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It's alive!

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:17:42 GMT

Youtube video: Link
Delta robot project page: Link

BK-0010 FPGA Replica — БК-в-ФПГА

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:09:54 GMT

БК-0010 теперь можно запустить на плате Altera DE1. Весь код открыт, содержит изрядное количество Верилога, собственную реализацию микропроцессора, немного древнего Си и ассемблера PDP-11.

Проект хостится на Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/bk0010/.

Elektronika BK-0010 was a 16-bit PDP-11-instruction-set-compatible Soviet home computer manufactured in USSR from 1985 till early 1990-s. Despite its quirks it was immensely popular in its time. Now it is reimplemented in FPGA and can be played with on an Altera DE1 board. The project is entirely open-source, contains a fair share of Verilog (custom PDP-11 instruction set CPU included), some oldskool C and PDP-11 assembly.

Link — http://code.google.com/p/bk0010/.

Packshotnik creates 360-degree stop motion spinshots

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:16:27 GMT

Packshotnik creates stop-motion animated 360-degree spin shots of various objects. It consists of a rotary platform and a controller and requires a camera that can be controlled via IR or by wire.

Watch the video in the article or on youtube — Link

Packshotnik description Link

Delta Robot Analysis and Simulation

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:11:23 GMT

Analysis, analytical inverse kinematics solution of a delta robot, accompanied with a beautiful delta robot simulation that allows to play with a robot and lets you modify all imaginable parameters.

Delta Robot analysis and simulation - Link

Strobeshnik

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:10:06 GMT

Strobeshnik is a stroboscopic digital clock made from an old HDD.

Strobeshnik project writeup

A Nixie Clock in A

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:15:44 GMT

The incredibly compact IN-14 based nixie clock in a Marine Band harmonica case. It shares the same code as my previous clock, Satashnik. The circuit is mostly the same, except that it's changed for IN-14's and made to fit in the tight space of harmonica case.

Eagle stuff is here.
Source code: Harmoshnik updates follow the Satashnik tag. This time I've had a chip that needed some serious calibration for its RC oscillator, the code update is mostly about that.

Satashnik

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:15:15 GMT

The IN-2 Nixie Clock is complete. This is a very compact clock, too.

Project writeup

What's cooking...

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:14:42 GMT

New, multiplexed design with only one ИД1 and unique tunnel-vision ИН-2's.

And BTW, IN-2 footprint was updated in the library. If you started a design already, update before it's too late.

Link: [lbr] (click View Raw File to download the lbr)

Eagle CAD library with Russian Nixies

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:18:21 GMT

A library with Russian nixie tubes. This .lbr includes: IN-2, IN-8-2, IN-14, IN-17. Only IN-8-2 is verified by a working design so far.

Библиотека с индикаторами ИН-2, ИН-8-2, ИН-14, ИН-17. Пока только ИН-8-2 были проверены работающей схемой.

Link: [lbr] (click View Raw File to download the lbr)

Никсиклок «Паташник»

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:11:46 GMT

Часы на газоразрядных индикаторах ИН-8-2 «Паташник» с высокоточными часами реального времени DS3234.

"Patashnik" is a nixie clock with DS3234 RTC.

Patashnik