Projects (On Hold)
NC-900 Thin Client
Bought a NC900 Thin Client X Terminal to experiment with. I recently got interested in thin clients and wish to hook one up to experiment with X Windows (primarily to communicate with Linux Servers).
I put this project on the back burner after attempting to get it to work a number of times. I got to the point were the device downloads its software using TFTP, but after that it just sits there dumb and happy. I think it might be trying to connect to an X-server, but I can't seem to find anything on how to get Debian Linux set up as an X-Server.
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LabVIEW / DI-94
Creating a VI to use the DI-194 Data Acquisition device with LabVIEW without buying the suggested RS-232 Handler. I got it to work but still have a few minor bugs to work out (and haven't gotten back to this project to finish it).
USB IO-24
Bought this device a number of years back, it is an IO device with 24 IO (based on the 8255) that connects to a USB port. Haven't done that much with it. I am thinking about using it to control a robot with my OLPC Laptop, but don't have time to really work on it right now, but I have collected some useful link.
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Robot Arm Rebuild #1
Purchased an old RS-2200 Robot Arm (Marcraft) off of Ebay. The gripper control cable was gone and the circuitry that runs it is shot. The main part of the project is to replace the old control circuitry so that I can use the robot in my "Intro to Microprocessors" class.
Since I got the ArmDroid (see ongoing projects) working, I have decided to abandon this project (I will probably use it for robot parts in the future).