Chris Kiick posted about swarm robotics earlier in the week and today publishes his first Hack-A-Day How-To. Old computer mice are being abandoned in droves. They’re tossed out because of dirt, ...

NOTE: The pcb has been ordered, but not tested yet. Simple standalone mouse-wheel encoder pcb, including a noise filter, but incredibly, no LED. Designed to be VIK-friendly, and fits ALPS and TTC (and ...

A magnetic wheel encoder prototype for an RC car, using two SS49E linear Hall effect sensors and an Arduino Uno. This is part of a larger RC car autonomy project where wheel odometry feeds into closed ...