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NovoKane | Making

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Making, creating, tinkering, living. Programming the Arduino with the Eclipse IDE. Posted by Erica on Dec 18, 2013 in Making. Back when I was working on my firefighting robot, I wanted a better system than the default Arduino IDE (integrated development environment). With dozens of files and thousands of lines of code to manage, a professional development environment became highly desirable. I blogged previously about moving my Arduino code into Eclipse. On November 19, 2013 I [.]. Building a 3D Printer.

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Building a 3D Printer | NovoKane

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Making, creating, tinkering, living. Building a 3D Printer. Posted by Erica on Sep 19, 2013 in Making. For a while now I’ve been working to upgrade my toolset, in order to make more interesting robots. One of the projects is 3D printing. Today I’m happy to report the completion of a milestone: I am the proud owner of a home-built 3D printer! My MendelMax 3D Printer. At this point it was 90% done; I have since added lights and tied up the wires. Written directions at all! But after the thermistor adventur...

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NovoKane | Woodworking

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Making, creating, tinkering, living. Working in 2D: Using a CNC Mill. Posted by Erica on Oct 10, 2013 in Making. I have been enjoying the 3D printer. It’s very easy to go on Thingiverse and download toys and objects to print. My ultimate goal, though, is to design my own parts for the machines I want to build. And that means learning computer-aided design (CAD) software. There are quite a few of these around for [.]. Playing with the Dremel. Posted by Erica on Mar 4, 2010 in Making. Building a 3D Printer.

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NovoKane | tools

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Making, creating, tinkering, living. Working in 2D: Using a CNC Mill. Posted by Erica on Oct 10, 2013 in Making. I have been enjoying the 3D printer. It’s very easy to go on Thingiverse and download toys and objects to print. My ultimate goal, though, is to design my own parts for the machines I want to build. And that means learning computer-aided design (CAD) software. There are quite a few of these around for [.]. Building a 3D Printer. Posted by Erica on Sep 19, 2013 in Making. During my robot build,...

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NovoKane | nova labs

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Making, creating, tinkering, living. Programming the Arduino with the Eclipse IDE. Posted by Erica on Dec 18, 2013 in Making. Back when I was working on my firefighting robot, I wanted a better system than the default Arduino IDE (integrated development environment). With dozens of files and thousands of lines of code to manage, a professional development environment became highly desirable. I blogged previously about moving my Arduino code into Eclipse. On November 19, 2013 I [.]. Building a 3D Printer.

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Erica | NovoKane

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Making, creating, tinkering, living. Erica with the kids. I am the CEO and founder of SentryLink. Wife of Bruce, mother of Laurel and Holly. Before that I earned undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Harvard and Columbia respectively. I play viola and piano, read voraciously, and spend too much time biking (mostly with these guys. I work with computers for a living, so as you might expect I have quite a few web pages floating around already. These include:. My personal web page. Bots, bikes, FLL.

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NovoKane | robotics

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Making, creating, tinkering, living. FireCheetah returns to Abington. Posted by Erica on Apr 18, 2013 in Making. Saturday was the Abington firefighting competition. I had entered this contest last year with very little time to prepare, and was looking forward to trying again. I made considerable progress (as blogged here over the past few months), and showed up with a robot that was stronger and simpler. Most importantly, it was smarter. Tests had [.]. Tags: fire fighting robot. Tags: fire fighting robot.

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Holly | NovoKane

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Making, creating, tinkering, living. Holly dressed up as Dorothy for Halloween. Holly enjoys dressing up, going to school, and playing with her friends. She also likes biking and playing computer games with her older sister. Programming the Arduino with the Eclipse IDE. Working in 2D: Using a CNC Mill. Building a 3D Printer. FireCheetah returns to Abington. Ready to put out some fires. Erica's Facebook page. Desk Mess Mirrored v1.4.5 theme from BuyNowShop.com.

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Projects | NovoKane

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Making, creating, tinkering, living. This is a list of various projects, their status, and links to dedicated project pages or blog posts about them. On Instructables. That link has all the CAD files and project information. In 2014 I coached a FIRST Lego League (FLL) team, with Laurel, Holly, and their friends. As a rookie team we won the robot design contest at regionals and continued on to States. My kids have continued on other teams, but I am done for now! Status: in progress — again. When entering ...

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FireCheetah returns | NovoKane

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Making, creating, tinkering, living. Posted by Erica on Jan 13, 2013 in Electronics. Last year I participated in the Abingdon firefighting robotics competition. One of my biggest problems last year were the motors. I used Solarbotics. So I decided to start with a high quality motor, then try several wheel options connected to the shaft with a hub. At the competition it was suggested that I use a Faulhaber motor. And I found these on Goldmine. The Robot Builder’s Bonanza. I drilled some holes in a plastic...