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Any device with electrical circuits.

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Formatting an SD card for Panda Board ES

It's possible that your problem is not the filesystem format (although you should probably using Linux EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 instead of MS-DOS/FAT). Is the bootloader installed properly? Here are some pos …
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Can you have a career in robotics if you hate mechanics?

Working in robotics doesn't mean that you must understand (or enjoy) all the relevant disciplines. It simply means that you must understand that you are one part of a team that produces a robotic sys …
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My Raspberry Pi is losing power in a surge

It sounds like you're experiencing a "brown out" caused when the excessive current draw from the battery causes a drop in the supply voltage. This is due to the fact that batteries have internal resi …
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Single power source for electronics and actuators

There are a variety of reasons to separate the motor power from the "hotel load", including: Reducing the number of wires running between high-power and low-power electronics Redundancy (your homing … However, there's nothing fancy about doing it all from one battery: use a DC-DC converter to get the voltage you need for your electronics, and watch out for ground faults. …
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Robots without microcontrolers (beam robots). Are they technologically limited?

But compare the ease of development by changing a few lines of code to testing and rewiring a system like the Hawk Missile autopilot: Analog electronics aren't incapable, they're just (in these sorts …
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