Monthly Archives: November 2008

The Rotary Torque Sensor… continued

Posted on November 30, 2008 by smackaay

Well, so far, so good. That’s all I can say at the moment. The rotary gage is operational, though it hasn’t had brushes made for it and it seems to output a reasonable amount of voltage difference based on displacement. … Continue reading →

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Websites and registration, an opinion.

Posted on November 28, 2008 by smackaay

After a few years of looking on the web for various items, the trend towards mandatory registration on certain websites is becoming more and more prevalent. Now, I’m not talking about social networking sites or the really massive corporations, I’m … Continue reading →

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Been almost 2 years at Endura

Posted on November 25, 2008 by smackaay

Now that It’s coming up on two years at the place I work, I was looking through some of the drawings. I figured it’d be fun to post some of them. I’ll simply place a gallery here, click the images … Continue reading →

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Torque Coupling Update

Posted on November 24, 2008 by smackaay

This update is a little bigger than usual since I want keep the images and text as a sort of record of what I did for future reference. For the viscometer project, I’ve discovered that the motor is far too … Continue reading →

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Creating a strain gage coupling

Posted on November 20, 2008 by smackaay

So now I have to find some way of measuring the torque applied between the two shafts of the viscometer. Here’s my idea. What you can’t see is that I plan to manufacture it out of plastic, that way the … Continue reading →

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Graphing program and viscometer proceeding apace

Posted on November 19, 2008 by smackaay

Well, things are proceeding apace as far as the viscometer is concerned. Unfortunately, the motor is just too non-linear to serve as a useful measuring device. God I’m dumb! Anyways, my graph-it program is working ok now and producing some … Continue reading →

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A new Youtube video

Posted on November 16, 2008 by smackaay

Yes, I haven’t made a new youtube video in some time. Now the video I make is a redux of one I’ve made already, namely Doki Doki Panic. The reason I redid it was because the original wasn’t narrated. This … Continue reading →

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Viscometer and Graphing

Posted on November 14, 2008 by smackaay

Now that I’ve got the new board working, I’ve been programming all of the pertinant functions back into the chip. This time I’ve redesigned them to be a little more modular and useful in the long term. As was mentioned … Continue reading →

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Writing a new graphing program

Posted on November 12, 2008 by smackaay

Since I’m starting to take measurements based on time and value along with multiple data sets, I’ve decided that I need a new graphing program. This one will allow the use of multiple data sets and it will have save … Continue reading →

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New Viscometer Board

Posted on November 4, 2008 by smackaay

Well, my design finally came to fruition from AP Circuits and I can say I’m quite pleased with the results. The overall appearance of it is really nice, for me at least. Interestingly enough, I had some problems and made … Continue reading →

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Minolta MD, AF prime lens review

Posted on November 1, 2008 by smackaay

Well, after spending a bit of time collecting prime lenses, I’ve decide to give them a brief review of sorts. The only way that can be objectively done is with a photographic test. Not being one for planning things out, … Continue reading →

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