Speed Controller for Cheap Robots on the DP32
Jay explores the processing of creating speed controllers for his Cheap Robot Series!
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Projects from the Hardware Hackathon: The Interactive Notification Case
This Hardware Hackathon entry by Team Awesome provides a guide to making an interactive notification case.
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What is Digilent Bringing to the Hardware Hackathon – MORE THINGS!!
The upcoming Hardware Hackathon just got even more awesome.
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My Favorite Digilent Product, the Uno32
When I started working at Digilent as a technical writer in 2012, I had no background in electronics or engineering. I spent my first couple of weeks here learning basics of electronics so that I could better write about what we do. I was handed an Analog Discovery and a chipKIT Uno32 to use and do some basic projects. Since it was one of the first Digilent products I used, it holds a special place in my esteem. What makes it so special?
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Na Na Na Na Na, Battbot!
Without its two chocolate shortbread cookies, an Oreo is just a dollop of icing. A Christmas tree without the tree is just a pile of ornaments and lights, a sandwich without bread is just a salad, and a robot without a chassis is just a tangle of wires and electronics. That’s why my For Cheap Robots series had three tutorials on how to make a cheap chassis for your robot, long before I even touched a soldering iron. But what if the chassis and electronic components were one and the same?
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Arms and Motors and Sensors, Oh My!
I’m very proud to say that my For Cheap Robots project is still going strong! As some of you may recall, at the beginning of last month, I announced the beginning of my For Cheap Robots series here on the Digilent blog. Since then, I’ve added several more tutorials to the list and gotten a huge amount of positive feedback. I want to thank any and all of you who here who follow the Digilent Blog and decided to pop over to Instructables to check it out!
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