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Its been a sufficiently long time, so to blogging again

by Martyn on March 13, 2009 · No Comments

Heh, aside from lots of lectures and not so much coursework nothing to exciting has happened since the last blog entry. Apart from maybe this: Do now need a name for it tho – Any ideas the random few who might happen across this page?

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Micromouse has shrunk a bit…

by Martyn on October 19, 2008 · No Comments

A bit (lot) late, but I just noticed a video posted on youtube with a 1/2 size micromouse – Its tiny! Anyhow, I have been working on my mouse as it is also my 4th (and final) year project for my MEng Cybernetics degree. Been working on the motor housing and choosing the components for [...]

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Micromouse – Quadrature Decoders

by Martyn on April 26, 2008 · 2 Comments

I have started to develop the quadrature decoders for my mouse, a simple circuit and is mainly programming so its something I can do to break up exam revision. Here is a picture of the setup: The main board is an Explorer 16 with a 32 bit PIC microcontroller in there. I have the prototype [...]

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MINOS 2008

by Martyn on April 14, 2008 · 2 Comments

Another year, another MINOS (UK Micromouse conference). This year I only went for the first day, the talks and testing, but was still a great experience. I got quite a few of my questions answered and am now ready to start working on my mouse proper. The day started off well, no waiting at stations [...]

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Been a while…

by Martyn on April 5, 2008 · No Comments

Eep, its been a while, photoblog kind of died, way too busy Anyhow, here is a video of the robot from end of last year. Should have new videos of other stuff soon…

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