Results tagged “physical computing” from charles truett projects

Many things to report: Hunter Gatherer mission launched, Chief Willy Underfoot reconstruction underway

By
ctruett
on July 9, 2008 6:32 PM |
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Much has happened since my last post. 

1. Hunter Gatherer - 
3 missions have been launched, EC, MB and DB. Talking to the mission leaders, things are going very smoothly. I'm going to try to meet with team NN tomorrow, and launch a fourth mission. I'll have to go to the studio tonight to get another vehicle mission ready.

2. Chief Willy Underfoot
I've gathered a lot of  the parts needed to resurrect the Chief. So far we've got one Arduino board, one Mac Mini, a VDIP1 chip, and a Nokia 6620 with pay as you go SIM card. I also had to find a special USB cable to connect the phone to the arduino/mac. JSD is going to need to give me some guidance from here, but at the very least I can get the phone talking to the mac. 

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DIY Remote controlled lawnmower: EB1 Candidate

By
ctruett
on June 15, 2008 2:43 PM |


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I found my way to the site of Terry Creer this morning, who has build a radio controlled lawnmower by combining an electric wheelchair with a lawnmower.

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He's replaced the joystick on the wheelchair with an RC receiver, and built his own transmitter. The thing is pretty beautiful and horribly dangerous. Doesn't look like it would be too terribly expensive, certainly not more than an RC car powerful enough to carry the weight needed to be EB1. I would just leave out the lawnmower part, and replace that with the cart.

I think this direction makes a lot more sense than the RC car, because I'm not very confident those will be able to carry any weight. An electric wheelchair will be more than sufficient.

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chat with MB about EB1 Mobile Vehicle

By
ctruett
on June 10, 2008 3:30 PM |
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AIM IM with matt.

10:28 AM

matt: Give me an elevator pitch to get John Bruzzo on board. What's this project about?

Charles Truett: I've created my own space program to explore earth

Charles Truett: i'm building a fleet of exploratory rovers to gather data and physical samples

Charles Truett: to create my own scientific record

matt: Nice.

matt: I can sell that.

Charles Truett: John would be an engineering consultant to make my earthbase mobile and RC

Charles Truett: did i already give you my sketch?

Charles Truett: I did right?

matt: No. Just a photo.

Charles Truett: oh hold on

matt: Send it to my hotmail

Charles Truett: 

Direct Instant Message session started

10:30 AM

matt: Then I can show it to John.

Charles Truett: that's what i want

matt: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx

Charles Truett: ok, i'll send it

matt: Awesome. Gotta bolt.

Direct Instant Message session ended

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EB1 Mobile Vehicle

By
ctruett
on May 14, 2008 4:43 PM |
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So I've started looking into how I'm going to motorize EB1, and the first most obvious thought is to merge the cart with an RC car. There are two types, electric and nitro. Obviously I'd go nitro.

These guys have a good intro to the fascinating world of RC vehicles.

http://www.rccarssite.com/buildrccars.htm


The other option is to hack a woodchipper or a lawnmower or something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaiIgAPWmL0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1McOo3F8phA&feature=related

So lots of reading to do. And I'll need to get a new shopping cart.




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My trip to the NYU bookstore

By
ctruett
on April 26, 2008 9:55 PM |

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Picked up a bunch of stuff at the NYU bookstore today to help me rebuild the Chief.

I bought an Arduino Stamp , an XBee, some LEDs and a potentiometer. I also got a copy of Tom Igoe's book, "Making Things Work", which should help me get back into the swing of things PhysComp wise. John thought I should have bought the Arduino dev board, but I think I'll get more out of it this way - I want to get a certain facility with this stuff, it was always hard for me.

Spent some time on Jameco and Sparkfun to get some other things - cables, sensors, a serial/USB converter, wires and what not.

It feels good to be getting going with this again. Hopefully now I can stop spending money.

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Propeller General Information

By
ctruett
on April 21, 2008 3:08 PM |
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http://www.parallax.com/propeller/

Spoke to Kaho this weekend. She's never worked with Gumstix, but said I should take a look at this thing. It's really cheap, so I'm a little confused. But she's gonna be here this week, so we can talk about it then.   



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Pegasus High Altitude Balloon: Gumstix project

By
ctruett
on April 17, 2008 7:33 PM |

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http://www.pegasushabproject.org.uk/wiki/doku.php

Very cool project using a Gumstix computer a bunch of other gear all hacked together. Great pictures.

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conversation with kalamari2000

By
ctruett
on April 16, 2008 10:44 PM |
AIM IM with kalamari2000.

2:20 PM

Charles Truett: rucksack?

kalamari2000: rubulab

kalamari2000: http://burak-arikan.com/bio/index.html

kalamari2000: he's teaching next semester

kalamari2000: https://itp.nyu.edu/registration/CourseListing.php?semester=Fall&year=2008

kalamari2000: tell me what you think


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