About: I am an electronics engineer who got involved in robot building soon after my son and daughter started entering Botball competitions at their school. Our whole family is deeply involved with science and education. I have always had an interest in science and making things. Robotics is an ideal way of blending science,programming, construction and electronics in a way that is both challenging and rewarding. Artbots are a way to extend these constructions without limits.
Robots: The Sherman Family's Robots and Artbots
Meet this father-son duo's fantastic creations, including Slither, Fireflies in a Jar, a magnetic pendulum artbot, I-PICbugs, Emotion Al, and Sensitive Plant.
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Joule Thief Artbots
--BatteryBotA popular circuit for electronic hobbyist...
Windsonics Album
--I have received a lot of great response to my windharp music. I put together a group of my latest work at Soundclicks. Just go to http://www.soundc...
Wind Harp for Maker Faire 08
--I completed my second Wind Harp. This one will be shown at Maker Faire in San Mateo California (Bill's Artbots, thats me!). Strings for the instru...
Don't Buy Hampton Bay Solar Lights!
--I bought two boxes of 4 each Hampton Bay #498-959 Solar Garden Lights at Home Depot. After about two years operation, the translucent plastic housi...
Electronic Candle
--Build yourself a electronic candle that is safe from fire. I found a great program to load in a 12f675 PIC microcontroller from a website named Mo...
Wind Harp on SHOUTcast
--I stopped using windows media encoder to broadcast my wind harp. I'm now using Shoutcast. You can go to the website and get the latest copy of sho...
Wind Harp Live!
--Its not too difficult to add live audio to your own web page. You will need to get Windows Media Encoder, a free program found here. To broadcast ...
Simpler Solar Powered Preamp
--Usually the best solution is the simplest solution. I'm using a LM386 now for the preamp in my Wind Harp. The LM386 has low power needs and has go...
Improved Preamp for Wind Harp
--I did some changes to the wind harp preamp, some of which Acme Fixer (see previous blog) suggested. Moving the preamp at the harp also reduced a l...
Preamp for Wind Harp
--I built a preamp circuit for use with the wind harp. The amplifier uses a J-fet transistor to connect to a magnetic pickup without loading down the...
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You can hear my new windharp that I will show at Makers faire 08 at: http://home.comcast.net/~bo...
