Archive for the ‘General’ Category

  • New RSS feed URL

    Date: 2010.05.31 | Category: General | Response: 0

    As this site runs with a new CMS, the RSS feed has moved here. Please point your feed reader to the new URL to stay updated. Thanks :-)

    (The old feed should run anyway, as it is now redirected to the new one, but just in case…)

  • Moved to WordPress

    Date: 2010.05.27 | Category: General | Response: 0

    Hi there!

    This site is finally running in WordPress instead of Drupal. For sure we’ll have some broken links that I hope to fix soon, and start publishing new content as soon as possible.

    I haven’t chosen a theme yet, so, if you feel like recommending one, I’ll be happy to test any.

    Sorry for the delay. We’re up again!

  • Arduino

    Date: 2008.05.17 | Category: General | Response: 0

    To control the servos that will move the robotic arm, I will use an Arduino board.

    This small board features several analog and digital inputs and outputs. And as stated in Arduino’s site:

    “Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.”

    So, this is just what we need for our projects :-)

    I bought mine from BricoGeek, and in a couple of days you’ll have your new board at home.

    While the other components we’ll need for the arm arrive, I suggest having a look at the Arduino Getting Started page and learning how to program it. After that, a good read and try (as we’ll need that later) would be the tutorials about reading an analog input and setting a PWM in an output pin.

    Enjoy :-)

  • Welcome!

    Date: 2008.05.17 | Category: General | Response: 0

    Here we go, a new site in the nosomos.org family: Projects.

    Cool name, isn’t it? ;-)

    This site will be dedicated to some hardware hacking projects (for geeks). So, if you are on the mood for some home robotics… Stay tuned, as news will come soon in my first project: A DIY small robotic arm