(Archive of: http://www.thing-a-day2.com/2008/02/09/day-9-thing-9-my-sorry-bot-version-2/) I have a bot I hacked together out of an overgrown sorry piece that I found. This year I plan to make it into a production maze solver. In order to do that I built a perfboard prototype to work out the placement and details.
Posts Categorized: Thing A Day 2008
Day 8: Thing 8 — Place Holder for Rotation Sensors
(Archive of: http://www.thing-a-day2.com/2008/02/08/day-8-thing-8-place-holder-for-rotation-sensors/ ) Today I made 2 new pieces of things but not the new thing that I had intended as todays thing today. So for now the the y axis that I built for a future drawing machine, and the limit switches that I added to the etcha sketch mechanism will have to… Read more »
Day 7: Thing 7: TA8080K Motor Board
(Archive of: http://www.thing-a-day2.com/2008/02/07/day-7-thing-7-ta8080k-motor-board/) I have long been annoyed with how the l293s require 3 pins per motor to drive them and traded a couple of on hand mega8s for a bag of these toshiba parts. They are 1 amp motor drivers and perfect for some of the things I am working on for thing a… Read more »
Day 6: Thing 6 — Motorized Etch-A-Sketch(r) mechanism
(Archive of: http://www.thing-a-day2.com/2008/02/06/day-6-thing-6-motorized-etch-a-sketchr-mechanism/) Several years ago I took apart an Etch-A-Sketch and took notes on the “complicated pully system” inside. have wanted to build one of these since then. With this and several other projects in mind I bought a small pile of Tamaya pully sets. (this project ate most of 3 of them) This… Read more »
Day 5: Thing 5 — Frame for internal Combustion
(Archive of: http://www.thing-a-day2.com/2008/02/05/day-5-thing-5-frame-for-internal-combustion/) I have a painting that I did almost 10 years ago called internal combustion. It was done on blueprints fixed to foamcore. The piece is about 40″ in diameter and has been moved 8 times. It has clearly seen better days. I wanted to build a frame for it. As it is… Read more »
Day 4, Thing 4 Aduino (adaboot) Programmer.
(Archive of: http://www.thing-a-day2.com/2008/02/04/day-4-thing-4-aduino-adaboot-programmer/) I was using the programming half of a a bulky prototype that I have been working on to program one of the mice from Day 1 and I looked at the pile hanging precariously off of the coffe table and thought to myself. “I need to just build one of these. “… Read more »
Thing 3 (tiny45 emulation using the Arduino)
(Archive of: http://www.thing-a-day2.com/2008/02/03/thing-3-tiny45-emulation-using-the-arduino/) A while ago I started working on a flapping wing mechanism using voice coils taken our of hard drives. To drive them I built a set of boards based on the Atmel tiny45. After getting the basic motion down I wanted to use a light sensor to detect motion so that they… Read more »
Day 2 (IKEA inspired stackable box)
(Archive of: http://www.thing-a-day2.com/2008/02/02/day-2-ikea-inspired-stackable-box/) Today we only broke 1 tool. As preparation for moving out of my storage space I went to IKEA with my g/f and spent 100 that I didn’t really have. I got the idea that I could make them cheaper. I went to the hardware store and got an 8 foot section… Read more »
Day 1
(Archive of http://www.thing-a-day2.com/2008/02/01/day-1-25/) Today we made 4 things, and broke 2 soldering irons. Thing 1a closet shelves. I recently moved out of my storage unit. While putting most of the boxes into my hall closet I realized that there was a ledge which would make it a no brainer to put in a shelve. So… Read more »
To Do List
(Archive of http://www.thing-a-day2.com/2008/01/26/to-do-list/) For starters I thought i would sit down and see if I had more than 30 things on my to do list that I could do in a day or less. I got stuck fast. Most of the things on my to do list are multiple day projects. So I will list… Read more »