Dead tired and sleepy but just a quick update post on project status.
mChumby
mChumby is temporary halt as I tried to figure out why I’m not getting battery voltage over the DLC-2 connector, probably a fuse blown. Time to dig up the Mazda manual.
MFC2
MFC has been decommissioned and the stationary trays are serving quite well holding components, nothing is wasted and everything is recycled.
The WL-520GU will be used again in MFC2 along with the batteries and camera. The relay board is being sold and replaced with a dual motor controller from Dimension Engineering called the Sabretooth 2×5. Very easy to interface to via Serial (with Pot, R/C control as options) and very fair ($2.50) shipping to Ausralia! The bilge pumps will be used again, but this time not as the crappy pumps they are. The motors taken out of their casing and impellers ripped off. Waiting for a pair of custom 3D modelled propeller prints to come from Shapeways or some tests.
S100
Boat should come along nicely… similarly waiting for some custom 3D propellers to come from Shapeways as its almost darn impossible to buy such small props anywhere. Also printed a couple of shalf couplers, wonder how they’ll turn out.
To do list
- Iris with PETG and acryllic
- Propeller hat cufflings
- Android sonar app
- Visit Santa Claus
- More lasercut stuff 🙂