Welcome and Links

Welcome to the Burnt Couch Blog!
(get off the couch before I set it on fire, you lazy...)

 (my first attempt at a dual-channel 556 based PWM generator w/ MOSFET drivers)

This space is intended to be a DIY support haven for aspiring maker/hacker/mad scientists; I encourage all participants and commentators to contribute their own resource discoveries, code, wiring diagrams, and project documentation.

This 'Welcome' page is publicly viewable, but PLEASE send an request to burntcouch@gmail.com if you want to comment or contribute.

I (Z Smith) will slowly begin adding my own projects here as I figger this place out, but in the mean time....comment and muck around and try to break stuff, a little....

But...in the meantime here are some nice links for your edification:

Adafruit Learning System -- best place for Pi stuff, and some other goodies too
RPi Tutorial Easy GPIO Hardware & Software - eLinux.org -- embedded Linux
Raspberry Pi web server - GPIO -- and good reference on the Pi GPIO port
H-Bridge Theory & Practice -- Chuck's Robotics Notebook -- A absolutely great H-bridge reference, with a power-Darlington transistor design that is ‘short-safe’ and includes inductive braking!
Robotics Universe - Build Your Own Robot - Free Tutorials, Fun Projects, and More -- home site of Gordon McComb’s Robot Bonanza books
Chuck's Robotics Notebook -- other good stuff from Chuck and the Palo Alto robot guys
Robot Books.com - Robot Kits, Robotics, and Toy Robots
Arduino - Home -- download the compiler/simulator, lots of tutorials, the forums etc.
Robotics & DIY>Robot Parts
Make: | DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers -- Make Magazine
Purchase info - Free Charge Controller wiki -- The Free Charge Controller project, for solar/wind/exotic 12V battery power systems.
Seeed Studio -- another great DIY place
555 and 556 Timer Circuits
DPRG Dallas Personal Robotics Group
555 Timer Circuits
Electronics in Meccano -- Erector Set automation