The fact that D-link sends 200Mbps Ethernet over power line always amuse me. Data over power line is mainly used to realize automated home control system without installation of additional control wire. INSTEON and X10 are examples that utilize power line to build home automation network.
Because AC power hot wire is often carrying a sine [...]

Posted on Sep 28, 2007, tagged Robotics X10, [permalink]

I started to get into microchip programming recently. At the beginning of the quarter, I ordered some samples from microchip.com, including some PIC12Fxx and PIC16Fxx. They have a really good deal for students like myself. I wanted to play with microchip for a long time. But it is always hard and scary to start something [...]

Posted on Sep 22, 2007, tagged Assembly Microcontroller PIC Robotics, [permalink]

What is it?
Project roboerc is originally named as erc which stands for Extensible Robot Core.
I was working on erc version 1.x last year. The project started with the idea of coordinating all sensors on robot Amos which my club, MDRC, built at the beginning of fall quarter in 2006. Then it became a modular system [...]

Posted on Sep 19, 2007, tagged C/C++ erc JAUS MDRC roboerc, [permalink]