Nat's NestIn order to get the PUMA robots working I need to be able to control their bushed DC motors, but have not been satisfied with any of the off the shelf motor drivers. Servo drives for brushed DC motors seem surprisingly hard to come by. And those that exist are either more expensive than I […]
With my HP 2910al-48g switch working again, I was faced with the need to update to the newest firmware to get the new web interface that replaces the old Java based interface. HP has since removed the latest firmware from their site, but I was able to find a download for it, as well as […]
A couple years ago I purchased a pair of old Unimation PUMA 500 robot arms from a university surplus auction. Originally built in the early 80’s I believe they are still very capable 6 degree of freedom robots. They came not working and without full controllers, and have sat untouched on a pallet in the […]