I spend more time than I probably should reverse engineering circuit boards, so I figured I would write up a page on how I do it. This only applies to two sided PCBs, and requires some time of imaging device,
Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 3 – Joint Tracking with Matlab
In this series: Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 1 – Concept Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 2 – Communication Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 3 – Joint Tracking with Matlab Okay I’m not going to type a bunch out here,
Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 2 – Communication
In this series: Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 1 – Concept Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 2 – Communication Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 3 – Joint Tracking with Matlab The first step in this project is to communicate with
Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 1 – Concept
In this series: Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 1 – Concept Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 2 – Communication Mitsubishi Movemaster Joint Tracking: Part 3 – Joint Tracking with Matlab I mentioned in a previous post that I have access
Mini Circuit 1: Constant Current Sink – Update #2
So I ordered my PCBs and components, and when they arrived I realized I named some of the nets incorrectly and never connected the traces. I also used the wrong digital pins for interrupts on the encoder, and the wrong
Mini Circuit 1: Constant Current Sink – Update
Not much to type here, but I completely redesigned my constant current circuit. I replaced the current sense amplifier with a programmable gain amplifier, added an ATMEGA328P microcontroller, a pinout for an LCD screen, a pinout for I2C and ICSP,
Mini Circuit 1: Constant Current Sink
I’m starting a new project series, I am going to call it Mini Circuits! Basically my idea is to make some circuits for some pretty common situations I have come across at work, and make a dozen or so. They
Robot Arm Part 1: Mitsubishi Movemaster RV-M1 Setup
So I have access to two Mitsubishi Movemaster RV-M1 5-axis robotic arms. Below are some pictures and a video of a test program, but before that I thought I’d talk a bit about what my plans are for these arms.
UV Eraseable Memory – Fun With Old Tech
If you’ve never watched Halt and Catch Fire, it is a pretty good show. There is one scene where the main character is reverse engineering the BIOS of IBM’s computer, by placing the memory in a circuit and addressing each
Soldering Workstation
So I thought I’d post a quick picture of my soldering setup. Before the picture though, I do have some things I want to acknowledge. First, I understand that having some form of anti-static mat is extremely important. I just