Archive for April 10th, 2008

LCD Kit Arrived!

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Thursday, April 10th, 2008

A big huge thank you again to uC Hobby for sending me an LCD Kit! Now I can FINALLY use my LCD that I bought at a HAM radio thing. :D
I have a few problems with it… for instance, I don’t know what the pins on the right hand side are supposed to connect to. The 1-16 pins are pretty straightforward - but what on earth are those other ones for?!

Furthermore, I accidentally might have exploded the entire thing. I’m sleepy after school, so I reversed all the connections to 5V and Gnd. Ugh. The chip was so hot! I don’t think they’re designed to resist that amount of hotness. :( :( :( I hope I didn’t break it!

Here are some pictures

LCD Kit WOOT! LCD Kit on board LCD Kit as Art :)

I hope I can figure it out today :) It’s not broken until it’s broken! I still have faith.
Thank you uC Hobby!

Posted in: Programming, Projects, Robot.

Styrobots



    The story of my Styrobots begins with my acceptance into the Stanford EPGY Summer Institutes Artificial Intelligence program for 2008. In order to go there, I needed money! So, I came up with Styrobots.
    All of the money from Styrobots goes towards my Robotic Fund. This enables me to buy parts for the robots that I enjoy creating!
    I appreciate all help! :D

Robotic Fund

Housekeeping