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Screen grab from an ILDA decoder I wrote in Processing3, you can downoad it to play with here, https://www.dropbox.com/s/242g37zld7nzqcs/ILDA_Decoder.zip?dl=0
Why did we make a program to decode laser projector data? More on that soon :)
A 3D printing order we’re doing for a customer! Want us to print your stuff? E-mail [email protected] today!
3D Printed Laser Cutter
Still working on the mount for the laser diode, but here’s a 3D printed (mostly) laser cutter using parts from some DVD-RW drives I had lying around. Everything is 3d printed except for the electronics, M2 screws, stepper motors, and 3mm steel rods :). Viva la Repurposification!
@cerebro3d | #3dprint | Penrose triangles #3dprint #instalike #instacool #opticalillusion … https://t.co/jFVn2TwZd9 https://t.co/5zlgNKj8I8
Open Beta Spots
So we had quite a few people who did not respond to their beta e-mails. If you signed up please check your spam folder. Since only 4/13 of our nominees actually completed the signup process, we have 9 spots open in our Beta program, if you would like early access to the PICxie 8-bit development kit, please check our store page at: http://www.moarobotics.com/products/devkits/
Open Beta Signups are Closed!
So our beta signups our finally done! If you signed up for our beta program get prepared to get an e-mail from us! Please add [email protected] to your spam filters.
We’re going to choose 10-12 beta testers, we can’t really spare more PICxies at the moment as our cash is tied up in the production of other things we already sell :) we hope everyone is looking forward to being a beta tester. Talk to you soon!
PICxie News
We’ve finally integrated all the changes and bug fixes for PICxie into the design so that means we’re officially at Revision 2 finally! :D I haven’t taken time to clean up the silk screen layer but there was so much more room to route everything so it was pretty easy. It’s taken us so long because our day jobs have been taking up a lot of our free time which has made it a struggle to keep doing MOAR things. However! Things are slowing down so we’ve finally had the time to actually do the work we needed to. As soon as the PCBs arrive from our manufacturer we can begin manufacturing and beta testing in earnest.
Introducing Tapped Inductor Modules!
So we’ve been messing around with wireless power lately because we can :) we used magnet wire for our experiments currently with GREAT success, and because of that we’d like to be able to make it easy for others to experiment with it too. We will eventually be posting a guide to using these modules to transmit power between two separate devices. More information on these modules can be found on our website, www.moarobotics.com
We have 3 modules with different inductances and sizes:
This is our smallest module measuring just 1.2cm x 1.5cm! It has an inductance of ~420 microhenries.
Our second module measures just 1.7cm x 2cm and has an inductance of ~1.413 millihenries.
Our last module measures 3.2cm x 3.5cm in size and has an inductance of ~11.077 millihenries
PICxie News and New Products!
We have all the cases and components for a few PICxies, now we’re just waiting on the PCBs to arrive from Shenzhen China! Elecrow did a nice job with the PCBs, for about $20 we’re getting enough PCBs for what looks like 120 PICxies...WOW!
Today we also added 4 new products to our store! We also finally wrote a backend for our products database so now we can FINALLY add, edit, and remove products easily to our store page :)
I2C RGB LED Module
This simple I2C interfaced RGB led is great for adding full color indication. The address is also programmable so it’s possible to add multiple modules to your projects!
I2C 6-Axis IMU Module
This I2C interfaced Intertial Measurement Unit (IMU) lets you quickly add highly-accurate orientation tracking to your projects without cluttering your breadboard.
Speaker and Microphone Combo Module
This module contains a MEMS speaker and microphone contained on a single PCB. Now adding audio input and output to your projects is as simple as wiring your controller up to the SPKR_OUT and MIC_IN pins on this module!
Serial IR Transceiver
This module contains a TFBS4650 IR Transceiver module making it a breeze to add wireless communication to your creations. This module is designed for the SIR IrDa protocol and can accept USART data directly as well, with baud rates of ~3.33k to ~33k possible. We've had great success using this module with 11.5k USART output from a PIC18F microcontroller.
Powerup your Projects with PICxie
This is PICxie, a keychain-sized self-powered embedded systems development kit! It features a MicroSD card slot, IR receiver, and USB port on one side, and expansion ports for I2C and 3.3v on the back. It's internally powered and rechargeable via USB. It comes preloaded with Microchips HID bootloader software, but has an exposed I2C header on the PCB for use with a PICkit2/PICkit3 if you take it out of the case.
The PCB measures only 77.22 square Cm, compare it to a Gumstix Computer-on-Module which measures 160 square Cm. But comes housed in a durable 1" 3d printed cube. It has a PCB mounted microphone and speaker, as well as a 6-axis IMU, Altimitar, Barometer, and Temperature sensor. The module also has full RGB lighting for entertainment and indication.
Things PICxie can be used for: Magnetic Field and Gravometric Field surveying Model Rocket blackbox (Orientation tracking and Altitude logging) Wireless Server when combined with an ESP8266 Position logging when combined with a GPS module Autonomous vehicle and UAV controller (Robots anyone?) and MOAR!
We used the alpha version of PICxie (Formally called TheBug) to do all of these things. We are currently beta testing PICxie, and we're considering doing public beta testing. Just send an e-mail to [email protected] if you're interested!
We’ve already sent PICxie to have the case and PCB made so by the end of the month expect some pictures. Be sure to follow us here on tumbler, thanks for reading!
Microchip loves us!
So this is happening!!
Holy expletives! This is so awesome, I’ve always love their company and to see them get behind my project makes me incredibly happy! But WAIT! There’s MOAR!
Muribot is going to be featured in the June edition of Microchip’s MicroSolutions magazine!!!!
http://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en-us/microsolutions
I’m so happy and humbled they support Muribot, I spent a lot of time choosing between Atmel (too similar to really justify the switch), and ARM (a sledge-hammer to crack a peanut) and Microchip to figure out which one would give me the capacities I needed. Microchip proved to me again that they’re the real leaders with microprocessors because the PIC18F46J50 is a perfect fit.
$250 Robots for Everyone!!!!!
So today we decided to ditch the whole silly “educators discount” nonsense, and just apply that discount to everybody. It complicated our projections enough that we just decided it wasn’t a good idea. Thus the kickstarter rewards silver-platinum have been restructured into the following:
Silver - Still 1 Muribot and all the goodies but now it only takes a pledge of $250.00! Gold - Limited edition Golden Muribot, I expected it to cost more the make these, but it didn’t cost significantly more to give the case a nice gold-leaf finish so these are only $300! Platinum Gold - Just 2 Muribots, with all the goodies of course, this is now $450.
Now we’re actually happy we haven’t had any backers for those levels yet! Or else we would be stuck with those pledge levels!! These ones are much more in line with our “don’t be greedy” philosophy and will definitely provide us with the funds we need after kickstarters fee, taxes, and rewarding our backers.
Currently we only have 1 backer, which is just silly! There’s got to be more people out there than this guy, who are deeply interested in STEM education. Come oooooon, we know you’re out there!
Starting this week, you can expect to see Muribot in a few articles on the web :D and we’ve also partnered with Ayudos and Backercamp for promotion. we have a about 42f people locally who are ready to support the kickstarter but they don’t want to do it unless it’s going to be successful since they could just give us the money. That’s annoying, but at the same time it’s nice to have such local support so thank you all.
Check back here for the latest MurInformation regarding our kickstarter! We’ll keep you posted!
Kickstarter Countdown #6/7 - Houston we are GO
So everything is basically set to go, there’s nothing left to do but wait at this point. Kickstarter is ready. I’ve checked and rechecked my numbers, my rewards. I’ve ran simulations making sure supplies can be bought, robots be built, and shipped in little boxes across the world! I’m SO excited to be on the precipice, about to unleash my robot onto the world. So lets go over the advantages my kickstarter will have over most kickstarters.
Physical Units Ready to Go!
A LOT of kickstarters begin with an idea and after getting funded produce their product. We simply couldn’t ask for anybodies money unless we were sure we had something real. We didn’t want to be caught off guard at any step of the process and avoid setbacks. When we were researching other projects, the one common trait shared among all the ones that had failed was they didn’t have anything real to start out with. We’re ready to produce Muribot, and that gives us a lot of confidence in our project and hopefully gives you confidence in us as well.
Tested Manufacturing Processes
Without a physical product to start with a lot of projects get caught off guard during production with an unforeseen expense, or setback. We’ve produced dozens of products and have a lot of experience with the bugs that can sneak into those processes. We’ve run the numbers and we will have no problem delivering Muribot rewards at all.
Experienced People
While I generally run everything at MOAR with only minimal assistance from a few professional friends, we’ve all had a hand in Muribot at some point or another. They are ready to help out as needed to produce units for the kickstarter rewards, and if Muribot really takes off permanently producing units for the world!
I really hope you’ll come support us at 8am EST May 1st, 2015. Come help us spread the love of robotics and programming across the globe.
The countdown to launch has begin! In ~6 days, we will be officially launching our kickstarter! This is such a big thing and we’re all very VERY excited. After much procrastination, we’ve figure we’d finally start showing you guys some actual video of Muribot rather than just talking about it. Expect a lot of pictures and video over the next few days leading up into the launch. If you’ve been following us for long then we thank you for your patience as we created one of the best platforms out there.
It’s very hard to focus on actual work and not end up playing with the things, they’re a lot of fun to write software for; and to actually have a piece of hardware comparable to a university level platform is amazing, it’s hard to believe that a little more than a year ago this was simply something that existed solely within my head. It makes me happy to be part of the maker movement, and it makes me happy to contribute my skills and expertise to the world and hopefully leave a lasting impact on the worldwide community.
Check back tomorrow, we’ll be posting updates daily leading up to the official launch.
Greg Zumwalt’s PLA Spring Motor Rolling Chassis is made entirely of PLA and requires no batteries, bearings, screws, power supply, electric or drill motors to operate.
Just download, print, and watch it go!
This is SO COOL! I used to play with things like this all the time when I was a kid.
Stefan Toubia's Jigsaw Puzzle Lamp Shade has 30 pieces and takes a lot of time to print and assemble, but they’re too beautiful not to make.
These are beautiful!
