Author Archives: Peter Harrison

LiPo charger and serial interface combined

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Peter Harrison

Travelling to contests is great. Except for the bits and pieces that you need to lug around. For several years I have used a smart charger for my LiPo batteries. It is a fine charger but bulky. Along with its … Continue reading →

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2014 All America Micromouse Competition

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Peter Harrison

On Sunday May 4th 2014, the University of California, Los Angeles will be hosting the 2nd Annual All America Micromouse Competition. The venue is the UCLA campus at Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles. Entry is free and there are cash prizes … Continue reading →

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APEC 2014

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Peter Harrison

In a first for me, the APEC 2014 micromouse contest returned to a previous venue. This year we were back at the Fort Worth Convention Centre, Fort Worth, Texas. Since my last visit, I discovered a number of interesting things … Continue reading →

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Minos 2014

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Peter Harrison

Minos 2014 will soon be upon us. This year, we have a change of venue. Minos will be run with the support of Birmingham City University at Millennium Point in Birmingham on April 26th and April 27th. Only the place … Continue reading →

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A Simple Micromouse Design for Middle and High School Students as Well as Hobbyists

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Peter Harrison

For years Michael Backus taught students to build and program LEGO robots at the Alaska Summer Research Academy. He eventually began taking students on field trips to look at Steven Kibler’s micromouse. As a computer engineering student, Steven explained that … Continue reading →

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ARM Cortex Guide updated with Cortex M4

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Peter Harrison

Joseph Yiu has updated The Definitive Guide to ARM Cortex-M3 and Cortex-M4 Processors to includes details about the M4, including the floating point operations available. With more than 12 years experience with ARM processors, FPGAs and System on a chip … Continue reading →

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Build a mini ST-LINK/V2 programmer/debugger for the STM32

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Peter Harrison

I enjoy working with the STM32 processors. They are easy to use, powerful and cheap and there are lots of options for developing code. One minor annoyance is the question of a programmer. Incoming search terms:st link v2 schematic (3)stm32 … Continue reading →

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All Japan Micromouse 2013 Results and Prize Lists Published

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Peter Harrison

The New Technology Foundation organises the All Japan Micromouse Tournament. They have now published the results and prizewinners list for the 34th event held at the Nagareyama Continuing Education Center Venue in 2013. Results: http://www.ntf.or.jp/mouse/micromouse2013/mm2013result01.html Prizes: http://www.ntf.or.jp/mouse/micromouse2013/mm2013prize01.html Thanks again to all … Continue reading →

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Micromouse uses a camera to solve maze

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Peter Harrison

The 2013 All Japan Micromouse Contest saw what I believe was a world first. That is – a micromouse used a camera to look at the entire maze, map all the walls and then perform a speed run straight to … Continue reading →

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All Japan Micromouse Contest 2013

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Peter Harrison

The 34th All Japan Micromouse Contest was held at Nagareyama City Lifelong Learning Centre on November 23rd and 24th 2013. This was my fifth visit to this event – arguably the World Championships for the micromouse contest. Incoming search terms:all … Continue reading →

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