Thursday, April 21, 2005

Terms & Acronyms Doc

Created a Terms and Acronyms file so I can keep track of terms like "Rockler Bearing," "R&J Dome," etc.
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

uh.. Terms and Acronyms doc? Could you post that? Im kinda new and have been looking for such a thing.

hforbess AT Gmail Dot Com

3:47 PM
Victor Franco said...

Hi Harry,

I just e-mailed the document to you. If anyone else wants it, just post a comment here and I should be notified by e-mail (as of this writing, 5/10/06 at least, who knows what will change in the years ahead?).


It's a funny thing, being in the R2 Builder's Club. After a few months, you start to learn all these terms and stop writing them down(!). So my list kind of fizzled out after a while, but let me know if there are some terms that are still unfamiliar.

Good luck,
Victor Franco

7:06 PM
Anonymous said...

could I also get the Terms and Acronyms doc? It's been almost 4 years since this posting but I would like to build my (first) R2 unit.

nicknguyen101@gmail.com

8:47 AM
Victor Franco said...

Sent.

Unfortunately, I stopped updating the document shortly after starting it, so it has very few entries. The good news is, once someone has been a member of the club for a few months, all the terms and acronyms become part of their vocabulary.

8:59 AM
Chris said...

You should check out the Droid Wiki @ astromech.net

There's a parts terminology page that may help.

http://astromech.net/droidwiki/index.php?title=Terminology

3:35 PM
Brian said...

Hi Victor- I'm a new member of the R2 Builders Club and I found your blog online. I've been using your blog as a how to get started guild. I was hoping you could e-mail me the Terms & Acronyms Doc. I'm sure with time it will become a second language but for right now I need help.

Thank you

Brian

5:45 PM
Victor Franco said...

I didn't keep the document updated for very long, as I found that I learned the terminology very quickly. Here are the document's contents.

-Victor

R2 terms and acronyms:


In no particular order:


JAG: Jerry A. Green, http://r2.robotbuilders.net/tutorials/JerryGreen/R&JDomeFinishing/, http://www.r2-r9.com/index.html

J&B Weld: Two-tube cold weld you can buy at Home Depot: http://jbweld.net/products/jbweld.php
R&J Dome: Ron and Jason Superdomes http://www.astromech.net/Lists/Part%20Listings/hosted_parts/barclay/dome.htm  Double-layer domes with laser cuts for punching out holes
Rockler Bearing: Probably this thing:  http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product_details.cfm?offerings_id=2272&filter=bearing

FET: Field Effect Transistor (see http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_3/chpt_5/1.html and others on the web)

Satellite Motor: http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=search&item=DCM-178&type=store: A motor to control satellite dish orientation, sometimes used for R2's shoulder hubs for 2-3-2 operation.

Saturn Motor: Motor for Saturn windshield wipers, commonly used for powering R2's locomotion and dome movement. http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=DCM-171

PCB1: a four motor speed controller...that can be controlled by RC
PCB2: PCB2 allows PCB1 and other speed controllers to be controlled by a laptop; also provides i/o and software for pc allowing a customizable interactive r2.
T&J Frame: Tom (Van Voorhis) and Jerry (Greene) frame, aluminum frame for R2.
A&A Frame: Andy (Schwartz) and Alex (Kung) PVC Frame. Another frame for R2.

PIC Flasher: Programmable Integrated Circuit flasher kit for blinking LEDs in R2's head. http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/ligh/ck1007.htm

10:05 PM

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