slideshow 1

Let there be light...

published by Volker Wegert on 23. October 2016 - 21:47

I recently bought a 3D printer. I'm not sure yet how much use it will actually see, so I went for a cheap model - one of the usual acrylic DIY kits shipped from the far east. While it's actually working rather well, there are a few details that are bothering me. For one thing - you can't see what's going on beneath the nozzle without a torch. However, using a 3D printer and some LEDs, resistors and some experimental circuit board, that problem was easily solved...

Model Storage Robot Part 4: Robo Interface Programming

published by Volker Wegert on 31. May 2016 - 18:11

Based on the hardware built in part 2 and the interface specification explained in part 3, we can now program the Robo Interface that is responsible for the low-level hardware control. 

Model Storage Robot Part 3: Robo/Photon Interface

published by Volker Wegert on 8. May 2016 - 21:10

The hardware I described and tested in the previous video is controlled by a Robo Interface. This interface does not have any pre-fabricated connections to the outside world that might be used to control it, so I will be using a Photon to access it via the internet.

Model Storage Robot Part 2: Hardware

published by Volker Wegert on 17. April 2016 - 12:09

The hardware I built for my private high-rise storage system has collected dust matured for some time now - time for the next video of the series.

Stop Coding, Start Ruling

published by Volker Wegert on 23. March 2016 - 0:37

This is a repost of an SCN blog article available here. 

Model Storage Robot Part 1: Big Picture, Big Plans

published by Volker Wegert on 20. March 2016 - 17:13

For some time now, I've accumulated several libraries and technologies on my list of things to try out. Someday. Whenever I can find the time. Which is probably - well, someday never comes. So I decided to make up my own "fun" project and stuff many of the things I wanted to try out into it.

Fanning the Flames: Prefixing Variable/Attribute Names

published by Volker Wegert on 6. February 2016 - 0:11

This is a repost of an article posted on SCN.

System Landscape for Add-On Development

published by Volker Wegert on 10. January 2016 - 21:37

This is the second part of my answer to Christian Drumm's question What System Landscapes Setup to use for Add On Development? - and probably more of an answer to the original question than the first part.

First Marble Coaster 2016

published by Volker Wegert on 3. January 2016 - 18:06

This is a combination of some of the transport mechanisms of the standard models. 

Dynamic XL 5 - Spring Launcher

published by Volker Wegert on 1. January 2016 - 14:47

Assembling this model is fairly easy, but getting it to work took some time. Tuning the spring mounting as suggested by the instructions didn't work for me - I had to actually lower the left-hand part of the tracks by 15 mm for the marbles to be able to reach the top of the ramp. 

Pages

Theme by Danetsoft and Danang Probo Sayekti inspired by Maksimer