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01.06.19
Building a Dim Light Tester
By: Grumpy | 0 Comments | In: Projects
As part of the channel I look at older value (tube) equipment. I always try to work safely however this valve gear brings a whole set of issues with the higher voltages involved. This tester helps me to work much more sa...
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23.06.18
monoBoard Single Wheel Skateboard Project
By: Grumpy | 0 Comments | In: Projects
The will be a running commentary on the progress of my latest project, the monoBoard, a Single Wheeled Skateboard.
This project brings together some of the PoC work I have completed with the Robots and introduces some n...
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23.06.18
Power Supplies Tutorial No.6 (Switch-mode Buck Converter)
By: Grumpy | 0 Comments | In: Tutorials and Info
In this tutorial we look at switch-mode power supplies and we will be starting with the Buck Converter or Step-Down Converter. The buck converter is a DC to DC converter that can be used to step down voltages while offer...
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10.06.18
Self Balancing Robot Improvements
By: Grumpy | 0 Comments | In: Projects
A few people contacted me and said it would be great to be able to tune the robot over Bluetooth rather than having to make a code change every time. In this article we take a look at the changes required to achieve this...
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02.06.18
Arduino Tutorial - saving settings to the EEPROM
By: Grumpy | 0 Comments | In: Tutorials and Info
I have had a couple of requests to allow the Self Balancing Robot to be tuned "on the go". To do this I need to be able to save and restore the settings for the loop. This means utilising the EEPROM, so I thought why not...
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12.05.18
Self Balancing Robot V2 Final Build
By: Grumpy | 2 Comments | In: Projects
Finally the Self Balancing Robot V2 is complete!!
This article covers off on the changes that were necessary with links to the YouTube videos that walk you through the build...
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29.04.18
Power Supplies Tutorial No.5 (Adjustable Regulated Linear Power Supply)
By: Grumpy | 0 Comments | In: Tutorials and Info
In this article we continue the tutorial series dealing with power supplies. This article deals with Adjustable Regulated Linear power Supplies....
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29.04.18
Power Supplies Tutorial No.4 (Designing a regulated linear power supply)
By: Grumpy | 0 Comments | In: Tutorials and Info
This is the forth in the series of Power Supply tutorials, in this article we look at designing an actual regulated linear power supply.
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29.04.18
Power Supplies Tutorial No.3 (Regulated Linear Power Supply)
By: Grumpy | 0 Comments | In: Tutorials and Info
This is the third post in the Power Supply tutorial series. In this article we will be building on the unregulated linear supply covered in the last article and discussing the regulated linear power supply...
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29.04.18
Power Supplies Tutorial No.2 (Unregulated Linear Power Supply)
By: Grumpy | 0 Comments | In: Tutorials and Info
This is the second post in the Power Supply tutorial series.
In this article we will be looking at the simplest of the Linear Power Supply designs, the unregulated linear supply....
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