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	<title>Outguessing the machine</title>
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		<title>Cubeternet 2MP UVC webcam teardown</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For my pick and place project, I picked up a pair of too-good-to-be-true webcams: the Cubeternet no-name UVC webcam. For this project, there is a lot to like: 2MP resolution (claimed, at least), built-in LED ring, cross-platform UVC interface, hand-adjustable focus and a legitimate glass (no polycarbonate) lens&#8230;for $16! Alas, my review of this cam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Image segmentation for PnP optical placement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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Quick &#8216;n dirty (but working!) image segmenter for randomly-strewn part identification. About 1 page worth of scripting takes an image of objects on background, determines which part is the background, determines the outside contour of each object and numbers each as a separate object. Now that it&#8217;s known where to look for one specific object, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pick &#8216;n Place Head</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I got some parts in and put together a preliminary placement head for my open-source pick &#8216;n place project. My requirements are that it be buildable with off-the-shelf parts (ideally same-source, to save on shipping) and no special equipment, allow +/-180 degree rotation while maintaining an undisturbed vacuum, and support interchanging of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toward an open-source Pick and Place machine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, there&#8217;s some really cool, empowering stuff going down these days with regard to manufacturing. Cartesian machines (i.e. CNC mills) are relatively simple to build from off-the-shelf parts; there are a bajillion people doing this and plenty of ready-made open-source designs available. More recently, hobbyists have gotten in on designing open-source rapid prototypers (3D printers); [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I quit, I win, final, no talkbalks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 01:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s like third grade all over again, except that I could theoretically have ice cream for breakfast if I wanted to.
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		<title>Windows 2000/XP Driver for (some) Veo Stingray and IBM PC Camera V5000 webcams</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: For Veo Stingray drivers, try these first. In case they disappear&#8230; Stingray 300V (Win98/ME/2000/XP) and Stingray 323V (Win2k/XP only). The one sold by AllElectronics uses the 323V driver.
I picked up an old &#8220;Veo Stingray&#8221; camera from surplus dealer AllElectronics. These things are pretty junk by modern standards (320&#215;240 resolution, unsightly rounded &#8220;looking through a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tubthumping (or, Sears/Kenmore washers are shit, do not buy them)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So there we are, minding our own business, when an angry demon springs to life in the basement. He is on a rampage, pounding against the walls with all his might, THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP BANG BANG BANG. We race downstairs. Turns out it is only the Sears Kenmore front-loading washing machine&#8217;s internals beating themselves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No, she cannot has cheezburger. Laser pointer, yes!</title>
		<link>http://tim.cexx.org/?p=688</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got a kitty last weekend. Like many new additions of the human kind, we hadn&#8217;t really planned on it*, but now we are in love with her.  Her name is Spirit (she comes pre-named).
She had no trouble settling into the new house, except for spooking out at the noise from the radiators at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banned from Google  (or, How I Became A Dirty Rotten Spammer)</title>
		<link>http://tim.cexx.org/?p=679</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, as of sometime within the last few weeks or so, I am a convicted Google Spammer! As you may guess from this tone, I have not actually done or considered any such thing. But as tends to happen when you take all humans out of the loop and put all faith in the smartness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My quickie guide for setting up mspgcc for ez430-cc2500</title>
		<link>http://tim.cexx.org/?p=674</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mostly for my own reference for the next time I have to set it up on a new machine, but may help others on their first time install. Valid as of Feb. or so this year.
Software &#8217;shopping&#8217; list (all free/OSS tools)
Set up the toolchain (mspgcc). There seem to be several important tools
missing from the mspgcc [...]]]></description>
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