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BHD: R2-X2
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Friday, 13 February 2015. Sorry, been working on R2, but not BHD. :). Follow progress on R2-X2 here: http:/ r2x2.blogspot.co.uk/. Any BHD updates will be here, but X2 is a joint venture with James Short, so we decided to share the bloging duties. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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BHD: Dome Tweaks and Slipring Hands Free Connector
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Saturday, 1 November 2014. Dome Tweaks and Slipring Hands Free Connector. I saw a great droid at FACTs that had 2 serial connectors (9 pin i think), on a dome cross member. These dropped into the females on the rockler. This had 2 main advantages. Obviously you dont need to connect the slipring by hand, but 2nd was that the dome location is set so the wiring can be better controlled. This is going to make a big difference to the running of the droid. Body is still in bits, but i have a few plans for that...
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BHD: June 2014
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Thursday, 5 June 2014. The next droid, this time R2-D2. Well its been a while. But i have been working on droids. :D. James Short and i have started on our next droid. We have done the cosmetic droid building before, and we have added gadgets etc. So this time we decided to go back to basics and look at the whole concept of droid building from the ground up. Eventually this droid will have up to 3 different swap out feet drive systems. With several options for the centre foot too. View my complete profile.
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BHD: November 2014
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Sunday, 30 November 2014. Front Skin work (Body Unit). I spent last weekend rewiring the body. 4 of the door servos attached to the skins no problems, but the CBI didn't have the space around it, so i was forced to mount that one to the back of the CBI pan. So with the body rewired again i marked and cut the frame to accommodate the other servos, and the front skins were again able to be fitted. I also cut access to the master Arduino port. :). So all was looking good, by Sunday morning i was ready to te...
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BHD: August 2015
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Saturday, 15 August 2015. After MK last year and the signal problems; I have decided to install a backup control system. :) Colin has lent me his 6 channel RC setup. So i wanted to try and make it quick and easy to swap between full BHD or the Dome and Feet on RC and the rest still running BHD. Relays rigged and ESCs connected. Receiver powered from the 5v bus and start testing the RC. :). The leg wire setups allow for easy wheels up testing. :). So the leads/pins that change are:. RX Power - 5v, GND - C...
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BHD: September 2013
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Monday, 16 September 2013. Magic Panel Part 1. My Magic Panel arrived. It is a pretty thing. :). So i soldered up the pins (or James did), and powered it up. Nothing, so read the guide. It defaults to flash every 8-12 mins. So i added the jumper to test the other options. It seemed like it had loads of potential, but some of the default scrolls and patterns seemed jumpy. So i started over. :D. So once i got that setup i decided to do the pattern i had my heart set on. Random in and out so it is almos...
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BHD: FACTS Fallout - MAJOR I2C Arduino Issue
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Thursday, 23 October 2014. FACTS Fallout - MAJOR I2C Arduino Issue. If you use any I2C Arduino based elements in your droid please read on. The way the default Arduino Wire library works may cause significant issues if power is lost to any end unit. FACTS was a great weekend. Loved it. But R2 had a few issues, and James' B4 had a few too. At one point James' droid drove on without any control! Any unit failing, or any lose wires could cause it. Not good. Was this a general I2C issue? I looked on-line for...
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BHD: October 2014
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Monday, 27 October 2014. I2C Issues Fixed and Dome rewired. Man what a long weekend! I thought id fixed the I2C issues, so i started a little rewiring. I tried to rewire the Adafruit to bypass the power on the board and use a direct supply for each relay supply, and swap from the dome 5v supply to all run on the 12v main battery. Only to find that the Adafruit Servo driver wouldn't boot. Could I work out why? I didn't think about the library at first! But the dome is now running powered by the main batte...
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