Dude! Where's my Prop Plug?
Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)
Posts: 23,514
'This ever happen to you? You've removed your Prop Plug from your board and the USB cable, and now it's floating somewhere atop your bench. Where is that dang teensy thing? Can you find it?
I finally found mine and put a bright orange tag on it:
Problem solved!
Of course, I could just clean my bench or keep the Prop Plug in a drawer!
-Phil
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I finally found mine and put a bright orange tag on it:
Problem solved!
Of course, I could just clean my bench or keep the Prop Plug in a drawer!
-Phil
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'Still some PropSTICK Kit bare PCBs left!
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by the way, is that a tiny robot with IR I see top-left?
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Post Edited (CJ) : 8/19/2008 10:06:30 PM GMT
That either looks the way I imagined Fibber McGee's closet, or a cover of Byte mag (RIP!).
Hard to clean up such an environment; I mean, "where did I leave those 1 K resistors?" (Or some other next needed part.)
Looks like several of my 'parts bins' (actually small to medium cardboard shipping boxes).
Yep, that PropPlug is easy to misplace.
Thanks for the pics, Phil.
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Harley Shanko
and I thought my electronics bench was getting a little out of sort!
This is why I KEEP THE USB CABLE ATTACHED. [noparse]:)[/noparse] <SMIRK>
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Post Edited (Oldbitcollector) : 8/20/2008 2:41:17 AM GMT
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Whit+
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
Phil, thanks for making me much better about my workbench
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--Steve
Had one many, many years ago. Loved tinkering with the equipment. Got bored operating it: "UR 599 WX SUNNY PLS QSL TNX •••—•— •••—•—"
Nothing. Nothing at all. Please avert your gaze.
I tried smearing it with salmon oil and training my cat to find it. But he was onto the ruse all too quickly.
Always happy to help!
-Phil
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Post Edited (Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)) : 8/20/2008 2:29:22 AM GMT
I've been accused of being a redneck hacker because I tried to figure out how to organize myself... and my answer was a fishing tackle box... except I only bought one... and I need three.
Walmart has a $15 version that is form factor compatible with Parallax's enclosure for the PE kit!!!! so you don't even have to move your breadboard into a new box!!!
Thanks Jesus!
Rich
You need one of these! - lol
www.igadget.com.au/catalog/wireless-finder-p-456.html
www.igadget.com.au/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=456
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Beau Schwabe
IC Layout Engineer
Parallax, Inc.
Post Edited (Beau Schwabe (Parallax)) : 8/20/2008 4:32:50 AM GMT
This thing?
Here is a movie from the Parallax website of it in action. I really should finish it. 'Still a couple of issues to resolve. It's been on the back burner for awhile now...
-Phil
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'Still some PropSTICK Kit bare PCBs left!
Ken Gracey
They're actually camera lens grip rings. I used them as grips on waterproof lens covers for some machine vision cameras I once built:
With a little stretching, they just happened to fit the BOE-Bot wheels, although there's nothing holding them on but friction. I suppose they could be glued on, though. They're really tough and ought to last awhile. The sun doesn't seem to bother them, either.
-Phil
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Post Edited (Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)) : 8/20/2008 6:13:05 AM GMT
Did you fabricate it yourself?
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-Phil
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Post Edited (Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)) : 8/20/2008 8:55:43 PM GMT
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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering
Thanks for sharing Phil. If I post a picture of my workspace, Ineed to be sure to hide plenty of goodies in it so we can all learn from dissecting the picture.
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Whit+
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney