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<span style="font-size: 12px;">D\u2019oh, someone revoke my geek creds already! Now who made the key combo for Send so easy to hit?</span>
</div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">Here\u2019s the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72yxQF3xQD8">video</a>, and</span><span style="font-size: 12px;"> the latest <a href="http://www.brodyradford.com/MKI/">user guide and some high-res pictures</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">Oh yeah, and BrainBoard is open-source hardware. </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">And while it\u2019s based on Arduino it\u2019s just an Atmel AVR micro so you can use WinAVR / AVR-GCC or Atmel Studio, and decide between using the USB bootloader or an ISP programmer. It\u2019s flexible.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">We\u2019ve done a few quick projects like the Bluetooth robot that we\u2019ll be publishing to the product page (along with the hardware source) soon so check back, or email me for ideas/help/hints etc.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">Right, I think that\u2019s all... Back to working on those expansion modules. We should have 10-DOF, Bluetooth, IR, and microSD turning up in a couple of weeks if the PCB fab does their bit.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">Cheers</span></div><div><div><br></div><div>Brody</div><div><br></div></div>
<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Thursday, 28 November 2013 at 11:18 am, Brody Radford wrote:</p>
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<div>Hi robot people</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">I have some early Christmas prezzies for you all. I\u2019ve been working on a nifty <a href="http://www.mindkits.co.nz/store/kits/the-mindkits-brainboard">robot control board</a> with Tim from MindKits, and after a few late nights pulling everything together and getting the production run done in time for Christmas we now have some up for grabs!</span></div>
<div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">We designed it to get you started building a robot or <insert project> in a few minutes without needing too much else, so if you can think of a good project idea to put it to use reply back to me with a short description (1-2 paragraphs) and we\u2019ll pick the winners on Monday, then post you a board (post also free).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">In return winners just need to send us a 1-2 page project writeup (with photos, good for padding!) or 1-2 minute video that we can put on our site to show off your project + our board, within two weeks of receiving it. If you haven\u2019t found time to do it in two weeks then you just post it back to us or buy it, so there\u2019s no risk to you.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">Here\u2019s a quick video showing a project I did in about an hour with BrainBoard + Android + Bluetooth to give you an idea where to start. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">I used the free Bluetooth RC Controller app from the Play store which reads the phone\u2019s accelerometer / tilt sensor and sends commands over Bluetooth to the Bluetooth adapter and control board. Onboard motor drivers power the robot directly, so I just had to plug in the motors and program it.</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Brody</div><div><br></div></div>
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