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MICKE ASKERNÄS / THE BUILD JOURNAL

One part at a time.

Droids, props & the work that brings them to life.

204 entries · 2011—2026

electronics

30 entries

R2 electronics upgrade

Hello! =) I will update about the big event in Stockholm, and also about the charity event I did with R2 on Christmas Eve shortly. In brief: R2 and the 501

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Configuring the XBee's

So: Just because my droid is finished, doesn't mean that I've stopped working on it! Lately, I've been working on a new droid controller, that will be a lo

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the small things

As I'm approaching a place where all this will culminate in painting the droid, I've been tweaking a few things here and there I have not been happy with.

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Re:Wired

In this process of doing things that is not really taking the build forward, but rather redoing things I wasn't too happy with, I've spent the past two day

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Test driving in the street

This may well be one of the biggest updates.... So, I did quite a few things and decided to take R2 on a quick test drive into the street.... Well... first

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Paintjob started

After postponing the moment for a long time, i decided it was time to start painting my R2. It is summer after all, and the smaller pieces can easily be pa

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Battery POWER!

Since I'm suffering from inflamed thumb-muscles (no, not from spending too much time in front of my PS3, but rather from over-exhausting my hands at the gy

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Electronic Bloodshed!

Had a busy day today, and didn't really get much done, droidwise. I did go over my old electronics board, and removed the C6C controller and added the AR62

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Slicing up the head!

After several attempts at growing my dome (actually I think I managed slightly), and getting my inner dome to fit properly, I decided to go the easy route

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New arrivals!

Today, I got a surprising call on the door. The postman arrived with a package, and it is rare that they do deliver these days, but I was lucky! Arriving o

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