Almost a year ago I designed my first PCB. It was a small 50x50mm PCB that acts as an undershield for an Arduino Nano. I designed it because the Arduino Nano has a tiny 5V voltage regulator. To not overheat the regulator you can not draw more then 200-300mA from it depending on the input [...]
I’ve been thinking of modifying the gripper on my Rover 5. The 2 arms that close to pick up things are pretty small. I was thinking of attaching a small plate on both sides. This would make it easier to pick up things. And the plates would give me a good surface to mount a [...]
About one year ago I bought my first Arduino and started this blog to share my experiences with Arduino. My original goal was to learn C/C++, and I thought Arduino was a good way to get me started. After I connected a couple of buttons to my Arduino Uno and blinked some leds I started [...]
Beginning of this month I entered Seeedstudios give-away, and I won an EL-shield You can find more information about the give-away on the Seeedstudio blog. I received the package this week only 2 weeks after it had been shipped. Not bad for a package that was sent all the way from China to Belgium. This [...]
