microcontrollers
BeagleConnect QuadESC Drives Four Brushless Motors at Once
BeagleBoard's QuadESC pairs a 200 MHz Cortex-M33 module with four motor drivers rated 40 A each. Here is what it means for student robot…
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DirectHop: A 1-Gram Robot That Jumps With a DC Motor
A gram-scale robot swaps its spring for a coreless DC motor, letting researchers dial the jump height with current instead of a fixed release.
diy projects
Self-Driving 1/48 Scale Train Runs on a Supercap and IR Sensors
A 1/48 scale locomotive packs a supercapacitor, boost converter, and IR receiver so it can stop, wait, and reverse on its own. Here's how…
diy projects
An ATmega Robot Arm That Serves Badminton Shuttlecocks
A Denso VS050 arm, a pneumatic grabber and two silicone-rimmed discs turn a solo badminton drill into a robotics build you can scale down.