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Cool weather now in Texas. I plan to pick up progress on the hull build. I have some time off here at the end of the year but I have been doing some CNC machining and have a big job for the HB2.

Just a little planking left on the Dauntless hull then comes the finish smoothing and the fiber-glassing. My Miapoxy is here!

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Shore Terminal

More Brains

I just made another investment in the hardware for the Remote Conning System (RCS). I sent a big order to Parallax for more computer goodies. Here is the list:

2-Axis Joystick 27800
4×4 Matrix Membrane Keypad 27899
Compass Module 3-Axis… Continue reading

Hot Props

Prop2

The Texas heat is killing me in the unconditioned shop. It is keeping me away from experimenting with the Xbee and the Parallax Propeller (computer). The inside temperature in the garage shop has been hovering at 100 degrees while the… Continue reading

Holy Micro Andy!

bs2-2

That’s what I was saying when I first examined the soldering work ahead of me. In the picture is the USB adapter board where I will have to mount one of the XBee modules. This is the one that will… Continue reading

The Fun Begins

I received the package from Parallax last night. It contains the XBee 802.15.4 Starter Kit. Sure is a small package of parts for the money. Ha, good things (hopefully) come in small packages.

This will provide the radio link between… Continue reading

Up Front, A Terminal Idea

Yesterday I got to thinking about what I need to do for the user computer interface on the shore side of the data link. A common terminal program and the debugger terminal (for the Parallax software) are all that is… Continue reading