Notes from Derek: A little behind... unfortunately I missed Alex's class. 

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Class: 

11-12 Alex Motor Controllers

Gary : ex president

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Presentations:

 

 

1) Don Fears:12:40 (20 min.)

* Concerning Robots for < $100:

 

* CBA Robot Kit $99 includes basic stamp BS2e. have to assemble and solder. 3 test programs. (took Don ~19 hours to complete).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Also Scribbler by Parallax (assembly but no soldering). $179. -- Adopted CBA as "official" club robot. (www.budgetbot.com) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2) Martin (1:01) 10 min.

Basic Atom microcontroller system to desgin a system to tell your heading incorporating GPS and compass. Seeking help with compass serial output which presents angle which must be convert from string float value "12.3" to integer. 

 

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3) Tim Sullivan (1:10) (25min)

* Building robot in living room-displayed a portable robot assembly station (PRAS) that holds all the tools need including pull  out soldering iron station.

* Also demonstrated PetCo series Robot: midsection made from dog carrier etc. with a head that rotates 360 with limit switch--interesing design.

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4) Jeff Shirley (1:38) 5 min.

* Lego Mindstorm like kit - Spybotics brick.

* Using a Downloaded C like progamming environment where you can have 11 tasks that run in parallel. At $30 apiece, a good buy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5) Dan & Mathew (1:40) 15 min.

* Radio Shack Vex Kit $150 + extra pieces (1/2 price) make for Good prototyping for hardware.

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6)Thomas (1:58) (20 min.)

1. Vex Kit

2. Demonstrated new voices for the Leaf robots instead of Microsoft's defaults. Very smooth voice.