Markov Chains

May 09, 2024

I dug this up from an older version of my website, where I experimented with Markov chains—an old ancestor to current machine learning.

DRIVING A DC MOTOR WITH RASPBERRY PI AND DUAL H BRIDGE L298N

Apr 30, 2024

The curiosity rover I am building requires the use of larger than usual motors. This means I can’t use small 1-inch motors that you find in most RC cars. This also means that the power requirements for each motor is far more than a motor shield can handle.

A SIMPLE PI CAR WITH WEB INTERFACE

Apr 30, 2024

I decided to build my oldest daughter a small car that she could control via an iPad or computer. The concept was simple: find a SBC that I could program to run a webserver and control the robot. In the past I’ve used Arduino for this type of project. The time I decided to check out Raspberry Pi.

SIMPLE PI CAR – SETTING UP HTTP SERVER

Apr 30, 2024

There is a ton of information out there about how to install an HTTP server on a linux box. For the sake of ease let it be known that this is one of many options. We’re going to be installing an NGINX server with PHP

CURIOSITY ROVER GARAGE BUILD

Apr 30, 2024

I thought it would be fun to build a rover for myself. Naturally there are significant limitations on what I have the time and resources to build, so it will have to be a bit smaller.

SIMPLE PI CAR – MAKING A WEBSITE

Apr 30, 2024

Interacting with robots–or whatever you’re building using Pi–is probably the primary reason you’re using a Pi over other SBMC‘s. The intention of this article is to walk-through setting up a single-page application that will display some information about your Pi, and then execute commands for you.