• Mindsensors Digital Pneumatic Pressure Sensor (PPS58-Nx)

    Mindsensors Digital Pneumatic Pressure Sensor (PPS58-Nx)

    Mindsensors have made a new pressure sensor and it’s really sweet.  It uses their new compact sensor housing and it’s very slick and robust looking.  Rather than calling it the PPS v3, they gave it the uebercatchy name PPS58-Nx. So [...]

  • Teleop Catalyst for ROBOTC

    Teleop Catalyst for ROBOTC

    Titus Woo posted on the ROBOTC forums about a really cool new program he’d written to make it easier for FTC teams to make a teleop program for their robot.  I’ve never done FTC but I maintain the ROBOTC forums [...]

  • HiTechnic SuperPro Prototype Sensor

    HiTechnic SuperPro Prototype Sensor

    I received my HiTechnic SuperPro Prototype Sensor in the post yesterday and it’s epic.  It’s epic for a number of reasons: It has more inputs and outputs than you can shake a stick at, both analogue and digital. It can [...]

  • Released: ROBOTC Driver Suite V2.4

    Released: ROBOTC Driver Suite V2.4

    More 3rd party 3rd party drivers Does a 3rd party 3rd party driver make it a 4th party? I’m not sure, you decide.  In any case, my good man Gus at HiTechnic has provided a very nice driver for the [...]

  • Great PID video

    Great PID video

    Ivan Seidel from Brazil made a really great video to explain how PID control works. The video is in Portuguese but if you click on the “CC” (closed caption) button at the bottom, you’ll get English subtitles!  Go watch it, [...]

  • We’we in fow a Tweet!

    We’we in fow a Tweet!

    Dexter Industries have used their WiFi sensor to send a Tweet straight from the NXT over WiFi! It uses the Arduino Tweet Library relaying site to send them which is really, really cool!  I am so going to rebuild TwitterTattle [...]

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Happy and Prosperous 2012

Happy and Prosperous 2012

I’d like to wish all of my readers a very happy and prosperous 2012. 2011 was a big year...

 

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Fun with the AnyWays

Fun with the AnyWays

Last Thursday Laurens Valk came over to chat and play.  We thought it would be fun to try...

 
 

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ROBOTC 3.x: First Time Setup

ROBOTC 3.x: First Time Setup

To get started with your brand new copy of ROBOTC 3.x, there are a few steps you need to take. Download...

 

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Teleop Catalyst for ROBOTC

Teleop Catalyst for ROBOTC

Titus Woo posted on the ROBOTC forums about a really cool new program he’d written to make...