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All the parts have now arrived for my project! which is a …….

Saturday, May 25th, 2019

All the parts have now arrived for my project! which is a …….

Parts for my project

The parts and where I purchased them from are as follows:- (UK, US and China!)

Jetson Nano
Samsung 64GB 100MB/s (U3) MicroSD EVO Select Memory Card with Adapter (MB-ME64GA/AM)
DC Gearbox Motor TT Motor 200RPM Tire Wheel DC 3-6V for Arduino Smart Car 1:48 Male Connector (Pack of 2 Sets)
Motor Driver – DC Motor + Stepper FeatherWing Add-on For All Feather Boards
1″ Diameter Caster Ball (1 inch Diameter Solid Delrin Polyoxymethylene (POM) / Celcon Plastic Balls)
10,000mAh Power Bank Battery with two 5v/3A USB outputs – email me about this! (after discussions with the manufacturer Topstar, this battery is now available in the UK via Amazon UK and it fits)
USB cable pack Type A to Micro, right angle
PiOLED display – Adafruit PiOLED – 128×32 Monochrome OLED Add-on for Raspberry Pi
PiOLEDheader
3D Printed Chassis
3D Printed Camera Mount
3D Printed Caster based
3D Printed Caster shroud
Raspberry Pi Camera V2 Camera
Camera lens attachment 160-degree FoV
M2, Intel Wireless-AC 8265 Dual Band 2.4/5GHz WiFi card
WiFi antenna with U.FL connectors (Antenna Wi-Fi 3.3dBi Gain 2483.5MHz/5850MHz Film) (two)
Adafruit Skinny Wheel for TT DC Gearbox Motors [ADA3757] (two)
20 x Hexagonal M2 screws, 8mm self tapping.
4 x Hexagonal M3 bolt, 20mm long.
4 x Hexagonal M3 nut.
4 x 20cm jumper wires.
Adhesive Pads.
Hexagonal screwdrivers

to build a JETBOT

A Nvidia Jetson Jetbot (robot)

Tags: jetbot, jetson, Nvidia, Pi, project, Raspberry
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Teaching Baxter to play Connect 4!

Monday, March 12th, 2018

Teaching Baxter to play Connect 4 at work today!

We have two Baxter robots are work, Baxter is a Collaborative Robots for Industrial Automation by Rethink Robotics

Tags: Baxter, Rethink Robots
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Later that Snowy Day in February

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Tags: snow, yorkshire, yorkshire wolds
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A Snowy Day in February

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Tags: snow, yorkshire, yorkshire wolds
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To the Allotments and Back

Friday, February 2nd, 2018

A quick flight to the allotments and back…

Tags: allotments, DJI, drone
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Passed my DJI Knowledge Test – I’m safe to fly my drone!?

Friday, December 22nd, 2017

You may have read, or seen on the news The Government in July 2017, stated in the future Drones over 350 grams, need to be registered in the United Kingdom, by Pilots aged over 18 years of age, and some sort of training course and exam would be required for Pilots to pass, to fly drones as a Hobby!

Drones – are you flying yours safely? (and legally?)

Parliament issued an update in November 2017

DJI Drone World leader changed their Smartphone Application today, and before you could fly you needed to Pass their DJI Knowledge Test, which had 8 questions about flying drones in the UK, you only get four attempts to take the test, and I assume then if you do not pass, you cannot fly your drone!

DJI Knowledge Quiz

DJI Knowledge Quiz - Pass

Tags: DJI, DJI Drone, DJI Spark
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Jack Frost visited last night

Thursday, December 21st, 2017

This short 5 minute 1080P HD clip was recorded at 8.30am on the 19 December, it’s not snow on the roads, it’s just a hard frost. It’s at approximately 30 feet above the ground.

Watch as I miss a telephone line by inches, and also look out for Angus!

It gives me an idea of the road conditions before driving to work…as the first two miles of driving in rural Yorkshire can be very hazardous as the roads are NOT gritted!

I’ve had a cold for a week, so not been feeling well enough to concentrate whilst flying…

Tags: DJI Spark, drone, frost, yorkshire
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400ft 360 deg panoramic photograph above Meltonby

Saturday, December 2nd, 2017

So today, built up enough confidence to fly at 400 feet, which is The Drone code Be Drone Safe proposed rules for safe flying of drones maximum “safe” altitude.

What I didn’t expect was the the iPhone application to crash, leaving my drone at 400 feet! It sounds worse than it did, because I was able to restart the application, re-connect to the drone, and issue a return to home.

I could have brought it home using the remote controller, which connects to the drone, the Phone and App connect to the remote controller, and in the event, it loses contact with the remote control will issue a return to home!

So panic over!

I managed to solve the issue with the App, by removing the video cache, and later this afternoon, re-visited 400 feet to take this photograph.

400ft 360 deg panorama photograph above Meltonby

Click to enlarge!

Tags: DJI, DJI Spark, drone, photograph
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