John Blankenship
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An Epiphone Wildkat with "Rickenbacker" Vintage Toaster Pickups
Putting Rickenbacker Vintage Toaster Pickups (copies) in an Epiphone Wildkat creates a very affordable, very playable, beautiful guitar that sounds very much like a Rickenbacker. I have many other pickup mods in my book. Here is a link to the book on Amazon so you can read reviews etc.
www.amazon.com/dp/B09J7KD949
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New Book on Guitar Pickup Mods
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My newest book (Expanding Your Guitar's Tones with Pickup Mods: From Easy and Conventional to Innovative and Exotic) is available on Amazon through this link: www.amazon.com/dp/B09J7KD949
Changing Guitar Pickups can be Easy and Rewarding
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This video provides information on why various guitar pickups produce different sounds and how you can use new pickups and alternative wiring configurations to get unique and exotic tones. Full details on these topics are explored in my book (Expanding Your Guitar's Tones with Pickup Mods: From Easy and Conventional to Innovative and Exotic) which is available on Amazon through this link: www.a...
Aufero Laser 1 and LaserGRBL for those NEW to engraving.
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If you are totally new to engraving this could be the video for you. I am a novice myself and found that most videos on engraving tend to show WHAT can be done with very few details on HOW to make things happen. My goal is to take some of the mystery out of the process by exploring an inexpensive system coupled with free software. I am not trying to make you an expert on engraving, but hopefull...
TimeKettle Voice Translator
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Have you ever needed a translator when traveling in another country? Or maybe you've wanted to learn some basic phrases in another language. If so, then the TimeKettle Zero Translator may be for you. You can find out more about it from: www.timekettle.co/ You can download the manual for it from: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0090/3797/1519/files/ZERO_User_Manual_25a4d269-0766-443b-8d8e-0b8dc2937bad...
A self-balancing hobby robot.
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This robot is featured in Servo Magazine in a series of articles (2019-2020) on Experimenting with Walking Robots. The robot self-balances using sensors and walks on level ground as well as up and down slopes. It is programmed with RobotBASIC (free from RobotBASIC.org).
EZ walker
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This is a robot made from EZ-robot parts and controlled by RobotBASIC It does NOT use frame animation, but rather a series of subroutines that shortens a leg, moves the body forward, positions the tail, etc. This is the beginning of a project that will develop a robot that can walk on hills and uneven terrain. To read more about this robot watch for an article in a 2019 issue of Servo (the prem...
Robot Arm Manipulates Cards
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The DOBOT Magician robotic arm uses two IR sensors to find cards, rotate them to proper alignment, and stack them neatly in a pile. The software is described in an article in Servo Magazine and is written in RobotBASIC, a FREE language available from RobotBASIC.org. Subscribe to SERVO if you like projects like this.
Robot Arm Performs Magic Trick
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The DOBOT Magician robotic arm lives up to its name and does a magic trick. Any deck of cards can be used, any one can shuffle the deck, and anyone can move the cards as requested by the robot arm.
Arlo: The Robot You've Always Wanted, Part 2: The Arms
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The first Arlo video showed many of his capabilities - this one shows his arms manipulating pill bottles. Arlo's arms are from EZ-robot.com. A new book, "Arlo: The Robot You've Always Wanted" explains how to build your own Arlo. It is available from RobotBASIC.org or Amazon.com after May1st, 2015.
Arlo: The Robot You've Always Wanted
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Arlo is a robot you can build and program. He has far more sensors than almost any other robot. For example, he has 8 sensors in his hands, 6 real and 10 virtual perimeter sensors around his base, a compass, a beacon detector, a sensor for battery monitoring, 3 cameras, and a turret with both IR and Ultrasonic rangers. He is featured in a 4-part series in Servo Magazine (starting Jan 2015). Far...
NO-LIFT Kayak CAR Transporter
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Long kayaks are often transported on top of a car a method that required lifting and manipulation that my wife and I were unable to achieve. We needed a simple and inexpensive solution. My final transporter design cost only $20 and took less than a day to build. It is the easiest way you will ever find to transport your kayak easier than a kayak trailer, easier than a rooftop carrier, even easi...
Easiest Way to Build a RROS-based Robot
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The RobotBASIC RROS (RobotBASIC Robot Operating System) is the easiest way to build a full featured robot with a WIDE VARIETY OF SENSORS. This demo shows the components that make up such a robot and explains how a program developed with the RobotBASIC robot simulator can be used to control a real robot. This means schools do not have to buy dozens of robots. EVERY STUDENT (and teacher) can have...
The EASIEST way to build a REAL robot.
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A new chip programmed with the RobotBASIC Robot Operating System makes it EASY to build and program a robot NO MATTER what motors and sensors you want to use. Several robots are shown. All were used as prototypes during the development phase of the RROS. You can download a FREE PDF copy of the User's Manual from RobotBASIC.com (the RROS TAB). While you are there, download a FREE copy of RobotBA...
Omni Wheeled Lego Robot
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A free Library routine allows RobotBASIC to control this robot that uses Omni Wheels. This robot was featured in an article in the Dec 2011 issue of Servo Magazine. If you have ever wanted to experiment with Omni Wheels, this video is for you. Visit www.RobotBASIC.com for more information and your free copy of RobotBASIC
Hardware Interfacing and Control Over The Internet
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Hardware Interfacing and Control Over The Internet
Controlling The Arduino Over The Internet
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Controlling The Arduino Over The Internet
Part 1: A RobotBASIC Hardware Interfacing Protocol (with Parallax's Propeller)
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Part 1: A RobotBASIC Hardware Interfacing Protocol (with Parallax's Propeller)
Part 2: A RobotBASIC Hardware Interfacing Protocol (with Parallax's Propeller)
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Part 2: A RobotBASIC Hardware Interfacing Protocol (with Parallax's Propeller)
Part 3: A RobotBASIC Hardware Interfacing Protocol (with Parallax's Propeller)
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Part 3: A RobotBASIC Hardware Interfacing Protocol (with Parallax's Propeller)
EASY Lego Programming with RobotBASIC
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EASY Lego Programming with RobotBASIC
Controlling Arduino Processes with RobotBASIC
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Controlling Arduino Processes with RobotBASIC
CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: An Introduction
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CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: An Introduction
CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 1
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CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 1
CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 2
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CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 2
CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 3
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CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 3
CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 4
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CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 4
CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 5
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CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 5
CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 6
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CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 6
CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 7
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CSTEM RobotBASIC Training: Lesson 7