The Making of a Maker

The Python code that drives the 'Bot functions around a processing loop that has to do a number of routine interactions with the 'Bo...

My wife and I just bought a new house so I have been, and/or will be, a little distracted over the coming weeks.   That said I am still maki...

Earlier this year I had gotten frustrated with the ultra slow dispatching of my RPi from RS Components.   That and their great order status ...

Even with four corner IR obstacle detectors and the forward facing ultrasonic sensor there are still circumstances where the motors will be ...

Here are some of the latest pictures of the 'bot.   We are getting close to the final state now where I can, and need to, focus on the...

Another helpful Python module is "optparse" which provides a command line option parser.   It lets you define your command line op...

Python features a pretty cool (IMHO) logging feature that I am using for my project.  It allows you to log messages with varying levels of s...