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** I've proven that the bill validator does work and I have been able to enable all bill types and accept money. | ** I've proven that the bill validator does work and I have been able to enable all bill types and accept money. | ||
** I'm working on putting all that I've learned so far into a library for the Arduino. | ** I'm working on putting all that I've learned so far into a library for the Arduino. | ||
| − | ** The code for the library is [https://github.com/justintconroy/MdbBillValidator available on github] now. | + | ** The code for the library is [https://github.com/justintconroy/MdbBillValidator available on github] now, albeit still as a work in progress. |
* Whenever [[User:Hef|Hef]] figures out RFID stuff, it'll have to work with that, for convenience and whatnot. | * Whenever [[User:Hef|Hef]] figures out RFID stuff, it'll have to work with that, for convenience and whatnot. | ||
Revision as of 21:56, 30 March 2014
Full Name: Justin T. Conroy
IRC: `justin
Minecraft: OptimusPrimeTime
About Me
I like to hack on robots and embedded systems. I'm also reteaching myself some control systems stuff in the hopes that I'll be able to make a lab course on a Beaglebone Black or an XMOS or some other such inexpensive hardware.
Current projects
Automatic Cash Membership Dues
I'm working on hacking a Bill Validator from a vending machine. The end goal is to hook it up to a simple interface and the membership database so that people (like me) can pay their dues in cash and have it credit their accounts automatically.
Quick Facts:
- I'm using a CoinCo MAG32SA Bill Validator that I bought off of eBay.
- It uses the MDB protocol.
- I've proven that the bill validator does work and I have been able to enable all bill types and accept money.
- I'm working on putting all that I've learned so far into a library for the Arduino.
- The code for the library is available on github now, albeit still as a work in progress.
- Whenever Hef figures out RFID stuff, it'll have to work with that, for convenience and whatnot.
SmartRap
I'm working on building my first 3D printer with my coworker, Joseph. It will be based on this: http://reprap.org/wiki/Smartrap_mini . We ordered parts from Misumi using their discount they put up on reddit. We still need to budget/buy the rest of the parts (electronics, motors, hot end, etc.) and print out the printable parts.
Explorations of Silicon Wafers under the SEM
- I've already viewed the top layer of a wafer and taken some pictures: http://imgur.com/a/1DcJo
- The next step is hopefully to get the LapMaster running so I can grind some layers off and see actual components.
- This project is basically on standby until I can figure out the lapmaster stuff.
There's no robots listed on here...
Something must be done about this...
Old Projects
Laser Turret
For this project I was planning to use an Asus Xtion Pro connected to a Raspberry Pi and some servos to build a laser onto a turret and have it track people. It would play some sound effects from the portal turrets to make it more entertaining. I managed to get OpenNI to compile on the Raspberry Pi, but I found that the Nite libraries, which actually do the user tracking I would need were proprietary, and thus I got stuck on this project. It looks like OpenNI might actually be dying now, so I don't know if I'll ever continue this project. I was really hoping I would come back to it in 6 months or so and find that they had either open sourced Nite or that they had at least provided a binary blob for the Pi. Oh well. Maybe I can try to use Point Cloud Library instead.