Updated 09/04/2009 |
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Updated 09/04/2009 |
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Links
Purpose: Establish a bookmark list of links for ROV Hobby Sites, forum pages, and material sources General Vendors Jameco - Electronics McMaster-Carr - General Hardware TowerHobbies - R/C components DigiKey - Electronics components SparkFun - Robotics components: MCUs, various Parallax - Robotics components: sensors, MCUs, kits, and home of the BOE-bot Lynxmotion - Various kits, crawlers, and higher end BASIC STAMP based robotics RadioShack - Electronics components Marlin P. Jones & Assoc, Inc - power supplies, electronic components, boxes, etc. Amazon.com - electronics of various kinds, measurement equipment, cables, connectors, etc. Home Depot - warehouse of do-it-yourself hardware Modern Device - Bare Bones Board Arduino MCU manufacturer Studica.com - SolidWorks CAD Software Distributor among other products
Propeller Vendors / Discussions of Interest rcgroups forum conversation on building / buying RC boat propellers TowerHobbies Dumas propeller list TowerHobbies candidate small propeller shaft
YouTube Videos Parallax Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ParallaxInc SPIN Sailing Robot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNIdgshJFOs&feature=channel_page
Other Vendors of Interest: HobbyEngineering - Robotics components various Pololu - kits and components ROV Hobbyists Building BOB - amateur hobbyist Roulette's ROV - amateur hobbyist SeaPerch Online Manual from MIT Steve's Homebuilt ROV's Site & Pile of Useful Links
Aircraft DIY Drones - includes UAVs, member designed autopilots and more Hovercraft Favorites Reference Materials Getting Started with Arduino - Arduino Programming Arduino Microcontroller Construction on a Breadboard - ATMEL MCU Parallax Forum discussion with templates for GUI comm protocols - VB Programming Society of Robots - Member tutorials and forum discussions Sensor Robotics Primer - tutorials for various sensor activities Westcoastwords - "Build Your Own Underwater Robot And Other Wet Projects Book"
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Links to Projects: About the Author: An astronautics engineer, the author is interested in studying artificial intelligence and more specifically the intelligent agents created to accomplish specific tasks. The goal of his projects are to build a robotics test bed for experimentation and discussion amongst peers. |
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Copyright 2009, Justin S. McFarland. All Rights Reserved. Last Updated 09/04/2009 |
