Friday, January 29, 2010

PIR Motion Sensor


PIR Motion Sensor tells Spaceduino when motion is detected in it's sight.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

"Space-duino" Arduino compatible board


This is "Space-Duino", keeping up with the Arduino naming tradition it's name ends in duino. Built around an Atmega168 (16Kb memory), 16MHz crystal, includes onboard voltage regulation (7v-15v input), two extra analog inputs (a6 and a7), reset capacitor for FTDI cable programming. Can be programmed with an FTDI cable or an ICSP programmer thru breadboard connection.

Friday, January 8, 2010


Duck 3D Print



Duck CNC foam model



Duck Rendering


This was a duck 3d model that was modeled in Rhino 3D then fabricated at Souther Illinois University Carbondale's Digital Fabrication Lab.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Makerbot electronics kit


The Makerbot kit that will control "Mallet CNC" has arrived. Three stepper motor drivers, one extruder controller and one Reprap motherboard are the main components, also included are 6 opto-endstops that need to be put together. There are three ribbon cables to connect the motor drivers to the motherboard, which means that all those other connectors will need more cables in order to hook them up.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Mallet CNC scale model


At 22% of it's final size, a scale model of the "Mallet CNC" was made from laser cut parts. This is a key part of the design process, it showed any assembly issues that are just not possible to see on the computer screen. Several changes have been made to the problematic shapes and it has now been given the green light for a full scale version.