Showing posts with label small. Show all posts
Showing posts with label small. Show all posts

Monday, March 16, 2020

Big Brain Small DIY Life Forms

Big Brain Small DIY Life Forms
The study is to develop small AI life forms for Big Brain experiments and for flights on SPACE1 Super Rockets

by Humanoido, Father of the Big Brain

Small life forms have many names and purposes. The idea is to sometimes shrink a human genetically to have the same abilities and senses but on a microscopic level.

Microscopic can mean several things - small under the optical microscope, nano size under the electron microscope, minuscule made for the magnifying glass, or just small and petite as in a few inches max height.

We will begin small and petite as these will be easier and lower cost to make. A list of basic functions are first required.
  • Small size
  • Communications
  • Vision
  • Feeling of vibration
  • Experience weightlessness
  • Memory
  • Standing ability
  • Optional movement
The small size must contain the shrunken hardware such as a tiny camera for vision, sensors to experience vibration, recording devices such as accelerometers to detect and measure velocity and the effects of gravity, and computer memory devices to remember experiences during the space flight. In the case of an Avatar, it must be linked to a modified human. Another good function is built in communications for wireless transmissions and to relay the experiences to ground control. For memory, the SD card will carry information that can be recorded during the flight and recalled later on the ground. Generally one eye will be enough for the life form, and added software can help create some senses. Tiny computers and very small SMTs are necessary, along with self contained power sources to last the duration of the missions. The species can stand or have the ability to move around with optional movements for legs, arms and/or upper torso.

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Brain Family

The first Brain in a Jar
BRAIN FAMILY
Viewing the genealogy of brains, one can see a trend of family. The family of brains includes at least 50 smaller brain siblings. The smaller brains are machines, built from micro-computing processor technology invented by Humanoido, and resulted from spin offs of the Big Brain and Supercomputers. The family is all machines except for Humanoido, the human father of the Big Brain.

There are 18 offspring brains.
Bantam Brain
Bit Brain
Baby Brain
Child Brain
Tiny Brain One TBO
Tiny Brain Two TB2
Tiny Brain Three TB3
Small Brain
Pint Size Brain
Brain Child
Morpher-8
Propeller Elf
Micron Propeller
MC Computer
Shrunken Computer SC
Propeller Cosmac Elf II

Ten additional smaller brains exist in the series of Brain in a Jar. These are listed in the Genealogy.
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/p/genealogy.html
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/search?q=mini+brain

Brown Jar Brain
2nd Jar Brain
Blue Jar Brain
Yellow Jar Brain
Aqua Marine Jar Brain
Jar'd Brain
Brain Cortex in a Jar
Mini Brain Cortex in a Jar
Dupe Cortex in a Jar
Half Gallon Brain in a Jar

There are 12 specific Children.
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/2012/01/8-children.html

Machine Birthing Process
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/2012/02/birthing-process.html

Big Brain Site
Big Brain Index 2
Big Brain Index 1
Big Brain Timeline
Big Brain Contributions
Space1 Site
Space1 Index

Space1 Timeline

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Robot Explorer Log 8 Wireless Camera

The complete wireless camera system for Robot Explorer produces the first color image in this setup test at the lab. The completed system will contain the battery supply, camera and transmitter on the robot carriage. The TV and receiver will locate at the base tracking station. The tracking station will include channels for picture and telemetry, along with a sound channel. As seen clockwise, the TV, camera, 1.2 GHz transmitter, battery pack and 1.2 GHz receiver.
A WIRELESS CAMERA SYSTEM
FOR ROBOT EXPLORER - Log 8

Robot Explorer is a new space robot designed under the Big Brain Initiative at Humanoido Labs, to explore new worlds at the outer fringes of the solar system.

One of the most important parts of the robotics system is the wireless camera. The camera will transmit live images from the surface of the planet or moon on its own channel and allow humans to watch as the robot explores a new world.

OVERVIEW
It took three months to design and gather all the parts necessary to build the wireless camera system for the Robot Explorer prototype. This system sends a TV color image by a 1.2 GHz frequency signal up to a long range base station, located up to 1,000 meters (.63 mile) in distance. The signal reaches the receiver, is decoded into the A/V NTSC composite 1V pp format and is fed to the TV's A/V input jack.

Specification page for the SONY CCD
WIRELESS CAMERA SYSTEM
The system consists of a miniature camera, camera image transmitter, camera and transmitter battery power pack, receiver and TV monitor. The TV monitor and receiver are located at the tracking station and the other parts remain within the robot. The modules are made in Taiwan. The units are prewired at the store by the store owner. It's apparent, the harness combines the battery plug with both transmitter and camera. The store owner wired the battery pack, which was purchased from another store, and provided the required power barrel end plug. Purchasing the system at the A/V store provided extra service, i.e. the entire system was wired, set up and tested. The other benefit, this is a take home system with no waiting for shipment for an unknown "working or not working" package that would require some assembly.

POSITIONING
The camera, battery pack, and transmitter are located on the robot. The receiver and TV are located at the tracking and telemetry station.

PURCHASING
The system was purchased locally at the A/V parts store. The owner provided service for putting the system together and testing it. He also wired the battery pack (purchased from another store), provided the power barrel jack, and tested it at no additional charge. Information is gathered from the store owner and a variety of sources.

MEASURING THE TRANSMITTER
The camera 1.2 GHz transmitter was measured with a frequency meter and actual respective channel frequencies were 1080, 1120, 1160 and 1200 Mhz.

COST IN NT$
$1,700 for the camera
$1,200 for the camera transmitter
$1,000 for the receiver
$2,500 for the TV monitor
$432.0 for batteries
$30.00 for the battery holder

Showing the battery pack, CCD camera with adjustable lens and the 1.2GHz transmitter. This is a custom made cable to join the camera and transmitter to a 12-volt battery power suppy.
CAMERA
Image Sensor ⅓” Sony Super HAD CCD (Sony SS11)
Horizontal Resolution 420 TV lines
Medium Resolution
S/N Ratio more than 48dB (AGC off)
Auto backlight compensation
3.6mm Adjustable lens
LUX (.5 LUX @ f/1.2) Color
Effective Pixels NTSC 512(H) x 492(V)
Power Supply DC 12V
Power Draw @ 110 mA
Video Out 1Vp-p  75 ohm
Operating Temperature -10 deg. C to +55
Storage Temp -30 C to +60
Dimension 35mm x 35mm (less swivel base)
Weight 240g
Model (IAS-35XT42) Taiwan
http://www.intex.com.tw/detail.php?PID=52


TRANSMITTER
Frequency 1.2 Ghz (1200 Mhz)
Channels 4 (increments of 40)
Output Power 700mW
Range (1000m line of sight)
Battery 12 volt
Weight
Dimensions


The receiver is part of the base station that feeds live video transmitted from the camera. It feeds the 1.2 GHz signal into a converter resulting in A/V NTSC composite video out. It has a choice of 4 channels using one slide switch. The AV signal can be recorded on a VCR or camcorder with AV input record capability.
RECEIVER
Receiver TR-1500
Power 12Vdc
4 channels
CH1 = 910MHz, CH2 = 980MHz, CH3 = 1010MHz, CH4 = 1040MHz
AV Video Out NTSC 1V pp composite
1.2GHz
Video input : RCA*1 composite video 1 Vp-p, 75Ω

Video output : RCA*1 composite video 1 Vp-p, 75Ω
Audio output : RCA*1
Antenna : Dipole
Operation Temperature : -5degree to 45 degree
Operation Humidity 5% TO 85%
Dimensions : 130mm*80mm*23 mm (without antenna)
Weight : 263 g
Consumption : 12VDC 350mA
Connection : White - Audio, Yellow - Video 

CAVEAT
Even if the cable looks good with shrink wrap covering the connection, it's likely the two wires were only twisted together and not soldered. If an intermittent open connection occurs, it will not be surprising. Just strip the tubing and wiring, add new tubing, solder it together and shrink the tubing.

LINKS
http://www.dronesvision.net/en/wireless-av/44-racewood-900mhz-wireless-av-receiver-vrx-for-fpv-wireless-cctv-cameras-green-label.html

http://www.goodluckbuy.com/cctv-900tr-1500-0-9ghz-a-v-mini-receiver-box-manual-4ch.html

http://www.rc-cam.com/forum/index.php?/topic/3672-comtech-tuner-module-upgrade/

Thursday, November 22, 2012

DIY Miniature Ukulele

Assembling a DIY guitar with ukulele conversion
BIG BRAIN SCIENCE
BUILD A MINIATURE DIY UKULELE FOR SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

This is the first installment to describe our DIY kit assembly of a very tiny miniature guitar that will be converted to a ukulele for Big Brain science. This tiny instrument fits in one hand and can supplement the larger Quantum Uke, potentially reproducing a larger range of upper octave scales.
Punch-out shapes on 4 balsa wood sheets
Photos are the best guide for assembly
This "made in Taiwan" kit is in half English and half Chinese languages. Instructions are on the box and include a very general overview which is not intended to supply any significant detail or useful information for assembly.

You'll need to refer to the photos and try fitting the pieces. This is where a complicated point arises. There are several pieces that do not fit.

The insertion tabs are over-sized so these need to be trimmed and sanded. The diagram shows the punch out parts found on the four balsa wood sheets.


This section was modified
The tiny photos (use a magnifying glass for viewing the details) may be the most helpful during assembly. The enlargements presented here may be helpful. Note, the guide for string the guitar strings was abandoned as this section was originally non-functional. White wood glue, like Elmers Wood Glue, is not included. We had the Chinese translated to English and again the wording was not useful for assembly - so don't be too concerned over this. Just follow the photos.

Use extra care in punching out the parts. If any sections are difficult to remove from the surrounding balsa wood sheet, remember to use a sharp tipped hobby Exacto knife. Note the section that was modified, to provide actual string tuning pegs. These are small screws fit into glued left over wood pieces. We also substituted taught rubber bands in place of the supplied thread.

Tiny guitar conversion does not need six strings
A Uke has 4 strings and a classical guitar has six. This instrument also works with one string fingered like a violin. Replace the thread with thinner, smaller taut rubber bands. Cost for this project is $6 for the kit, $1 for the glue, plus a Mass Railway Transit fee.

Material
Dimensions
Assembly
Purchase
Instructions
Modifications
Sources
Punching
Refinements
Stringing
Frets
Resonator Chamber
Tuning
Materials

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Dwarf Brain

DWARF PROPELLER BRAIN

Sometimes you can get more answers from a little brain with more power than you can possibly imagine. This small dwarfed brain was designed around the time of the brain stem, to supplement experimental brain experiments using Parallax Propeller chips. Now it has all new guts, enhancing it to a high level of power. See Specs.

This shows what you can do with seven Parallax Propeller chips. The small crystal controlled brain holds seven Parallax Propeller chips which think in Parallel. The Propeller machine is chip modified and holds 56 RISC computers known as Cogs and another 7,000 experimental parallel and threaded processors. This does not include additional processors added through the prop's internal hardware. Having over 7,000 computer processors on a small board opens up all new possibilities.

Specifications
Chip Type - Seven 32-Bit Parallax Propeller Chips
Memory
448K RAM/ROM (64K x 7)
32K EEPROM
Ports
224 I/O Ports
Speed
19,040 MIPS Relative Speed (7 x 2,720)*

Processors 
7,224 Total Computer Processors
7,000 VIP processors (Threaded + Deterministic Parallel)
0,112 Counter Processors    (16x7)
0,056 Cog RISC Processors  (8x7)
0,056 Generator Processors (8x7) 

Cube
019.33 x 019.33 x 019.33 Processors

Monday, January 3, 2011

Small Breadboards

01-03-2011, 04:55 PM Code 5-100 SMALL BREADBOARDS

Small breadboards are added to PPPBs. The yellow wire is a pin control to the data LED. Small breadboards were obtained from Parallax Inc. and affixed with rolled tape in the event of necessary removal in the future.