Regular Meeting Minutes
August 2, 2008, 10:30AM
1. Welcome
2. Presentation
- Pololu 3pi Robot Demonstration - Movie from pololu.com
Jim Remington brought a 3pi robot to show the club
3. Show and Tell
Pololu 3pi Robot
Demonstration - Jim Remington brought a 3pi to show the group
Pololu 3pi Website - http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/975
1. Larry Ossowski brought a recently built Dorkboard and reported on the 3rd Arduino Cult Induction given by DorkbotPDX
The Dorkboard is an Arduino compatible controller design by Donald Delmar Davis of PARTS
2. Dan Strother brought the first PCB fro his new Brushless Motor Driver (www.danstrother.com)
Includes both RS-422 and CAN interface
Used Sparkfun batch PCB to have the PCB fabricated
Used Eagle 5 to layout the Board
3. Another Member brought two Prototype PCB from NASA Mars Rover Project
4. Warren brought a Box of Stuff form some new project
A Graymark Copycat Robot
Two EBay Finds: Parallax Toddler & Parallax SumoBot
Radio Shack Mattracks
5. Don Davis discussed his Benito7G programmer - Used with the Dorkboard
DORKBOARD Sales
PARTS Arduino Cult Induction - September Meeting
Watch the Parts Yahoo Group and PARTS Website for further details.
6. Ryan Smythe talked about his recent trip to Spokane and his visit to a the toy robot museum
http://www.robothut.robotnut.com/