http://sirloon.net/loonaweb Experiences, thoughts, docs about the SirBot Project daily 1 2007-01-11T09:03:52Z http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/pcb-using-toner-transfer-method-comparison Having recently tested a lot this method, I've finally determine my "easy and cheap" way to build PCB using toner tran... No publisher sirloon 2008-08-01T17:41:45Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/new-boards-available-from-sirbot Two new boards are available from SirBot Modules . Both are using a new bus cable connector, and were designed using Eagle... No publisher sirloon 2008-06-16T05:43:57Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/i2c-com-with-two-16f88-master-slave Weeks ago, while I was trying to interface my mainboard with a DC motor controller board , I had to dive into the i2c protoco... No publisher sirloon 2008-04-29T19:31:53Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/pcb-using-toner-transfert-method-another-try I've just build another board, using toner-transfert-system (TTS). Last try required lots of trials/errors, still leaving un... No publisher sirloon 2008-04-22T05:54:10Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/experimenting-pcb-board-creation-using-a-laser-printer Tired of using a PCB pen to build my boards ... Too time-consuming, not really repeatable, dirty... So, I've tested this metho... No publisher sirloon 2008-04-22T06:03:43Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/how-to-create-boards-with-vias-and-straps-with-eagle Eagle is a great tool to design PCB board. I've used it to design my new mainboard . In its non-profit version, you can buil... No publisher sirloon 2008-04-08T17:33:50Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/driving-dc-motors-with-a-pic-16f88-first-draft I've been struggle (I mean fighting against the whole universe's darkness) for three month trying to drive DC motors with a PIC... No publisher sirloon 2008-03-18T20:00:16Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/dissecting-a-rc-tank After dissec... No publisher sirloon 2008-02-24T23:20:15Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/experimenting-back-emf-motion-feedback It's been weeks since I've tried to build a DC motor controller board. Particularly, this board must include a way to control a... No publisher sirloon 2008-02-07T20:30:00Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/dissecting-a-car-rc As a robot builder, what can you expect to get from a rc car ? In great " Robot Builder's Bonanza " book, authors... No publisher sirloon 2008-02-14T19:05:17Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/building-the-mainboard-as-a-pcb Last entry was about designing the mainboard , using Eagle. The result is a layout diagram, which will be the starting point of... No publisher sirloon 2008-01-13T20:59:56Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/designing-the-mainboard-using-eagle Point-to-point wiring, using pre-drilled boards is too time-consuming , hard to reproduce and ugly ... More, producing a pi... No publisher sirloon 2008-01-12T09:46:15Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/sirbot-0-2-1-available I should have release this version a long time ago... " Release earl... No publisher sirloon 2008-01-08T17:18:43Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/wifi-bluetooth-and-zigbee One the main problem with my bots (or the like...) is the way communications occur. I mean it can only use RS232 with a cabl... No publisher sirloon 2007-11-17T10:35:58Z COREBlog Entry http://sirloon.net/loonaweb/sirblog/sound-sensor-schematics I put on SirBot website some quite detailed instruction to build a sound sensor , the one used to localize sound in spa... No publisher sirloon 2007-09-22T07:43:34Z COREBlog Entry