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Re: Arduino Geoff Hannis #65876 13/09/13 11:41 AM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 601 south yorkshire biomedbill Philosopher
biomedbill Philosopher Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 601 south yorkshire	Proto-PIC a good source of bits for all sorts of projects, AND medcial equipment repairs. Managed to save the NHS about £700 by getting parts from them instead of the manufacturers. A certain model of Mobile X-Ray machine uses pressure sensitive resistors in the handle mechanism to control the speed & direction of the machine. The replacement assembly cost about £350 per side. THe PSR's from Relchron cose about £5 each, 4 required for complete set. Might have to revisit the "gouge" post

Re: Arduino biomedbill #65877 13/09/13 12:58 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 14,757 Likes: 70 the path less trodden Geoff Hannis OP Super Hero
OP Geoff Hannis Super Hero Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 14,757 Likes: 70 the path less trodden	Good Man, Bill ... that's the spirit! BTW you might be interested to hear that I got an email from the folk at RelChron thanking me for my earlier link to their site. If you don't inspect ... don't expect.

Re: Arduino Geoff Hannis #65886 18/09/13 4:37 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 141 Out in the sticks Jonathan Wells Expert
Jonathan Wells Expert Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 141 Out in the sticks	I bought myself an Arduino Uno starter kit from Rapid a few weeks ago and find it very easy to use. Look on it as a breadboard-ready microcontroller system and I have found it useful to test the LCDs that I took off scrapped medical gear years ago.

Re: Arduino Jonathan Wells #65887 18/09/13 6:23 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 14,757 Likes: 70 the path less trodden Geoff Hannis OP Super Hero
OP Geoff Hannis Super Hero Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 14,757 Likes: 70 the path less trodden	It's been a while since we heard from you, Jonathan ... hope you've been doing OK. Be sure to keep us informed about your projects. At this stage I should probably "come clean" and declare that I haven't got hold of any of the aforementioned proto-boards* yet (to be honest, I just don't seem to have the time to fiddle about with stuff like this these days). But - for the time being at least - remain an "interested observer". * I've still got a (traditional) breadboard in one of my toolkits, though. And probably actually used it once or twice [in ten years]! LOL If you don't inspect ... don't expect.

Re: Arduino Geoff Hannis #65893 19/09/13 9:37 AM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 601 south yorkshire biomedbill Philosopher
biomedbill Philosopher Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 601 south yorkshire	A bit of advice when using old breadboards, clean the contacts! I've had all sorts of problems in the past caused by high resitance in the contacts. Last edited by biomedbill; 19/09/13 9:38 AM.

Re: Arduino biomedbill #65900 20/09/13 11:23 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 14,757 Likes: 70 the path less trodden Geoff Hannis OP Super Hero
OP Geoff Hannis Super Hero Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 14,757 Likes: 70 the path less trodden	Not to mention the bread crumbs! If you don't inspect ... don't expect.

Re: Arduino biomedbill #65916 21/09/13 11:17 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 14,757 Likes: 70 the path less trodden Geoff Hannis OP Super Hero
OP Geoff Hannis Super Hero Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 14,757 Likes: 70 the path less trodden	As many will be aware, there is plenty of stuff about proto-boarding on the web; but for a quick look (and a way of keeping tabs on what's going on) - why not check-out the guy who wrote the book!

Re: Arduino Geoff Hannis #65933 23/09/13 2:31 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 601 south yorkshire biomedbill Philosopher
biomedbill Philosopher Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 601 south yorkshire	Why do foreign names sound so much more interesting than their English counterparts? The Arduino "Duemilanove" actually means 2009! Giuseppe Verde sounds much more exotic than Joe Green! Fiat Cinquecento or Fiat 500?

Re: Arduino biomedbill #65934 23/09/13 3:22 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 14,757 Likes: 70 the path less trodden Geoff Hannis OP Super Hero
OP Geoff Hannis Super Hero Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 14,757 Likes: 70 the path less trodden	Why the Austin Allegro, the Ford Fiesta, the Capri, the Vauxhall Corsa ... or even the Morris Ital (remember those)? OK, some of those are (were) made overseas. Hey, how could I forget the Cortina, or the Sierra? (Mondeo?) ... the list is almost endless! What was wrong with "13/60 Mk II"? LOL How come Melvyn Bragg was gushing over the accent of his Italian guest following the recent episode of "In Our Time", rather than remarking on how clued-up the lady was? You've been in the Middle East, Bill ... how many farang go for dusky Asian maidens? Opposites attract? Human nature? The mystique? You tell me. Who knows ... even "Mr.Bill" might sound exotic to ears from afar. Eh, hombre?

Re: Arduino Geoff Hannis #65935 24/09/13 9:17 AM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 601 south yorkshire biomedbill Philosopher
biomedbill Philosopher Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 601 south yorkshire	Doubt it, it was hard enough to get them to say Bill instead of Pill.

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