Strobotics

RaspberryPi Event – SWMakers Bunbury

Stephen Eaton — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:44:57 +0000

We have an up and coming Raspberry Pi event for the the South West Makers, it's going to be a fairly casual get-together, but will be RPi orientated for those wanting to get their feet wet on the RPi, but also a chance to show off and chat about projects.

...Breadboard # if you want to interface the RPi with LED’s, switches and other hardware etc If you r getting into breadboarding, then it’s handy to have one of these: http://www.adafruit.com/products/914 M-M jumpers (or make your own from Cat 5 cable) F-F jumpers # both are handy for interfacing to the breadboard or other gear USB Power supply with a USB to micro USB cable # run the RPi from the mains.

Rallylog (post) Update #1 – Adding a wrist strap to the SparkFun Case

Stephen Eaton — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:54 +0000

As these were handheld devices I decided to add a wrist strap to stop things from getting dropped and damaged at the checkpoints, especially as it can get busy as the bikes pass through a checkpoint. ... I simply purchased a heap of Wii straps from one of my favourite places and attached with a split pin through a hole I drilled into the base of the spark fun enclosures. to stop any abrasion to the plastic caused by movement of the split pin I used a washer on each side of the case.

The Good, the Bad and the just plain AWESOME!!!

Stephen Eaton — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:17:19 +0000

I thought I’d just fill you all in with what’s been happening the last couple of years, some bad, but a lot of awesomeness. Yes I’ve been a bad boy for not updating the blog so heres the real reason why…..

I’m Back !!!!

Stephen Eaton — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:01:46 +0000

Well I must apologise for the lack of content over the last 18 months, a lot has happened in my life personally and through all this I did loose my geek mojo. Well I’m happy to say my mojo has returned and so I’m back on board !!!! So expect the BLOG to be updated [...]

Putting the Project into an Enclosure–Part 2 Machining the Case

Stephen Eaton — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:58:41 +0000

In my previous post I described the design process I went through in selecting the right components from my Rallylog that would fit into the Sparkfun Project Case, all while mounted on a PCB. What follows is the process of getting the actual case machined with my Zenbot CNC machine. How am I going to [...]

Putting the Project into an Enclosure – Part 1

Stephen Eaton — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:55:20 +0000

For the open Hardware Rallylog device I’ve been working on, I’d based my design around fitting into the handy Sparkfun Project Case and since most of my projects never get to the “enclosure” stage, they are either used bare PCB or thrown into anything that may provide some protection against the elements, such as the [...]

#Rallylog Fusebits

Stephen Eaton — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:45:27 +0000

While testing the serial functions I had issues as mentioned in the previous post where the AVR <-> FTDI seemed not to be working. Initially I thought it was a hardware problem due to a hidden solder bridge or such, further testing on the ASCII example sketch revealed that something was being sent, albeit garbage, [...]

Site Housekeeping

Stephen Eaton — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:39:16 +0000

It’s been long overdue but as you can see the site is getting a makeover. I’m also doing some long overdue housekeeping with the pages, categories and tags. There may be some 404 page errors, I am monitoring and fixing these as I come across them, however if you’re having any problems please contact me. [...]

RallyLog Testing Progress

Stephen Eaton — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:21:24 +0000

Over the last couple of nights I’ve been verifying the respective individual circuits of Rallylog before I get down to developing the application. Test Results so far: 3.3 V PASS 5V Enable PASS RFID FAIL (Fixed) LCD PASS LCD Back Light PASS RTC TODO SD Card FAIL (Fixed) SD Card Detect PASS Buttons PASS LEDS [...]

Rallylog Assembly Progress

Stephen Eaton — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:40:25 +0000

Last Friday I received my second revision of PCBs. As mentioned in one of my previous posts I majorly stuffed up on my LCD footprint along with some additional board changes including the larger 3V regulator and the 5V regulator PCB. I’m very happy with my switch to Kicad also with it’s resulting PCB below. [...]