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The Adjustable Lego Lamp with Counterweight System

Lego, a very renowned construction toys and private held company which is based in Billund, Denmark, is famous of its colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts. If you think that Lego is only the toys that suitable for elementary students, then you’re probably have to read [...]

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The Best Way to Build Your Own Servo Control Circuit

First of all, for those who didn’t own at least a television set or radio, please raise your hands up! Oh, it seems that everyone is living in the modern days (Thank goodness, no one here is living in prehistoric era).
Ok, if you’ve setup the HF antenna in the past few years ago, and you’re [...]

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The Motors and Microcontrollers 101 that We Should All Know!

Motors are the general components that we’re normally used in many industries, such as electronic, electrical, automobile, engineering and much more. Electric motors are the main key of converting electrical power into mechanical power.

Since the electric motors are simple and reliable machines, hence they can be found all over the place, in whatever shapes and [...]

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DIY Your Own Stepper Controller from Old and Recycled Materials!

You have a bunch of old unused electronic stuffs, which pill up inside the storeroom and you don’t know what to do about it? If you didn’t have the mood to organize a garage sale, maybe you can transform the old stuffs into a magnificent “Stepper Controller“!
Those parts that are needed for this project include:

A [...]

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The RC Servo Motor Controller: oServo Object!

For those that involving themselves in the RC servo motor industry, you must be fascinated with this oServo Object.
The oServo Object is a hardware object and it uses one digital I/O line to set the position of an RC servomotor. If you judge its ability through its appearance, then you must change your perception on [...]

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DIY The Powerful CNC Controller is Possible For Everyone!

Computer Numerical Control or it also well known as “CNC” is a computer controller, where it can be used to read G-code and M-code commands or drives a machine tool. It is a very powerful mechanical device that typically being used to fabricate components by the selective removal of material. The operating parameters of the [...]

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Use The USB interface to Control Stepping Motor!

Have you ever involved yourself with the Stepping motor before? For those of you that never have the opportunity, then you should try this project!
Since the stepper motors operate differently from normal DC motors, where it simply rotates when voltage is applied to their terminals. Hence, stepper motors are effectively having multiple “toothed” electromagnets that [...]

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