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We did receive the board, and found that several LEDs had failed-- either not lighting up or lighting up, but somehow connecting two of the LED lines together. We swapped those out, and it seemed okay, but on letting it run a little longer, we've f…
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IIRC, the otherwise unused I/O pins are tristated at turn-on, and have floating values that can fluctuate, which is what you are seeing. To use one as an output, you'll need to set it to be an output first, and then set what value you want it to ha…
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Hi idreamincode, I suspect that you're asking about the Alpha Clock Five, not the Bulbdial. There's no obligation whatsoever to use it as a clock. You can feed serial data to the clock using a USB-TTL cable, or another Arduino, or use the availabl…
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It might be fair to say that the complexity comes not from any particular operation, but from the number of different ways to approach the problem. To me, it's much easier to program an AVR than to format an RPi, but each of us comes with different…
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The process of programming a new chip is, generally speaking, not for 3 year olds. You'll need a computer, a programmer, and a "target board" -- a board that provides a place to put the chip (that you're going to program) and provides connections…
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My best guess is that there's a damaged LED that's not acting like an LED. But yes, please contact our shop directly about returning it for examination and repair.
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Awesome, thanks!
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If it's sensitive to capacitance, it could be that there's an issue with the capacitors on the board-- in which case a small change in external capacitance could cause a large shift. Check to make sure that all of the caps are in the right places, …
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Yes, I've just downloaded a fresh copy and verified that it's the right one. If it is the right one, and it's installed correctly, you should see File > Examples > Time > Examples > TimeRTC
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That's odd; it definitely sounds like a bad connection or bad LED type of problem. You might consider putting it into the "manual" LED alignment mode, to see if you can leave just that one LED on for a while and observe its behavior as you tap on s…
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>I don't have TimeRTC. I do have TimeRTCLog and TimeRTCSet. Then, please install the correct version of the library-- the one available for download at the link that I gave you earlier, and is also listed in our documentation. DO NOT use the ve…
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I have seen my share of bulbdial oddities-- we've learned to help debug all of the different things that can go wrong --but I can't recall seeing anything that someone might describe as "flickering." Can you say a bit more about exactly what it is …
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Well, darn. I have tried this configuration here (exact, so far as I can tell), and did not have any trouble getting it to work. So at a minimum, I would expect that what you are trying to do *should* work. And that leaves two things left to go wr…
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One check you can do is to see if the Time example sketches will compile. File Menu > Examples> Time > TimeRTC See if that sketch will verify, or if you get the same set of errors.
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Use the version that is indicated in our documentation, available for download here: http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/Time The download (Time.zip) includes three different libraries. Move all three of them into your 'libraries' folder and restart…
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Yes, it looks like you do not have the (correct) time library installed. You haven't included the first few lines of the error list-- which are the ones that usually tell you what the "root" error was. But, if I remove the Time library (by commen…
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I can't tell much from the picture-- it's really small --but I can see that auto-reset override is not enabled. I cannot see which pins the capacitor is connected to.
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There's not a lot here that can go wrong. You *need* the reset override to be enabled, the capacitor in place, the chip oriented correctly in the ZIF socket and locked down, and power applied. If you've done all of that, and are sure that those por…
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One other thing: we recommend using the 0.1 uF capacitor (as currently included with the kit). If you use the 10 uF cap, you need to edit the programmer sketch to account for the longer time constant with that big capacitor. See also: http://w…
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I'm not immediately sure what the problem might be, but it certainly isn't R10; that resistor is only connected to the red ring of LEDs. * The blue LEDs are controlled through R1 - R6. So, it would take several independent problems-- very, very …
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The Ostrich Eggbot kit should have come with a more flexible hinge, and the engraver kit comes with a stiffer hinge. You can get additional stiffness by stacking hinges. The pen arm height is *very* adjustable, perhaps in some ways that you haven't …
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One thing that you might check: Is the device that you are trying to program exactly the same model as the one that you've selected? The Uno comes with an ATmega328P; make sure that your chip is actually an ATmega328P, and that the Bano selecti…
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Hi Michael,For a baseline, have you been able to use the ISP shield to burn the bootloader? -Windell
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We have had good luck engraving pyrex with the Ostrich Eggbot engraving tool-- a good example might be the Klein bottles that we wrote about recently. ( http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2013/eggbot-klein-bottle/ ) For each of those three adjustments…
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When setting up the Eggbot, you should definitely go through all three parts of the "Essential documentation" listed on the Wiki: http://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/The_Original_Egg-Bot_Kit Part 3 of the instructions walks through the process of mak…
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And, if you do need it, the complete EBB documentation (including LED signals) is available here: http://www.schmalzhaus.com/EBB/
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Hi Bob,I'm afraid that I don't understand the problem-- can you please explain what it is that you think you've missed? (In general, my advice would be to ignore the LEDs, and proceed right to the next step, of testing it out and adjusting the motor…
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Let me add a bit to what Dan has said (which is all quite correct). First, we use our laser in almost exactly the same way that you might use the Eggbot: We do all of our design work in Inkscape, and then open it up in Corel in order to use it as a …
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I am not sure exactly what the problem is, but it doesn't sound like a chip kind of problem. If some LEDs were lighting up initially, it's almost certain that it is not-- it's much more likely a power supply type of problem or an already weak conne…
