meringu
very tidy
very tidy
very tidy
very tidy
I love it. Nice to see
I love it. Nice to see another Propeller based robot here.
Great to have inspired
Great to have inspired someone J<o:p></o:p>Your version dose much more than mine and looks great! I see you have a ‘heat rib’ on your motor controller chip. Where do they sell them? Mine gets really hot after running for a while.<o:p></o:p>Great Work !<o:p></o:p>
IC Chip Heat Sink
I have ordered a few from here:
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=HS179-ND
Just clip them on.
Thanks!
I got my heatsink from Jameco. Use a little thermal grease to improve heat transfer if it’s having problems. I added
I have to admit, using the prop almost feels like cheating - I just grabbed the h-bridge object from the obex, and all the available I/O made for a trivial circuit. I want to do something a little more taxing for the audio out though - reading the last chapter of the new Propeller book has got me thinking about voice synthesis.
@meringu - I tried to keep it as tidy as possible because I didn’t want anything to poke / break / zap / etc. I also wanted it to look ‘friendly’ and not like a nest of wires. It’s part of the way there, but there’s more I could do.