I can’t remember where I came across the REEcorner™ module concept. (I think it was probably LinkedIn) The REEcorner looks like it could be adapted to work nicely on my DefLander ‘Tot Rod’/’ToyLander’, I have chosen the name “ToyCorner” as hopefully, it is far enough away from REE’s trademark for […]
Yearly archives: 2023
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Due to PiWars course for “Lava Palava – Escape the volcanic eruption!” containing at least one speed-hump, and the obstacles in “The Temple of Doom – Go on an adventure and tackle the obstacles in your way!” are unlikely to be flat, there should be some compliance in the drive […]
I still need B to give me more design hints beyond “Tank Tracks” for the PiWars robot design. However, I have been making progress with the design of the Traction System. A company called Vex Robotics sells a kit of parts to make up tank treads. The kit includes about […]
For some reason a list of links to other peoples blogs is called a blogroll (I am not sure if links to sites made in software that is not blogging software is also a blogroll, but YMMV)… so here is my PiWars blogroll. Since I got accepted as a backup […]
Nathaniel Poate of Team Shortcircuit Robot Bits supplied me with five drill motors, these are drill motors from cordless battery-powered drills. Three of them are 12 V, and the remaining two are 18 V motor and gearbox sets, these were given to me for use with robotics projects. I received […]
After the Origin issue, another one of KiCad’s slight annoyances is when the contents of the paper space title blocks get out of sync, looking at the support tickets, this is by design, however, it doesn’t stop it from being an annoying “feature”. This is especially problematic when you go […]
One of the problems I have when designing PCBs, or working in CAD with a view to 3D printing it is easy to lose sight of how big things on the screen are in real life. A lot of the time when you move away from working with through-hole components […]
When you have been using KiCad for a while to make PCBs, one of the things you will come to find is a pain is that by default the KiCad grid origin is set up in the top left of the Paper Space, which makes it a bit of a […]
I have put my registration in for PiWars 2024 – Disaster Zone. PiWars is “The Raspberry Pi Robotics Competition”. PiWars is a Non-Destructive robotics competition run by members of the Cambridge Raspberry Jam. It will be held on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st April 2024, in Cambridge UK. Full details […]
In my previous two posts, Pressure Vessel and the Viewport, I talked about using the software “Under Pressure” by Deepsea to work out the performance of the Pressure Vessel tube, and the Viewport for my ROV. it’s now time to work out the performance of the end cap which holds […]
Further to my last post, where I was using “Under Pressure” by Deepsea to work out the performance of materials for the main pressure vessel of my ROV. I am going to look at the performance of the Viewport Dome. Since the viewport needs to be optically clear this discounts […]
Since the electronics on my Remote Control ROV will be underwater, they need to be isolated from the water, and the subsequent water pressure, for this I am going to use a pressure vessel. There is a commercial product the “SEAWOLF Ocean Master” that looks like it has a transparent […]