PE-styled Mini propeller kit
Oldbitcollector (Jeff)
Posts: 8,091
I've been working on this project on and off the last couple weeks.
With Bean's 5-cell battery holder, I finally had enough pieces to assemble it.
There are too many times when I only have 15 mins to play with the Propeller,
(Not enough time to escape to the basement lab and setup)
This is my "Go Anywhere" kit.
Includes:
1 Intec Gameboy case (bought at 70% off at a local discount store)
1 Demoboard (Added a single wire from the center post of the video connector)
1 Spy Gear Headset (composite video) Will replace with video glasses soon
1 uController SD card
1 5 Cell Battery Pack (thanks Terry!)
1 Parallax Joystick
Various parts
Got a few more pieces to add, but I like it!
OBC
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With Bean's 5-cell battery holder, I finally had enough pieces to assemble it.
There are too many times when I only have 15 mins to play with the Propeller,
(Not enough time to escape to the basement lab and setup)
This is my "Go Anywhere" kit.
Includes:
1 Intec Gameboy case (bought at 70% off at a local discount store)
1 Demoboard (Added a single wire from the center post of the video connector)
1 Spy Gear Headset (composite video) Will replace with video glasses soon
1 uController SD card
1 5 Cell Battery Pack (thanks Terry!)
1 Parallax Joystick
Various parts
Got a few more pieces to add, but I like it!
OBC
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Comments
Where are you going to find video glasses?
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How would you like to try to get that through airport security?
Great idea!
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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
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No purchase necessary. See back panel for more details.
Tired of the same old robot brains? not enough processing power? Get the Propeller Robot Module now!!
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Computers are microcontrolled.
Robots are microcontrolled.
I am microcontrolled.
But you·can·call me micro.
If it's not Parallax then don't even bother.
I have changed my avatar so that I will no longer be confused with others who use generic avatars (and I'm more of a Prop head then a BS2 nut, anyway)
OBC, is that the thing on the right, inside the back corner of the case? Is the curved folding thing sticking out of the middle part of the head strap?
When you wear that, should we rename you to Old Bit Cyborg? [noparse]:)[/noparse]) [noparse]:)[/noparse])
Cool set up ... I too have my 'road kit' inside a couple of cases like that.
- H
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when he went to the garage to work on stuff at his workbench.
He said "If she was like you then we would both go to the garage
to work on projects for hours every evening"
It made me feel kind of special and strange at the same time
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- Some mornings I wake up cranky.....but usually I just let him sleep -
but, can I justify it to the missus? Hmm, can I justify any of my electronics purchases to the missus?
Re Holly, I jokingly sometimes tell gentlemen that when they retire, they should get a shed, and they should have breakfast and then go out to the shed at 8am and not come back till 6pm at night. It is the only way to ensure marital harmony and bliss. Otherwise, arguments develop over things like how long a cake should be cooked for. Not that my wife ever burnt a cake. Nor that I ever mentioned it. Well, ok maybe just once. I've still got 3 limbs left...
I can't wait to retire and get 10 hours of shed time per day. Then I could build one of OBCs kits!
This will probably sound funny to many guys on here
since it is such a reversal of what they may have gone
through...
I once had an argument with my BF because I was working
on a project at my little work table in the bedroom while
he felt all neglected and had to fix dinner himself and clean
up the mess... LoL
Oh, I like your avatar image, you look quite nice.
But somehow whenever I see it I half expect you to start
talking about tonight's weather or the local sports scores...LoL
You look like a TV newsguy getting ready for the little red
'LIVE' light to come on.
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- Some mornings I wake up cranky.....but usually I just let him sleep -
Post Edited (HollyMinkowski) : 9/3/2009 2:07:13 AM GMT
I've been doing the "Propeller on the road" and "quickie setup Propeller on spare table" bit for a while now. So...
Potatohead Propeller Geek Travel Tips.
I carry on the delicate goodies. In my laptop bag, I have:
(1) Propeller board of some kind, or another.
(1) Video capture card for use with Laptop on the go.
(some) connecting wire
(1) Prop Plug
(2) SD cards, so one can be running, while the other one is being loaded with next code version, if needed.
(1) Set of headphones
(1) USB video capture device
(misc) bits 'n pieces for whatever project circuit I'm trying to think through, bagged and tagged.
I'll typically leave it all in the laptop bag, and in one pouch, so that if they want to look it over, it's all really easy.
In my checked bag goes all the heavy stuff. AC, battery, soldering iron, solder, etc... These all go in one bag. I toss the user input bits in there too. Joystick, thumb pad, keyboard and such.
I label things in the checked luggage.
The only problems I had was early on, having a disorganized mess. They saw it, and just had to check it out and ask questions. When that happened, it was kind of odd. A few friendly conversations later, keeping it neat, labeled and organized was the key to them not having any worries.
The video capture is a god-send really. It's quick to fire up the computer, connect the USB goodies, download something and view result on capture device. I can snap frames to disk, make little movies and very quickly write, run, observe, repeat. The only downside is some latency. Unless you are actually gaming, or interacting, this is no big deal. If it is, I would totally go with the OBC quick and dirty video route.
My work takes me places, and I've got evenings that are a whole lot more fun this way, compared to just surfing the net and watching the tube!
At home, I've found I can put stuff in a small box, have it all connected and ready. I use an ordinary extension cord with the wall warts just plugged in and ready, and USB devices and user input devices connected. Open laptop, connect stuff, go!
Working with actual circuits just doesn't go well for me, unless I've got an hour, so I have that stuff setup in another box I use when I know I've got time.
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Post Edited (Dr_Acula) : 9/3/2009 6:07:00 AM GMT
You and I think alike on Dr_Acula's avatar! I hear either a smooth, polished delivery like the post above, or "HI! Dr A here with the Parallax Propeller..." Think a cross between that Mays pitch guy that recently died, and Max Headroom, for kind of a bizzare, "Blade Runner" bizzaro world, spokesman.
Dr_Acula: Magic 8 ball says: "Outlook good".
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Chat in real time with other Propellerheads on IRC #propeller @ freenode.net
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A little off topic I know but the villagers must be warned!
Perhaps I have found a use for that third prop on the triblade, an eight·cored boss spotter.
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Style and grace : Nil point
Anyway, back OT, OBC, can you tell us more about the headset? Cost, where to get them etc. It sounds nifty.
Doctor Vern Acula
Is you avitar a photograph of a portrait. Surely it can not be a dirrect photograph.
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Style and grace : Nil point
LoL
"BILLY MAYS HERE FOR THE PARALLAX PROPELLER!"
All caps since that guy always was shouting
@Dr_Acula
That was a great weather report, you could get work as a comedy writer!
This forum is pretty humorous, has it always been like this?
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- Some mornings I wake up cranky.....but usually I just let him sleep -
It just gets funner and funnier with each passing thread.
Dr_A > ... conditions will clear once rain from a series of recent stormy threads extinguishes the fires ...
Once the flames die down, Doc, we might need some virtual burn remedies for singed rear-ends over there [noparse]:)[/noparse])
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Post Edited (Dr_Acula) : 9/4/2009 12:24:39 AM GMT