Tindie: PCB with Chaos Theory Built In

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 wrote on the Tindie blog about the Chaos Computer by Tom Quartararo:

PCB with Chaos Theory Built In

It turns out you can solve ordinary differential equations using simple op-amp circuits. Paul Horowitz, author of the famous book The Art Of Electronics took an interest in the Lorenz Attractor and made a circuit to solve the Lorenz Attractor equation

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Tindie: PCB with Chaos Theory Built In

BoosterBot for TI LaunchPad

BoosterBot turns a TI Launchpad into a fully functional robot:

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Perfect for anyone who wants to get started with MSP430 and robotics, or just wants an easy to use robotics platform to build off of.

The board features:

  • Micro Metal Gearmotors from Pololu
  • Powered by 3xAAA batteries
  • Five QRE1113 Reflectance sensors for line following and maze solving
  • Header for a Sharp IR distance sensor
  • Header for a servo

The design files and source code are available on GitHub:

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Here’s a video of the BoosterBot in action:

BoosterBot for TI LaunchPad

3 Inch Tall 7-segment Clock

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Kevin Rye decided to build a 15 inch long digital clock after acquiring these 3 inch 7-segment displays.  He documented the project from start to finish:

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I picked up these sweet LUMEX S101D22TR 7-Segment LCDs the other day.

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The PCBs for the hours, minutes, and seconds display modules are identical. They’ll just be wired differently.

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On the driver boards, data flows in from the left out to the next section on the right.

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The source files can be downloaded from:

15inch-LCD-Clock-Source.zip

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3 Inch Tall 7-segment Clock