Category Archives: Robot Parts

Brainlink Gives Any Robot a New Brain

Posted on January 10, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum Brainlink is a little piece of hardware that can augment (or replace) the brain that’s currently powering your robot. Yes, your robot. Any robot at all, pretty much, as long as it’s controllable with an IR remote … Continue reading →

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Virtual BreadBoard

Posted on July 28, 2011 by dkohn96

Just found http://www.virtualbreadboard.net/ The description on the website reads: VirtualBreadboard is a simulation and development environment for embedded applications that use microcontrollers. It is easy to use and can replace a protoboard for experimenting with new designs. VBB simulates many … Continue reading →

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Meet IOIO – I/O for Android

Posted on April 13, 2011 by dkohn96

From: http://ytai-mer.blogspot.com/2011/04/meet-ioio-io-for-android.html By: Ytai I’m very excited to announce the launch of a new product I’ve been working on for the past months! IOIO (pronounced: yo-yo) is a product which lets you connect electronic circuits to an Android device and … Continue reading →

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Go Robotics Give Away

Posted on March 15, 2010 by dkohn96

To celebrate their 10th birthday, GoRobotics is giving away $250 in prizes. Go to their website for details, but hurry, the give away ends on March 31! 1st Place Prize – Orangutan B-328 Robot Controller (donated by Pololu), 2x 24V … Continue reading →

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Make your own circuit boards

Posted on February 19, 2010 by dkohn96
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HexBug Nano

Posted on January 7, 2010 by dkohn96

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SparkFun Free Give-a-Way Update

Posted on January 7, 2010 by dkohn96

Update on previous post…. I tried all morning to get my order in. No Luck – SERVER BUSY. Just got in and the banner said all $100,000 was gone in 1h 44m 50s.

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Free Stuff from SparkFun

Posted on December 7, 2009 by dkohn96

Free Day is January 7th, 2010! by Nate (From http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=305) November 23, 2009 You can blame it on Chris Anderson’s book Free. After reading his book, I started kicking around the idea of what we can do that’s ‘free’. Sure, … Continue reading →

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Solarbotics L298 Compact Motor Driver

Posted on October 1, 2009 by dkohn96

Although I like the Solarbotics L298 Compact Motor Driver (H-Bridge) the pdf that comes with it does NOT include the schematic. But it is available HERE but here it is for convenience: but it did not include the L298 pinout … Continue reading →

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Perfect Robot Motors?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by dkohn96

Just purchased: From MPJA. According to a second seller the motor goes 1/2 speed at 12v. Seems to be a perfect motor for a very simple robot base. Time will tell…..

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