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Entries for October, 2009

Stepper motor inteligent driver and controller

Now, i’m sure that each one of you has some stepper motors laying around and wanted to test them at a given time but never had the time to build a driver or to buy one. I had the same problem until i decided that is the time to build that cnc machine that am [...]

jQuery popups wizard, web 2.0 ideea and usability

in this post, which i’ll try to keep it short i’ll explain something about web 2.0 concept and how to make pop ups wizards with jQuery, by popup wizards i understand a series a popup, pretty much like the wizards on your desktop when you install an application.
Web 2.0 is more about user experience and [...]

Greasemonkey, create a options panel using jQuery

Hi, this tutorial is also based on the mouse hunt script “facebook mousehunt improvements” created by me, and in this one i will explain how to create an options panel (only check boxes at this time) and save it.
Here is my final result with this script :
If you want to try this, remember to load [...]

My CNC machine, the beginnings, the X axis working

A while ago I started working on a CNC machine (milling machine or 3d plotter), something very simple, very cheap, something that can be built with the stuff you find at local stores, without using very expensive and complicated parts.
The frame of the machine is build from wood and use furniture rails as guides for [...]

Autoupdate on greasemonkey script, example from “mousehunt improvements” script.

As you can see on my previews post, i created a great mouse hunt script using grease monkey and jQuery, in this post i will explain how the update is done.
The idea behind this is, that the user will install the script and most probably will never go back and check if there is an [...]

GreaseMonkey, Jquery and the greatest mouse hunt script.

I started using mouse hunt a while ago… and really enjoy it, i loved when i got a new trap and i could buy more cheese, more traps… and craft more items, but as time passed along i got bored with that and I just wanted to catch as many mice as possible, and be [...]

Testing my stepper motor driver and software

this is a simple test for a driver for stepper motors it uses a l298 IC and runs great, i’ll post more details later.

and here is a unipolar motor controlled by the driver.

Also in this second video i use different sources for powering the circuit board and the power source for the motor.