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Nope nothing like the uptime of yours or the backup of yours however mine is newly on a UPS of Sorts as I'm using it for wireless Sensor data logging. Wall socket -> 650VA UPS (as using this for a small server and DSL Modem as well) -> USB charger -> 11000MaH battery pack for iPhone -> Rpi I should ...

BeJay wrote:I was just packing the car, and stopped to check my emails~!>!>!!

Nooooo!

Oh well I can finish my latest kid friendly project. Are you guys doing Robofair again this year?

I knowwww. I was so looking forward to this event.

roboFair...I'm in again

yes saw that as well, will be interesting where this will go

Nice project, I've always had an interest in computer vision.

Oh I wish I had more project time sigh.....

Are you coming to the open day this saturday? This would be a great display

BeJay wrote:What are you using for drawing your schematic? Looks almost KiCAD, but cant really tell it from Eagle?

Cheers

Bj

Yes is KiCad Been using for a few years now and love it.

Maybe you could hold onto it for a little while. As re get a little bigger, there may be somone who is interested. Maybe it could go into the groups stock of toys for the future. (not that we have one yet, this could be the first donation.... ) It might be good to have one around when you're giving...

I bought a 2012 google nexus when they were going pretty cheap at JB, also got the price down with the sales dude although not as cheap as good ol DX. speed and battery is great and runs the multiwii and APM apps for my multicopter, perfect for out in the field.

Love too....but I don't currently have enough time in the day for all my projects but I'm sure someone will put it to good use

Its a dual voltage Lipo BuckBoost DCDC regulator with charger and battery management for a retrofit to the Rallylog I did a couple if years back for the bike club as the 9v battery and LDO regulators doesn't really cut the mustard over a two day event. 3.3v is LTC3531 buckboost regulator 5V is MCP16...

Just incase you've been hiding under a rock the last few days

Mad Max Fury Road Trailer released at Comic Con 2014 with my Daughter Courtney in it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akX3Is3qBpw

Roll on 15th May 2015 !!!

haha looks like you're well and truly suckered right in now

I've used all the open source slicers, sfact , slic3r, cura, material matters (closed source I think, but free) also commercial ones Kisslicer and now simplify Slic3r is good and was my coice of the OS slicers, however I had issues with rafts and support removal, Also would crash on larger STL files...

I remember I had a CPM board for my apple II ran wordstar

to charge iPhone/iPad

Charger -> On the go battery -> iPhone/iPad

A couple of weeks on, and I've just about printed everything that has caught my eye on thingiverse. Tonight I thought I'd have a go at designing a project from scratch. I downloaded and installed FreeCad on the MacBook. It took a little while and a couple of video tutorials from YouTube but I final...

Jubbp wrote:I found this article tonight and thought I might give it a go.

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Mic ... l-Objects/

Has anyone had an luck with using 123d catch?

Not really, quite cumbersome, take lots of photos from different angels, upload these to the clout and wait and wait and wait

Links to the labels I created for science spectacular give-aways on thingiverse that are quick to print.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:342183


http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:342186

Stephen has covered off most things. Apart from the test prints, my first print jobs where the Felix tweezers holder: m then the spool holder kit (this is found in the Felix download section). Don't forget the LED bar as well: m Yes tweezer holder was my first print, and it gets used all the time. ...

A few improvements I've down that makes life easier and makes a big difference to the care and feeding of your Felix printer: 1) make the Extruder fan 12V instead of the default is 5V there is jumper on main board to solder from memory. this provides more cooling to the extruders and prevents hot en...

Jubbp wrote:It's finally printing!!!

I might have a bit of work and learning but it's printing.

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Well done!