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[DPRG] How did RBNO go last night?
Subject: [DPRG] How did RBNO go last night?
From: DeltaGraph at aol.com
DeltaGraph at aol.com
Date: Wed Jun 25 11:49:42 CDT 2008
Kip/All,
I don't think we took any Money, beyond a few dollars to under pay Steve and
Glenn for cookie contributions.
One oscilloscope was dead, other was marginal and was running no-bid on ebay
for like $10-$20.
We pitched the dead scope -- only because it was very low end. The working
scope has max sweep rate of like 100 KHz or something so pretty poor..
Heathkit Hero Robot has real value.
One faction wants to keep it. Another wants to part out on ebay $$$.
I say keep it for a year keeping in mind it will always be a source a
fascination for new members.
If we create a robot showcase. Then of course Hero would have a prominent
place.
Ed, Eric S.,Doug and Scott had the Hero talking before I left last night.
RoboMower looks interesting also. Might be good candidate for club outdoor
robot.
Might want to look into light-weight alternate battery source --- or maybe
ship that robot
to ebay??
There were a few items in Eric's Yundt's collection that were duplicated in
sufficient quantities to warrant placement on ebay including rolls of heat
shrink tubing and circuit breakers.
Most of the motors were garden variety steppers and small low-cost toy DC
motors. No DC geared / ungeared that would have $10-$20 value.
We did keep a bin full of motors.
We still have the bear LED panel -- no drivers --- and some other misc
stuff.
Steve was delighted with old news letters and records. I agree that, and
possibly having Heath-Kit robot add value to the club.
My original position was sell the Heath-Kit robot, but in all truth robots
like that, TankBot, and the 6 legged walking robot from Parallax that Brian
Clough added the ARM controller to, add real value to the club and should be
displayed in a showcase -- where they can be powered up and demoed for
visitors.
Speaking of that we need to contact Brian to see if he is not actively
working on the 6 legged walker, to bring it up to the club.
Brian? You reading this post?
Ron Grant
DPRG President
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