I normally do all of my Arduino work on my Mac. I have had some issues today with getting the programmer to push my telnet code to my Arduino so I can test sending emails with it...sooooo, I connected my Arduino to my Windows 7 machine.If you would like to know how to get it …
Stepper Motor and Arduino Motor Shield
I was moving along on the 3D scanner and I needed to wire up the stepper motor. I bought this stepper motor #324 from Adafru.it - it seems to be a great motor. I bought a motor stepper driver from sparkfun, but I never hooked it up, nor soldered the pins I needed to it.You …
Wii Nunchuck and Arduino Mega 2560
I thought it would be cool to hook up a Wii Nunchuck to my Arduino. Who knows how I could use this - a servo rotating, an RC car, RC Submarine, almost anything I guess.Well, I tried multiple different programs...and only one that worked correctly. I'm a simple developer, I like to plug in code …
Filament reclimation timeframe
I've been looking at filament reclimators (I'm just going to keep making up words.)The Lyman extruder looks very promising at producing approximately 8" per minute. My math is horrendous on almost any level so I relied on googling the answer (http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?1,143878,143878,quote=1) I don't know how accurate the math is, but it's better than mine... so …
3D Printer comparisons, Google Glass, Leap Motion
In the last year I have reviewed a lot of 3D printers. I have looked at variables from print deck sizes, speed of printing, quality of printing, number of printer heads, size of filament that can be used, and tens of tiny details. My printer of choice is going to be the Printrbot Plus (http://printrbot.com/shop/plus/) …
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A new beginning
I have certainly not posted enough on this blog. A lot of changes happened between June last year and now; I changed job locations and have just now gotten the swing back to normal. It's time to pick it back up again.3D Scanner - I've been working up a new design that uses angles instead …
Day 36? – 19 Feb 13
Well, I started my next phase last month, and then I was attacked by the flu and a pulled back muscle at the same time. That may well have been the four greatest days of my life. I've had a lot of stress lately from my personal life (someone I did business with, but they …
Day 2 – 15 Jan 13
It says Day 2, but it's the first day of my actual workout schedule.I was completely not prepared for this morning at 6:45...and it was crappily cold in my room which made it extremely hard to get out of bed. I did run up and down the stairs a few times for my workout. I …
Day 1 – 14Jan13
The last time I worked out I spent 65 days working out at least 3 times a week. I ate pretty well and lost about 10ish pounds. I stopped because I began prepping for an interview for a new job, then studied to stay up with the new job and then I wanted to let …
Day 65 – 1Aug12
So I wanted to see my progress. I've not been as consistent as I have wanted to be with working out. I've been a lot more consistent with eating healthier.I've found that my schedule gets me messed up quite a bit and that I am going to have to workout in the mornings before I …
IN MY MIND BY WINK DOUBLEGUNS 