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A crummy little servo tester and other minutia
The little servo tester Well, I needed a way to test all of these servos I got from EBay and I decided to spend a little time making a quick and dirty little board for doing that. It uses a … Continue reading
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Tagged diy, FAT, File Allocation table, pic12f683, RC servo, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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One last kick at the can, Viscometer Style!
Well, since funding for the viscometer has fallen through for various, understandable reasons, I have decided to take one last kick at the can before I shift my focus on to other ventures. The last kick at the can? Two … Continue reading
Working on new viscometer head
Well, I’ve been designing some new stuff since having a little wind of inspiration. This head weighs in at about 700g and provisions have been made to allow an attachment to a handle and therefore a hand-held version could be … Continue reading
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Tagged engineering, sensor, Stormer, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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Getting closer to final completion
A long road behind and still some ahead, here are some pic of the viscometer in its state of completion. Now to implement the ModBUS protocol and finish up this project.
Posted in Electronics, Programming, Work
Tagged diy, diy viscometer, process viscometer, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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In-Process Stormer Viscometer – Damn near complete
The viscometer is nearing full completion! YAY! To mark this occasion to mark the end of a long two years, I am placing a small gallery of the almost finished product. The only thing missing is the outside cover which … Continue reading
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Tagged completed, diy, diy viscometer, paddles, pic18f4685, pictures, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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Yay! They work!
Well, I got the power board and control boards done. They both work flawlessly. YAY! The peripherals seem to work too.
Spring Stormer Viscometer, proceeding, the board works.
Well, I recently recieved my boards back from ap circuits in Calgary and I’m pleased with the result. I kind of fucked up by ordering 4 of the same board and not 2 of the control board and 2 power … Continue reading
Programming, Drafting, Designing and whatever else…
Well, it’s been a busy few weeks since I left the business training program. Thankfully I have some work lined up and things may go well for the short-term. For the last while I was working on the design for … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Programming, Work
Tagged enclosure, fdm, mold design, plastic, viscometer, Work
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A brief post, school and business
Well, I’ve been at Microbusiness Training center for 5 weeks now and I’ve been working as well. Soon, Eight-M Technical Services will be operational and i’ll be working for myself. I’ve set up a new domain with my Dreamhost account. … Continue reading
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Tagged business, eight-m technical services, logo, microbusiness, rotary viscometer, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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Rotary Viscometer almost finished
Well, it’s been a long road but I’m almost at the finish line in terms of the majority of development. All of the parts are mostly made and I’ll begin programming very soon, most of which has been done already … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Programming, Work
Tagged phenolic base, rotary viscometer, rotational, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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3 point quadratic regression formula
While developing the in-process stormer viscometer, one of my goals is to allow the end user to calibrate the device with 3 fluids of known viscosity. With a bit of help from mathematica, I’ve found the formula and for whoever … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Miscellaneous, Work
Tagged 3 point, cubic, data set, freebasic, in-process, inverse, quadratic, regression, Stormer, viscometer
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Viscometer Project, coming along…
I thought I would have nothing to post but I do I guess. I’ve felt the need to really expedite this project now that I am starting a business. I have done a few of the mechanical things associated with … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Work
Tagged machining, mackaay, pcb, rotary viscometer, rotational viscometer, viscometer
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Rotational Viscometer design proceeding apace
It’s been a while since I’ve worked at full steam on the viscometer project. Though now a long way from it’s DIY roots I am making this new version from mostly Aluminum, Phenolic, Nylon and Low Density PolyEthylene. I had … Continue reading
Some motors for the viscometer.
Now I have to find some suitable DC gearmotors for the viscometer. here are some links, for reference, to some suitable gear motors. A 300 RPM one from batteryspace, a little small, good low cost though. A little pricier. This … Continue reading
Viscometer Ver.(Eleventy Billion Jillion) a la rotational
Well, this has a been a long few days of work. I have created the ideal rotary viscometer in both terms of price and repeatability. Now, this idea is nothing new but I’m simply happy that it works. I guess … Continue reading
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Tagged diy, electronics, pic18f2620, rotary viscometer, Stormer, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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Working on more viscometers
Now that I’m working on the viscometer, again, for Endura; I have come up with a few cheap ways of producing the needed results. They may work, they may not. Anyways, pictures and drawings are forthcoming.
Working on the new rotary viscometer
Been working on a new version of the rotary viscometer, after many design changes, the result is this. A rotary viscometer bridged with a rotary reaction strain gage. Guess it’ll work. Here are some pictures. I’d say a bit more … Continue reading
Kinda been in a creative funk…
For the last while I’ve been in a bit of a creative funk. Troubles at work and the the weather have made it difficult to concentrate on the things that I like. Anyways, perhaps while I have some time off … Continue reading
Complete 180, well, perhaps 90.
So, after doing a bunch of work on the rotary strain gage it’s been declared incorrect. Oh well. Here’s the new concept, although not my own idea, were going to rebuild the entire concept around the notion of a dynomometer. … Continue reading
Rotary Strain Gage update
Well, it’s been a little while since the last update, I suppose I should have stated something sooner. So far, the device seems to work but now I have mechanical problems. Friction on the top is preventing the load from … Continue reading
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Tagged rotary viscometer, Stormer, Stormer viscometer, strain, viscometer
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The Rotary Torque Sensor… continued
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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Tagged rotary viscometer, sensor, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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Been almost 2 years at Endura
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
Torque Coupling Update
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
Posted in Electronics, Work
Tagged ad7705, circuit, electrical, electronics, Stormer viscometer, viscometer, Work
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Creating a strain gage coupling
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
Posted in Electronics, Work
Tagged coupling, solidworks, Stormer viscometer, strain, strain gage, viscometer
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Graphing program and viscometer proceeding apace
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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Tagged freebasic, graph, graphing, program, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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