Author Archives: Harjit Singh

Using a skillet for soldering?

Experimenting with other ways to solder parts.

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ZVI Soldering parts

After soldering the CPU, I found it didn’t work…

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ZVI making a bracket video

Video of making a bracket for Zeetah VI by Pierre.

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ZVI Brackets

Pierre was debating whether to make the brackets and separate axles or make them out of one block.

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Zeetah VI PCB assembly

After the PCB order had been submitted I created the BOM and ordered the parts from Mouser for delivery a couple of days before the PCB. I tried hard to reduce the number of different parts. One big change from … Continue reading

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Zeetah VI Mechanical and Electrical design

I missed discussing a couple of items in the last post: How are we going to attach the motor/axle brackets to the board and how do we handle the gap between the hub/gear and the bracket. Our original thought was … Continue reading

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Zeetah VI SW and Mechanical design

The problem I now face is the same one that Peter ran into between Decimus 1 and 2 of how to share the code base. When I started ZV, I started from the ZIV code base and that forced me … Continue reading

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Starting the design of Zeetah VI

Design of a four wheel micromouse – Zeetah VI.

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APEC 2011 contest

At seven PM, Dave opened the envelope with the maze from Gerardo Molina and like a typical Gerardo design, it was a challenging maze. Gerardo’s mazes have long straightways and they always get my mice.

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Preparations for APEC 2011

Historically, it seems preparation for a contest really starts the month before the contest and APEC 2011 was no different.

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