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Printing Bitbeams

Posted on January 11, 2013 by hugs

It’s been a busy few months in Bitbeam land. For lots of reasons, I’m now the proud owner of a Lulzbot AO-101 3D Printer. I ordered it on Tuesday, received it today, and I’m already printing beams. Here’s a quick peak at the results! I used the “B… Continue reading →

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Smoke Tests for Bitbeambot

Posted on August 29, 2012 by hugs

Some tests to verify that bitbeambot is working well — mechanically, electronically, and software-ly. Continue reading →

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Bitbeambot – The Complete Kit

Posted on August 25, 2012 by hugs

I’m finally getting around to cleaning up and documenting the Bitbeambot. I just posted detailed assembly instructions to Flickr. Key technical improvements:* Upgraded to brand new Hitec HS-311 standard servos* Upgraded the servo mount point – it … Continue reading →

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Open Hardware Summit: Bitbeam Talk Proposal

Posted on June 1, 2012 by hugs

I just barely got the talk proposal in on time for the Open Hardware Summit coming up in September. Here’s an excerpt from what I submitted. Wish me luck! What you intend to talk about: Bitbeam is a LEGO Technic-compatible building technology. Bit… Continue reading →

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Arduino mounting plate

Posted on March 17, 2012 by hugs

A common problem when playing with Arduino is deciding how to secure the circuit board to the rest of your project. Use this laser cuttable mounting plate to attach an Arduino to your LEGO Technic or Bitbeam creations. You can check out the OpenSC… Continue reading →

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Bitbeam Robots Invade PyCon!

Posted on March 16, 2012 by hugs

Here’s the video of the talk I gave at PyCon 2012 about my Angry Birds playing robot. Sorry for all the “ums”. I’m really going to try to remove those from my vocabulary. Here’s a some good advice on how to remove “ums” from your speech. Continue reading →

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Who Has Two Thumbs and Made O’Reilly’s Radar?

Posted on December 23, 2011 by hugs

Okay, that tweet will probably be on my Top 10 Awesome Moments of 2011 list. But let’s back up for a second. How’d we get here? On October 2nd, I presented my Angry Birds playing robot at the Jenkins User Conference in San Francisco. You can watch… Continue reading →

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bitPad – Open Source iPad Stand

Posted on November 23, 2011 by hugs

bitPad is an inexpensive and easy to build iPad stand made with Bitbeam. Although it’s very simple, it shows you some of the fun things you can do with Bitbeam. Here are the parts you need: 3 27U Bitbeam beams 2 13U Bitbeam beams 6 1-inch long 10-… Continue reading →

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Angry Bots

Posted on October 3, 2011 by hugs

My robot plays Angry Birds. Does yours? I created this robot for my “Extreme Testing with Selenium and Jenkins” talk at the Jenkins User Conference, on October 2, 2011. Oh, and it looks like Bitbeambot is now #1 on the Robots That Play Angry Birds… Continue reading →

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Bitbeambot

Posted on September 29, 2011 by hugs

Ta-done! (Almost.) My bitbeam-based CNC machine (aka “bitbeambot”) is now mechanics-complete. The physical structure is done, and now it’s time to focus on the electronics and software. The galactic premiere and live demo of the bitbeambot playing… Continue reading →

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