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    Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

    ROV 2

    Jason said: Here is my new and improved PVC ROV SUB. It is based off of the old design, and fixes all the mistakes, and adds all the improvements that I wanted from my old submarine.This web page will detail the build process, and parts, I used to build an Underwater ROV with camera. This [...]

    Monday, November 28th, 2005

    Finals are here

    DIY Live is not going to be updated for the next 2 weeks. I am in finals mode, and have to study hard for them. Wish me luck. I will resume on around December 10. Keep checking back, I have not forgotten about my fun weblog.
    Greg
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    Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

    Hack Dakota disposable camera

    Here is a good DIY project from a guy that took one of those disposable digital cameras for about $11, and put a USB port on it. These cameras are about a 1.3 megapixel camera. The second link has all the information you need, as well as the software you need to access [...]

    Monday, November 21st, 2005

    Solder with toaster oven

    Here is a DIY project that lets you solder those tiny surface mount pins on a microcontroller. You can use solder paste on the board. You place the component exactly in the right location, and then stick it in your toaster oven. It will activate the solder in the paste, and it [...]

    Saturday, November 19th, 2005

    DIY small motor

    Here is a howto article on making a small magnetic coil motor. I actually tried to make one of these when I was a little kid. I saw it somewhere, and of course it did not work. I see the trick that I missed. You have to have insulated wire, and [...]

    Friday, November 18th, 2005

    DIY Circuit Board

    Well, once as a freshman in college at Auburn University (War Eagle, that is just for our big game coming up against Alabama), I wanted to make an expandable memory circuit for my TI-89 graphing calculator. I actually learned to program in high school by playing with an old TI-82. Let me tell [...]

    Thursday, November 17th, 2005

    Line sensing circuit

    Here is a simple circuit that can be used to detect a black line in a DIY line following robot. The R1 and R2, need to be picked so that the current or voltage across the LEDs do not go over the specifications of the components. You can use the simple equation V=I*R. [...]

    Thursday, November 17th, 2005

    Robotic Sensors

    Here is a pretty simple page that gives pictures and descriptions of lots of sensors used in your own DIY robot. There is not a lot to say, except that I thought it was a useful resource, especially if you are interested in building a robot.
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    Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

    How to experience zero gravity

    I have said before that I used to work for NASA in Houston, Tx at Johson Space Center. One of my jobs while there was to work at Ellington Field, which is where JSC keeps all of their airplanes. They have a wide variety of planes that are based there, including the Super [...]

    Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

    DIY pong game

    Well, here is yet another cornell project. Why am I still using them? Because they are cool, and complex, and I really want to make one of these. They use an atmel mega 32 microcontroller. They program the entire game, including the video output to control a television. This is [...]

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