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| '''Minecraft:''' OptimusPrimeTime | | '''Minecraft:''' OptimusPrimeTime |
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− | ==About Me== | + | == About Me == |
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| 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. | | 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. |
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− | ==Current projects== | + | == Current projects == |
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− | ===Automatic Cash Membership Dues=== | + | === 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. | | 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. |
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| * 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. |
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− | ===SmartRap=== | + | === 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. | | 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. |
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− | ===Explorations of Silicon Wafers under the [[Leica S430 Scanning Electron Microscope|SEM]]=== | + | === Explorations of Silicon Wafers under the [[Leica S430 Scanning Electron Microscope|SEM]] === |
| * I've already viewed the top layer of a wafer and taken some pictures: http://imgur.com/a/1DcJo | | * 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. | | * 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. | | * This project is basically on standby until I can figure out the lapmaster stuff. |
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− | ===There's no robots listed on here...=== | + | === There's no robots listed on here... === |
| Something must be done about this... | | Something must be done about this... |
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− | ==Old Projects== | + | == Old Projects == |
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− | ===Laser Turret=== | + | === 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. | | 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. |