Month: February 2012

Well after loads of trial and error and lots of searching on the web, I am finally able to talk to the ATmega644p chip on my breadboard via a bluetooth connection. There were 2 issues: First, I have no RST pin on my bluetooth module, so I had to find a way of generating one. This involved…

Just for giggles, I thought I would have a go at designing a delta robot, I have no idea how stable it would be, or if it would be anywhere near accurate enough to use as a 3D printer, or even a pick and place machine. I was initially inspired by a couple of designs…

My USBasp programmer arrived in 3 days (wow that was fast), seems it came from a supplier just down the road from me, rather than direct from HK. I downloaded and installed the Arduino 1.0 software, downloaded and configured the Sanguino add-on software, connected up the programmer to the breadboard, select the relevant options in…