks, 4 hours old and is doing great job, several hour print next
01:14 rue_house cool stuff
01:14 rue_house gnight
01:15 RifRaf|2 cya
02:05 anonnumberanon What crystal to get to emulate the Arduino Uno's 16 Mhz crystal?
03:00 deshipu anonnumberanon: the same?
03:04 anonnumberanon lol I can't find the part name
03:18 Tom_itx rue_house, because i had them left over
09:21 rue_house anonnumberanon, ceramic?
09:21 rue_house Id ont think so tho
11:56 beanbag canuck
13:08 Mister guys.. i'm wondering something.. it should be possible to read 2 mouses and print their values to 8 servos?
13:09 Mister 4 servos*
13:09 Mister 2 servos per mouse
13:09 Mister left and right hand
13:09 Mister though arduino uno
13:09 Mister or a similar board
13:10 Mister from pc to arduino uno*
13:22 deshipu Mister: with ps2 mice, yes
13:22 deshipu Mister: for usb mice you would need something that has usb host
13:23 deshipu ps2 is actually a pretty simple protocol
13:28 armyofevilrobo-1 So is USB :)
13:28 armyofevilrobo-1 http://blog.armyofevilrobots.com/2010/07/01/zalgo_hid/
13:28 armyofevilrobo-1 You can bit bang it.
13:30 armyofevilrobo-1 http://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/index.html is what I used.
13:30 armyofevilrobo-1 Note that it’s not compatible with the arduino firmware, so it’s makefile time.
13:31 deshipu nah, they do it on arduino too
13:31 armyofevilrobo-1 but we’re talking the opposite direction, so ignore me, I am wasting everybody’s time.
13:31 deshipu but that's not the point
13:31 armyofevilrobo-1 ps2 would be easier.
13:31 deshipu as you can still buy a ps2 mouse today
13:31 armyofevilrobo-1 Also, if you pull the chip out (and get around the cheezy offset dip) of an old mouse, they output quadrature iirc.
13:32 deshipu and in the worst case, get some cheap atheros board with usb host
13:32 deshipu like vocore
13:32 deshipu don't stm32 have usb host too?
13:56 armyofevilrobo-1 Damn, these things are pretty impressive: https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Components/General%20IC/ADNS2620.pdf
13:59 deshipu yeah, it's nice when some technology becomes popular in everyday life
13:59 deshipu it usually becomes cheap and advanced
17:42 ziborg hi peeps id like to get into building and programming robots(robotics) anyone know how i could teach myself my knowledge is sparse, could you guide me in the right direction
17:45 veinofstars i started by watchign Robocop
17:46 Tom_itx rue_house will teach you all you want to know
17:51 ziborg thanks tom
19:31 ziborg guys which language works best with the hardware used in robots
19:33 Tom_itx c
19:33 ziborg bless
20:37 rue_house all you want me to know?
20:37 rue_house I will?
20:37 rue_house you will
22:16 RifRaf|2 we all will
22:37 anonnumberanon I ended up getting 14.something, 16, 18.something Mhz for my crystals.
22:41 anonnumberanon veinofstars: 10/10 :)
22:41 anonnumberanon >what language?
22:41 anonnumberanon >C
22:41 anonnumberanon >"alright guise I'm out"
23:17 rue_shop3 Tom_itx,
23:17 rue_shop3 working on the oven controller
23:19 RifRaf|2 must be cold if you have to work on the oven
23:19 rue_shop3 reflow oven
23:20 rue_shop3 I want to use it to flatten pvc pipe
23:20 rue_shop3 then I have material to motivate me to get grbl installed on the cnc
23:20 RifRaf|2 did you get a new cnc?
23:21 rue_shop3 no
23:21 rue_shop3 I decided to do a flood of upgrades on the old one
23:21 rue_shop3 even if some of them are immediatly replaced by other upgrades
23:22 rue_shop3 and always make it work after each upgrade
23:23 rue_shop3 Tom_itx, I'll have to rewrite that software tho
23:57 myofevilrobo-1 approves of switch to grb
23:59 rue_shop3 I'm looking at toolchian challanges tho