i dont have enough time at the moment to do proper Solidworks video walkthroughs so i thought id at least give you a copy of some of my more basic work for anyone who is currently studying solidworks, the archive ive uploaded contains the solidworks models and assemply for a 2 wheel grinder. Its not the best work ive done so dont take it as being perfect.
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Solidworks-GrinderExample (2)hey all, im still pretty swamped with uni so i cant really post much, my holidays are coming in about 2 or 3 weeks time and then i will go all out on this site.
I recently picked myself up logic analyser so im gonna put up my findings on the sony faceplate for my media centre project, im also planning to do some video tutorials in solidworks as well as finish my nixie clock project, if i have time ill try to get some solidworks models built for my nerf sentry, the most difficult part of the project is getting the gun to aim upward, i dont want the gun to sweep from left to right, it should be able to aim and fire at the target at any point and should be completely autonomous. Anyway More on all this soon.
Im currently swamped with work, so there wont be much for at least another week, but there is some fun stuff in the works and will be posted soon.
Hey all, i just decided to release the source code to my old uni software dev projects, you can download the source or binarys below, Enjoy
NOTE: to compile this code you will require the swingame pascal Librarys and a copy of FreePascal installed on your system, you can download swingame from this link SWINGAME DOWNLOAD and you can download Free Pascal from their website FREE Pascal
NOTE 2: This is not the Best Code in the World, Do not Base Your Code structure On Mine.
Well i contacted apple and they had no intention of replacing my charger so i had to fork out $120 for a new one (i decided to pull apart the old charger to check for damage, you can see the pictures below, it burnt out at the exact location the other charger did from the previous post), i plugged in the new charger to my laptop and it started like normal, i left it charging for about 3 hours came back and the laptop wasnt sitting flat on my desk, didnt think much of it at the time just thought the chassis was bent, i unplugged the laptop and it instantly shut off, so i checked the battery, it had expanded. i closely examined the battery and noticed the seals had come apart and it had expanded in the center, i rang apple hoping they would replace it, No luck there so i opened her up. You can view photos of the damage to the charger and battery below.
As you may have noticed this site has been down for about 2 weeks, this was due to dodgy account transfers on the hosts side, after 2 weeks of contact with the host i can finally say that the site is fully operational and nothing is missing.
A new project has started for me, ive been waiting quite a while to do this. I have an old sony HD set top box that just died on me i thought it would be great to convert it to a media center. The model number is DST-HD500, in my oppinion and the oppinion of most other owners of this model, i can definetly say its the worst product Sony have ever made. This set top box is lacking in the most basic of features, when it was working it would occasionally lock up, randomly shut down, randomly lose all audio output, randomly lose its channel 7 programming and occasionally not get any signal at all. Now that it has died i can put it to good use as a media centre. Although the system was horrible the case is actually quite nice and has alot of room inside, Perfect for a mini-itx. On top of that it has a beautiful 9 character display behind the mirrored plastic front as well as polished silver buttons for power, menu, Up, Down, left, right and OK.
Ive inspected the internals of the face plate to find an atmega at89s52 you can find the datasheet HERE, Theres another chip that i am yet to work out its purpose that has the model number 62c5jfm, once i trace the paths going to and from that chip i will work out its purpose. What im hoping is that i can interface with the atmega via serial and pass commands that will write information to the display as well as give me button states, if im successful i should be able to write some simple scripts to display currently playing music and videos from XBMC as well as control the system using the button presses. If im unsuccessful in controlling the atmega i will try to either reprogram it with my own custom firmware allowing me access via serial or replace the chip with an identical model which isnt locked and write my own code from there, if im still unsuccessful i will design my own circuit to control the lcd and buttons separatly from the atmega thats onboard.
Anywho, there are some pics of the internals of the dst-hd500 below. as progress on this project continues i will provide documentation and source code.
Hey you wont believe it, but out-of-the-blue my mac charger decides to blow up. I was charging my laptop and had it on my lap when i heard a loud POP sound and the power in the hotel room went out, I flipped the safety switch back on and noticed my macbook pro wasnt charging, THE CHARGER HAD BLOWN, i could smell the smoke coming from it. I would open the charger up and show pics of the damage but i know that apple will replace the charger free of charge provided i dont open it (dont really want to spend $100 on a new charger rather let apple provide it). If you want to see the damage it would have caused, you can see images below from a person who experienced the same problem.
IMAGES GATHERED FROM http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?t=103741
Well my trip is drawing to an end and therefor time for me to start working on this blog.
As you can tell from my previous blog post i have been on holidays for almost 2 months, ive traveled from north to south of Italy and taken a ton of photos. Some of the photos ive taken have been turned into panoramas, ive also taken a few to experiment with HDR but ill talk more on that in another post. These panoramas are made up or multiple 14.2mp images taken using the Sony a350 DSLR.
Below are the links so you can preview or download the full resolution images.
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Capri Panorama 1 – 7384 × 2044px – 9 Photos – 8MB
Capri Panorama 2 – 5795 × 3133px – 6 Photos – 15MB
Capri Panorama 3 – 6096 × 1723px – 5 Photos – 10MB
Capri Panorama 4 – 6161 × 2517px – 9 Photos – 13MB
Capri Panorama 5 – 7095 × 2374px – 8 Photos – 14MB
Leaning Tower Of Pisa Panorama – 2952 × 6772px – 5 Photos – 8MB
Villa San Giovanni Panorama 1 – 6534 × 1620px – 11 Photos – 6MB
Villa San Giovanni Panorama 2 – 7289 × 1867px – 6 Photos – 11MB
Villa San Giovanni Panorama 3 – 4588 × 2536px – 11 Photos – 9MB
Villa San Giovanni Panorama 4 – 7025 × 1379px – 9 Photos – 5MB
Vatican, St Peters Square Panorama – 9193 × 1226px – 13 Photos – 9MB
There will be a slow down in posts over the next month or so. Im currently in italy touring the place, i have a few posts stored in my drafts folder that ive been planning to put up so expect those to appear soon.
