QEMU emulating Rasbian OS & running Minecraft-pi

This post is a run-down of my efforts to run minecraft-pi in an emulator of Raspbian OS in Windows 10. While I was able to run Raspbian OS in both Virtual Box and QEMU, emulator limitations prevent minecraft-pi from running because Raspbian needs to use the raspberry pi GPU and the emulators do not provide . . . → Read More: QEMU emulating Rasbian OS & running Minecraft-pi

Understanding RC Lipo Batteries

lipo battery expoded view

When it comes batteries for electronics, there’s a lot to know to keep your battery running in tip top condition. The guys over at RC Helicopter Fun put together a nice write up on Lipo batteries. It can be found here: http://www.rchelicopterfun.com/rc-lipo-batteries.html

They even have a link to a youtube video of a battery on . . . → Read More: Understanding RC Lipo Batteries

2011 Robogames Videos!!

Finally, got around to uploading all the videos I took from Robogames 2011. Our robot is Xnabia, a one pound wedge and we had a lot of fun at Robogames 2011.

The videos are mostly of 1 pound robots and a couple of 3 pound robots. I’ve listed the Xnabia videos first.

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RoboGames 2010

Yeah, yeah, I’m posting this over a year late, but wanted to get the pix and results up from RoboGames 2010!!

Xnabia won first place in the 1lb combat class!! Woot! Here are the 2010 RoboGames Results!

Various Pix!

Hana Driving Xnabia in Ant Queen Contest