I’ve bought me a pair of Pololu Wixels during the black Friday sale last month. The Wixel is based on the CC2511F32 micro controller from Texas Instruments. It has an integrated USB controller and 2.4GHz RF transceiver. The micro controller is based on Intels old 8051 architecture. I did not buy it to try and […]
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 […]
When I started out with Arduino I stumbled on the letsmakerobots.com website. I found lots of robot projects on LMR, it’s amazing what people can make at home today. One particular kind of robots sparkled my interest, hexapods. Controlling and powering lots of servos looked quite difficult to me so I first started with my […]
A couple of months ago I started playing with Eagle. Something I had always wanted to try but never had the time or courage to get started. After playing with Arduino’s and a Dagu Red Back Spider I had the idea to design a board with the ATmega328P-PU and a powerful 3A 5V switchmode regulator. […]
