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Phoenix DIY: Meeting Three

Hey, come on out, should be fun! (via http://sternlab.org/phoenixdiy/)

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LCD driver

Ok, I came to terms with the fact that I am out of time to put into this project, so I am done with it. This is an LCD driver program for the NetMedia 2×16 LCD, which I ‘won’ at … Continue reading

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Cracking wireless keyboards

The recent demonstration of a wireless keyboard sniffer (see: http://www.hackaday.com/2007/12/02/wireless-keyboards-easily-cracked/) is pretty slick, and it is pretty amazing how weak (almost nonexistent?) the encryption is. One thing that I haven’t heard mentioned is the possibility of injecting packets into the … Continue reading

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entry for the robot competition

The Phoenix Area Robotics EXplorers (parex) competition was today. I pulled a 12 hour marathon session to overhaul my bot, and ended up with something that is 8×9 inches- huge in comparison to the other bots, but small from the … Continue reading

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GPS on OpenMoko

The (closed source, binary only) driver for the Hammerhead GPS chip in the OpenMoko phone was finally released today. I took it for a little spin, and it seems to work correctly. Getting a fix took a long time, but … Continue reading

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$40 drill press

My dad tipped me off on a pretty good deal at Harbor Freight; they have a sale on a tabletop drill press that normally retails for $70. This is a pretty amazing price; I would be hard pressed to find … Continue reading

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Solution to the Laser Harp mechanical problems.

I woke up Thursday morning with the solution to my laser harp woes: to solve the problem of being able to align each of the lasers individually, I will put them all on tripod mounting platforms so that they can … Continue reading

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