NeoPixel PSI – Designing the PCBs
Something I've been meaning to do for a while was look at how to do a PCB with SMD layout that is now offered by a few of the cheap…
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September 24, 2021
HO15 Sentry Droid with Autonomy
Well, its been a boring year with no droid outings, tho thanks to doing some live youtube events under the Droid Builders UK banner, we've managed to raise over £14k…
May 6, 2021
Big printers
I've just done a post over on my other blog (seeing as it wasn't R2 related), but it is going to be used a lot for my droids over the…
April 11, 2020
Two years of Omnis!
I'm just about to do my first event of the year, and realised that two years ago at the same event, the organiser posted this picture: Setup time for Bolton…
February 17, 2020
Uniting the Builders
Recently I've been involved in a new project to unite all the different droid building clubs in the UK under a common umbrella. Hopefully to help share ideas and also…
December 15, 2019
Show your driving skills
At last years R2UK event, the driving course was introduced. Originally by Colin Barker and Lee Towersey, built out of wood with 3d printed bumpers it went down a storm.…
September 8, 2019
Motor Movement!
Well, the connectors didn't turn up on Saturday, but they did turn up today! So after a bit of crimping, and a bit of soldering (and a few mistakes, but…
September 2, 2019
Software mixing
Currently, my PS3 controller code uses the channel mixing built into the Sabertooth speed controller. This means that I send it speed and turn commands, and the speed controller mixes…
August 30, 2019
She Speaks!
Minimal wiring is done now, enough to get everything powered up and r2_control installed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od0Wr0okgwY A quick flash of an SD card, some tweaks to the install instructions, a few…
August 29, 2019
Inside Out
Most people start by building their droid, then doing the electronics. I'm pretty much doing it all in reverse. Here you can see all the electronics for R2. The left…
August 28, 2019