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This is the place for all of your information regarding Cunning Turtle and all of our projects that need explanation.

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About us

Products

• Radio Controlled Stepper
• Tiny Servo Driver

Projects

• Photobooth
• MegaClaw
• MiniClaw
• DAVE
• Companion Cube
• Thermoelectric Generator
• Energy Harvester (Buck-Boost)
• Marshmallow Shooting Gallery
• Confetti Cannons

Full Project List

Programmers Bay

• Microcontrollers
  • Arduino cheat sheet
  • How to burn the Bootloader
  • Using Attiny with Arduino
• Xbee
• Autoit
  • Autoit webcam
• Sketchup
  • Creating Gears in Sketchup
  • Creating Sketchup Videos
  • Converting sketchup to STL and DXF

• Misc

Mechanical Lab

• Workshop
  • Belt Sander
  • Drill Press
  • Band Saw
  • Hot Wire Cutter
  • DIY Aluminum Bender
• CNC Milling
  • Fireball V90
• 3D Printing
  • How to print an object

Electronics Station

• Soldering
  • Soldering 101
  • How to reflow
  • Soldering tools
• Circuits
  • How to wire a DPDT Switch to a Motor
  • Simple Relay Circuit
  • InfraRed Beam Break Detector
  • High Side Current Meter
  • Transconductance Amplifier
  • Stepper Motors
  • Multiple Buttons using one Analog Read
• Components
  • Misc
  • 555 Timer
  • 555 Timer Servo Circuit
  • A3982 Stepper Motor Driver
  • 74151 Multiplexer
  • DC-DC Converters
  • LM2576 5V Buck Regulator/BEC
  • MAX682 5V Charge Pump
  • MCP1700 3.3V LDO
  • Sensors
  • SS541 Hall Effect Sensor
  • Op Amps
    • LM324
    • LM358
  • Transistors
  • Common Transistors
  • Crystals Resonators Oscillators
  • X2Y Capacitors
• PCB Design Tools
  • LT Spice tool for simulating Circuits
  • Saturn PCB design toolkit
  • Altera Tool for designing Power Distribution Networks
  • How use the toner transfer method
  • PCB Test Pattern
  • Electronic Design Automation Tools
• Eagle CAD
  • Advanced Eagle Commands
  • How to manufacture your PCB
  • How to duplicate designs in eagle
  • How to generate sketchup from eagle using eagleUP
  • How to generate bitmaps in eagle
  • How to generate g code from eagle
  • How to make a symbol in Eagle Library

• Where to buy hardware
• Where to buy electronics
• Useful EE Sites

• Electrical References
  • Common DC Connectors
  • Wire Gauge
  • LEDs
  • Electronic Symbols

Reference Charts

• Monitor Mounting Hole Dimensions
• Types of Tape
• Types of Adhesive

Misc stuff

• How to use inkscape to vectorize a sketch
• Drawing Gears in inkscape
• How to Anodize Aluminum at Home
• How to Stain PVC using tetrahydrofuran
• Injection Molding at Home

Friends & sites we like

• AdaFruit DIY Electronic Kits and Resources
• HackaDay Mostly Electronics and Software Hacks
• Makezine Makers of all types
• LumberJocks Interested in carpentry, this is the site for you.
• CNCzone Huge community of CNC hobbiest and professionals
• AVRfreaks Community of AVR micro enthusiasts; attiny, atmega, etc
• Design Spark Home of the huge 3D design library and a PCB to SketchUp converter
• Fine Wood Working Expert Sketchup designer specializing in wood working

Features and Awards

MegaClaw 1.0

Makerfaire 2010 - Editors Choice

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

ASEE Student Presentation - 1st Place

JUNKies TV Show

FireBallers 9/1/2011 10pm Science Channel