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Questions!

by Martyn on January 10, 2011 · No Comments

Wow – its only been a couple of days since I posted the schematic and already a question. Basically its asking what voltage regulators am I using. My input power comes from a 7.4V pack of lipo batteries, usually about 300mAh capacity, I need 5V for my motor encoders, and 3.3V for the rest of [...]

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Micromouse Sensors – Lasers?

by Martyn on January 8, 2011 · No Comments

One of the biggest problems I have had when developing my micromouse robots is creating sensors which work over the range of distances required and to a reasonable resolution. I have seen a couple of mice using red lasers so thought I would have a go. I got a pile of 20mm long, about 5mm [...]

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Schematic Time!

by Martyn on January 7, 2011 · No Comments

Right then, a micromouse schematic. A word of warning – this schematic is for me and not for you. That means its not pretty, values are missing and circuit notes are missing. So important parts to mention are that the Bluetooth module was from sparkfun.com and is not currently available (although there are many similar [...]

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Mouse Problems

by Martyn on January 4, 2011 · No Comments

The mouse I have been working on up until now has been quite a complicated design as it was the technical part of my MEng Cybernetics degree. So now that’s all over its time to make things a bit simpler and aim a little lower – this is after all a hobby and I can’t [...]

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Micromouse Update

by Martyn on May 10, 2009 · No Comments

As its exam time I have been carefully avoiding revision with a mix of counterstrike and micromouse work. New PCBs are 95% ready to be ordered and so my focus has turned to the controllers. After implementing a fixed point maths system for the controller (10.5bits signed for those who care) and ziegler-nichols tuning the [...]

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