[Blackpool] Blackpool Digest, Vol 250, Issue 2

[Kieran Wilson]

I'm coming see u there Micheal and the others
 
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>    1. Re: Hello (Arthur Garlick)
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> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:19:32 +0000
> From: Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> To: "blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk" <blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Hello
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> Hi,
> Thank you for the friendly replies, and yes, I hope to see you all on the 16th!
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> Regards
>  
> Arthur
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> > Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 10:04:48 +0100
> > From: lespounder at gmail.com
> > To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Hello
> > 
> > Hi Arthur, nice to meet you.
> > 
> > I'm Les from Blackpool and I enjoy tinkering with Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
> > Your projects sound very interesting and I'd be interested to learn more.
> > Robotics is a very rewarding experience and I'm sure there would be a few
> > interested parties at the Makerspace.
> > 
> > Hope you can make our meeting on the 16th?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Les
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am Arthur from St Annes.
> > >
> > >
> > > I have been messing with Pic microcontrollers off and on for many years
> > > and just got back into it spurred on by some interest from my sons (and
> > > hoping to grab their interest more).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The current thing I am playing with is a 3 axis magnetometer/compass chip
> > > and I2C with a view to having model boats that know what direction they are
> > > pointing in and can derive what direction the turrets are pointed in and
> > > turn/track targets when the boat changes direction using some small stepper
> > > motors.  The control will hopefully be by messaging via 2.4Ghz so I send
> > > messages equivalent to 'all ahead one third' and 'steer course 240 degrees'
> > >  rather than moving an analog stick on a transmitter and there be an
> > > immediate response.  The boats I am looking at are 350th scale dreadnought
> > > period, so realistically you shouldn't have immediate and precise control
> > > and not much room in the hulls at that scale.
> > >
> > >
> > > The last thing I built with my son was a useless machine with two servos
> > > driven by a Pic 12F675.
> > >
> > >
> > > I visited Manchester Mini Maker Faire recently and it's inspired me to
> > > look at a biped robot.  Although the model boat is the main project I am
> > > working towards, I think dabbling around with a biped robot would be a
> > > great long term side project.  When I went to Maker Faire I met and had a
> > > great chat with David Buckley and loved his Thor robot:
> > > http://davidbuckley.net/DB/Thor/ThorLog.htm It seemed to me that if I
> > > went down to Madlab Manchester one Saturday I might well get the pieces for
> > > Thor on their laser cutter, David wanted some Android development doing,
> > > which if I understood him properly I could probably deliver, and he is very
> > > knowledgeable with walking robots.  Or if anyone in this group would do a
> > > robot I'd jump in with them, I am a Pic guy but I'd try Arduino.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyway, that's me introducing myself.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > >
> > > Arthur
> > >
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