Overview | GoGo Board GoGo Board: Science and Robotics for the Inventive Mind The GoGo board is a programmable device that is designed for sensor-based and control projects. It is suited for building robots, data loggers, and devices for human-computer interaction. Its functionality is inspired by the MIT Cricket and many other programmable devices such as the the Lego Mindstorms, the IRX board, and Basic Stamps. What’s new in this version? USB Connection. A Brief History The initial designers of the GoGo Board are Arnan (Roger) Sipitakiat and Paulo Blikstein. Goals The main goal of the GoGo Board project is to create an open-source platform that is designed to be low-cost and allow for local assembly by those who are interested. Commercializing GoGo Boards Although the hardware design and software are release under the GPL license, building and selling boards does not violate the license as long as all the design source are provided and made obvious. Acknowledgments
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Théorie - Optocoupleur Electronique > Théorie > Optocoupleur Dernière mise à jour : 03/11/2009 Présentation Un optocoupleur est un composant ou un ensemble de composants qui permet le transfert d'informations entre deux parties électroniques isolées l'une de l'autre d'un point de vue électrique. La première partie est un émetteur, et la seconde partie est un récepteur. On peut l'assimiler à un composant qui a une entrée (émetteur) et une sortie (récepteur). Forme et représentation électronique de l'optocoupleur Il existe plusieurs sortes de boitiers pour les optocoupleurs. Les boitiers DIL6 et DIL8 sont standardisés, les brochages montrés ci-avant (DIL6 et DIL8) correspondent à ce qu'on trouve quasiment tout le temps. Quelques exemples d'optocoupleurs Simples : 4N25, 4N28, SL5500, 4N33, 6N136, 6N137, 6N138, 6N139, CNY17-2, CNY70, MCT8, NSL32SR2 (LED + LDR)Simple DC/AC : TLP620, TLP2531 ou HCPL2531Doubles : TLP504A, MCT6 Quadruples : TLP504A2 Pourquoi utiliser un optocoupleur ? Technologies employées Courant d'entrée
Dissection of a DVD writer Dissection of a DVD writer Ok, here is the ‘Victim’ a Sony DWD28Q 16x dual layer DVD writer And the underside: Now remove the four Philips screws & void the warranty seal ;-) Now release the left hand PCB First release the zif as shown by pushing the brown bar to the right Release the PCB retaining catch and lift the PCB upwards. Release two more zifs on the underside of the PCB Now you can see the optical assembly (riding on the two slide rails) Now the brute force bit – detach the rails. And here is the liberated optical assy. Now is a good time to short out the diodes to prevent static damage. Remove all screws. Prise the write diode (the one you really want) to the right to break the adhesive & cut flexi. The two laser diodes (DVD r/w on the left, CD r/w on the right) Now you could glue a collimating lens to the diode …. And using a prototype laser diode driver. I have measured 60mW out t 100mA drive A nice, well collimated spot. Scanning by hand, the laser is modulated by a 1kHz square wave.
C328R Jpeg camera and .NET Micro Framework | Pavel Bansky One of the cool devices I wanted to get work with .NET Micro Framework was a camera. Problem with most of the camera is, that it's using almost 20 pins when connecting to CPU. There are eight pins for Y-bus (gray-scale image) next eight for U-bus (color channel) and three pins for clock, frame-sync and h-sync. After that, camera is usually required to be connected over I2C, for configuration settings (brightness, contrast, rotation etc.) Luckily there is the company called COMedia Ltd., producing still image cameras connected over serial interface. C328R camera module C328R Jpeg Compression VGA Camera Module C328R is neat camera which can be purchased with different lenses. The best feature on this camera is ability to produce directly Jpeg images or 'raw' format images in different color depth and sizes. Connecting camera with Tahoe development board is simple. Connecting power Connecting serial interface Camera driver C328R bottom view Initializing camera driver Taking pictures Conclusion
playground - TLC5940 The TLC5940 is a 16 channel PWM unit with 12 bit duty cycle control (0 - 4095), 6 bit current limit control (0 - 63), and a daisy chainable serial interface. It is handy for expanding the number of PWM outputs available. The datasheet is available at Some details about issues discovered using the chip and Eagle footprint for TLC5941: tlc594x and Arduino Download the Arduino Library The source/downloads for the library are on Google Code: Install Unzip the Tlc5940 folder to <Arduino Folder>/hardware/libraries/ Getting Started Open the BasicUse example in the Arduino IDE. Hardware Setup Normal setup and wiring by [acleone]: png. A hardware setup adding TIP122 transistors to the TLC5940 to achieve higher currents can be found here:here Servos The library can (as of r8) drive servos off the PWM channels. When using with RGB LEDs get LEDs with common anode. More Information A full reference for the library Older information Yes.
Optocoupler4N35 \ Learning This example is for Wiring version 1.0 build 0100+. If you have a previous version, use the examples included with your software. If you see any errors or have comments, please let us know. 4N35 General purpose optocoupler by BARRAGAN Optocouplers enable you to control one circuit from another circuit with no electronic connection between the two circuitsfor example to control a toy or device (switching it ON or OFF) from the Wiring hardware without tempering with the toy circuit. int optocouplerPin = 8; void setup() { pinMode(optocouplerPin, OUTPUT); } void loop() { digitalWrite(optocouplerPin, HIGH); delay(1000); digitalWrite(optocouplerPin, LOW); delay(1000); } Relay \ Learning This example is for Wiring version 1.0 build 0100+. If you have a previous version, use the examples included with your software. If you see any errors or have comments, please let us know. Switching a 125VAC light bulb with a general purpose Relay Relay 5VDC by BARRAGAN Relays enable you to control one circuit from another circuit with no electronic connection between the two circuits for example to control a device (switching it ON or OFF) from the Wiring harware. int relayPin = 8; void setup() { pinMode(relayPin, OUTPUT); } void loop() { digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH); delay(1000); digitalWrite(relayPin, LOW); delay(1000); }