February 2009

Power of the Daleks

February 26, 2009

I’ve been slowly working away on the Dalek – grabbing a few hours here and there. I’ve got the basic power distribution system in – unfortunately the drive system is 24v, and other parts need 12 and 6v. Rather than use wasteful linear regulators I put together some switching ones, using some free samples I [...]

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All in one..

February 24, 2009

New for 2011 – check out the MIDI Camera – gesture control with no Bluetooth, or even a PC! After my recent success with the Pixart camera from a WiiMote I thought I’d try and put everything on one board. Not quite as elegant as Mr Lee’s, but it works – this board will be [...]

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Pixart Sensor and Arduino

February 22, 2009

New for 2011 – check out the MIDI Camera – gesture control with no Bluetooth, or even a PC! I finally got round to desoldering a Pixart camera sensor from the front of WiiMote and hooking it up to the I2C bus of an Arduino. You need to run a 3.3v regulator, an LTC4301 buffer,  [...]

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