I am usually at the Kansas City Robotics Society meetings each month. That is a good place to get a local RepRap group started. Our meetings are the first Saturday of each month at Union Station in the Science City's Town Hall meeting room. The times are from 12:30 to 2:30 PM. www.KansasCityRobotics.org. There is no charge for these meetings. I am also involved in getting an Inventors Workshopby SomeoneKnows - Kansas City (Missouri/Kansas) RepRap Users Group
blerik Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Try and keep some of the wires twisted > together, so you can connect any high speed serial > lines using one of the wires in a twist as data, > and the other as ground return. This'll reduce > interference a whole lot. > > --Blerik Good to know, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the info. Vinceby SomeoneKnows - Controllers
I went out to the local electronics supply store and decided to grab some Cat 6 cable while I was there. When the sales guy asked what kind I needed I told him that I wanted it to strip the wires out. He suggested that the Cat 5 is cheaper, uses the same color wires and is almost identical for this purpose. I bought some and opened it up when I got home and it has the same colors listed on the rrby SomeoneKnows - Controllers
I'm looking at the Arduino PCB Kit and find the PWM Driver Board listed in its contents. I may have missed something but I'm not finding the intended usage for the PWM Driver. If the DC Motor Driver Board and the three Stepper Motor Driver Boards are used it seems the only thing left to control is the nichrome wire heating element. Is the purpose of the PWM Driver Board to control the heater? Wby SomeoneKnows - Controllers
jmarsden Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > His stuff about IR pens and a cheap electronic > whiteboard was interesting, though it looked like > a lot of his work was very Windows-only (less > interesting for me, Linux and FreeBSD-using free > software nut that I am!). > > Jonathan The topic at our upcoming Feburary Kansas City Robotics Societyby SomeoneKnows - 3D Scanners, Book Scanners, and Optics