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How an RC Servo Motor Controller Works.

Also known as “closed feedback” systems, Servo motors come with a control circuit, which senses if motor mechanism is in desired location and if not it continuously corrects an error until motor reaches the proper point. Servo’s usually come in small plastic packages like the following, but keep in mind there is a whole system [...]

February 16th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: AVR, Arduino, Books & Reading, Microcontroller | Leave a comment

The Birth of Content.

Where is content born, I find this a more and more interesting question. Once upon a time, much of the content that we produced was born and supported by not just their authors, but with the support of their families and friends. We are influenced by their opinions and their needs and to a somewhat [...]

February 4th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Books & Reading, content, content management, social networking | Leave a comment

Even More Books

With even Melbourne’s weather the way it is, its been hard to really do anything outside except stare at the sea with a cold drink in hand. As an alternative, I spent most of today reading and flicking through my collection of books. Apart from reading the rather extensive and dry technical manuals that are [...]

January 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: AVR, Books & Reading, Technical Books | Leave a comment

Arduino programming & scripting in Wiring/Processing

As you all probably know, the Arduino’s development environment is based on Processing, an IDE designed to introduce programming to artists unfamiliar with software development. The programming language is derived from Wiring, a C-like language that provides similar functionality for a more tightly restricted board design, whose IDE is also based on Processing. I went [...]

January 23rd, 2009 | Category: Arduino, Books & Reading, Technical Books | Leave a comment