a drop in the digital ocean: blog

Ratchet & Clank - 3D Printable Robot Kit

Way back in 2011 I built my first ever robot Sheldon. I always liked his overall look, so a while back (2012) decided...

The Wii Controller Interface Suite

Since its launch in 2006, the Nintendo Wii Console has continued to draw attention from the Assistive Technology (AT) development community...

Building a Calibrated Tilt Compensated Compass with the LSM303

The LSM303 Breakout is a nice little compass module that consists of a triple axis accelerometer and a triple axis magnetometer....

Playing with the ArduIMU+ V3

The ArduIMU V3 is an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) plus an Arduino compatible processor that can run Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) code...

The 3DR Power Distribution Board & Assembly

A Power Distribution Board (PDB) is a simple circuit board who’s function is to distribute the power from a battery to the four Electronic Speed Controllers (ESC’s)...

Project Penny – My First Quadcopter

Ever since I first saw a quad-copter a few years ago I wanted to have a go at building one. Slowly over the last year I have been collecting all the parts...

Project Leonard – Bar Clamp Chaos

Well this week I had some time off and was finally able to devote some overdue attention to some of my many on-going projects. First in line was my 3D printer build Leonard....

Kinect Robot Power Adapter

Those of you who have been following me via facebook would have seen that I have been toying around with the idea of utilising the power of the Kinect with my latest robot build, Koothrappali....

Interfacing a PSP or DS Touch Screen with Arduino

The following post demonstrates via an Arduino sketch the interface of either a PSP or DS Touch Screen with an Arduino Pro and/or Pro Mini....