Monthly Archives: July 2012

Nice writeup on other ways to power your Arduino

Posted on July 13, 2012 by robertwilkie

Well besides the big plug in front  🙂 http://www.instructables.com/id/Powering-Arduino-with-a-Battery/  

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I can’t make heads or tails out of Xerox Stock analysts

Posted on July 13, 2012 by robertwilkie

http://seekingalpha.com/article/717851-it-s-always-darkest-before-dawn-5-rock-bottom-buying-opportunities-under-10 Interesting article puts Xerox as a good buy, with a caveat of July 20th (earnings report).  But if you read the one below, its still kindof a buy, but not as good as this article says.

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Barclays Lowers Xerox

Posted on July 13, 2012 by robertwilkie

From 9 to 8 dollars. Funny thing is BMO says we should be at $10 (last week)…. http://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+Comments/Barclays+Cuts+Estimates+and+Price+Target+on+Xerox+(XRX)%3B+Mounting+Challenges+for+Printing+Sector/7577267.html

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Dust boot for CNC

Posted on July 12, 2012 by robertwilkie

Another instructable by the same author as below on a dust boot mask for your CNC. http://www.instructables.com/id/CNC-router-dust-boot/

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Simple Little Dust Collector

Posted on July 12, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting write-up on a simple and small dust collector.  I built myself a simple dust collector out of PVC and an old bucket to help get all the sand out of my sand filter (for my pool).  It works great … Continue reading →

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Make your own 9V battery plug

Posted on July 12, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting instructable about how to make your own 9 volt battery plug with wire and an old 9 volt battery.  My 2 cents, I would just by one at RadioShack for $2-3 dollars.  🙂 http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-9V-Battery-Clip/  

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Arduino can be your voltmeter

Posted on July 12, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting article about a little known bit about ardiuno’s …well the Amtel processor…can measure the input voltage. http://provideyourown.com/2012/secret-arduino-voltmeter-measure-battery-voltage/  

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Xerox buys out another company…this one a dataminer

Posted on July 12, 2012 by robertwilkie

From what I can dig up, it sounds like WDS is a datamining company (they try to get information on folks or things from “mining” the information from many sources). Of course most write-ups of the company paint a more … Continue reading →

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New Tool from Xerox

Posted on July 12, 2012 by robertwilkie

The article sounds like Xerox has this new cool tool for managing printers.…But only some trade Arabia website seems to have picked up the presss release… http://www.tradearabia.com/news/MEDIA_220278.html

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Energia, Arduino’s IDE for TI

Posted on July 12, 2012 by robertwilkie

Someone is very creative and ported Arduino’s IDE to TI’s MSP systems.  If this keeps moving forward, TI could give Arduino a run for its money (MSP board with chip is around $5). https://github.com/energia/Energia/wiki/Getting-Started

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