Nate Hopper
[ 4/3/23 - 4/6/23 ] Completed project!
Big news for this week. First off, the update for the Robotic Arm Project Post has been completed and can be found here! I'm very proud...
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Nate Hopper
- Mar 31
- 1 min
[ 3/27/23 - 3/31/23 ] Slow Week, Little Progress
I'm honestly disappointed at my own lack of progress this week. I'd hoped to have a completed light box, but issues with wiring continue...
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Nate Hopper
- Mar 23
- 2 min
[ 3/20/23 - 3/24/23 ] Circuit Board Complete
Starting off the week, I wrapped up some code for the robotic arm. The aim was to make sure that the OLED Screen would work, and that the...
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Nate Hopper
- Mar 17
- 1 min
[ 3/13/23 - 3/17/23 ] Shifting Gears
So on Tuesday we sent off the robot arms PCB to get manufactured, and I'm shifting gears to redo an old project of mine. This circuit...
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Nate Hopper
- Mar 9
- 2 min
[ 3/6/23 - 3/10/23 ] - Circuit Board Week 2
It continues, and my god, has it been a long week. Starting off, the electronic schematic was revamped to make it more readable and...
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Nate Hopper
- Mar 3
- 1 min
[ 2/27/23 - 3/3/23 ] Circuit Board Week
This week I wrapped up the multi command code and begun work on the circuit board for my robot arm. This nightmare of nets and components...
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Nate Hopper
- Feb 10
- 1 min
[ 2/6/23 - 2/10/23 ] Coding and Cleaning
I've mostly spent this week working on code, as I did last week. The code I worked on is that of my robot arm in correlation with use of...
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Nate Hopper
- Jan 27
- 1 min
[ 1/23/23 - 1/27/23 ] PCBs and Schematics
This week I worked on a pcb for my robotic arm, so I can eventually move away from breadboards. I worked to compile the pieces of the...
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Nate Hopper
- Jan 20
- 1 min
[ 1/16/23 - 1/20/23 ] Massive post.
I apologize for the shortness and brevity of this post, however I put serious effort into updating this site with a new project on the...
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Nate Hopper
- Jan 20
- 11 min
Project Post: Robotic Arm
Hello! Welcome to the comprehensive post for my Robotic Arm! This post will detail the parts of the robotic arm, the code used to make it...
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Nate Hopper
- Jan 12
- 1 min
[ 1/9/23 - 1/13/23 ] I did it!
For the longest time, I've been wanting to switch from the Serial Monitor in Arduino to a screen which is not web based. Insert my...
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Nate Hopper
- Jan 5
- 1 min
[ 1/3/22 - 1/6/22 ] Rework, Rewind, Restart
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I officially came back from break this Tuesday, (sorry for the lack of Holiday Blog Post, but if you wanna know, I made...
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Nate Hopper
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
[ 12/12/22 - 12/16/22 ] Encoders are mean.
Okay, they're just encoders and they can't be mean, they're non-sentient machinery. However I still dislike them. That's right, if the...
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Nate Hopper
- Dec 8, 2022
- 1 min
[ 12/5/22 - 12/9/22 ] - Major Progress!
I've made so much good progress this week, especially in making the keypad work. Behold! The selection interface! Lemme walk you through...
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Nate Hopper
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
[ 10/28/22 - 12/2/22 ] It's very cold.
Lots of progress has been made. I've rewired pretty much everything that needed to be rewired. Along with that, I've made an interface in...
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Nate Hopper
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
[ 11/14/22 - 11/18/22 ] Wires and Havoc
Apologies, but this will be formatted differently than previous posts, as I will be actively updating this blog during the week. [...
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Nate Hopper
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
[ 11/7/22 - 11/10/22 ] - Short Week, Little Progress
We had only 3 days to work this week due to Tuesday being Election Day, and Friday being Veteran's Day. Unfortunately, that wasn't the...
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Nate Hopper
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
[ 10/31/22 - 11/4/22 ] Code and Encoders
I'm starting to think encoders were designed to test my patience. Every time I make something work, something else breaks or stops...
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Nate Hopper
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
[ 10/24/22 - 10/28/22 ] - Encoders and Gifts
Hello! Another week done, and I'm still melting my brain over these encoders! I've become Dr. Frankenstein, because I'm stitching two...
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![[10/17/22 - 10/21/22] Keypad](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6146f1_e2bd11e913594934878dbe011db41477~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/6146f1_e2bd11e913594934878dbe011db41477~mv2.png)
Nate Hopper
- Oct 21, 2022
- 1 min
[10/17/22 - 10/21/22] Keypad
Hello, sorry for the short post, but I got the keypad working, along with the fact that I have written code for the arm and uploaded it...
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