In a couple of days, I will be getting on a plane, bound once more for Taiwan. This will be my fourth opportunity to take part in the Taiwan Micromouse contest. Each trip I have a better mouse. Unfortunately so does everyone else. The contestants in this event are the best there are and the pressure is definitely on. (more…)
Here are the results tables for the senior micromouse events held as part of the 2013 Techfest by Birmingham City University at Millenium Point. (more…)
The 2013 National Schools and Colleges Micromouse competition took place on Saturday 29th June as part of the TechFest event at the Technology Innovation Centre in Birmingham. High Wycombe schools provided 19 competitors and used their long-standing association with this event to good effect. There were also entrants from Whitley Academy, Coventry and from Reading Bluecoat School. (more…)
It is the morning of June 29th 2013 and we are gathering for the annual UK micromouse contest. As in previous years, the contest takes place as part of the Techfest event held by Birmingham City University at Millenium Point. (more…)
The annual event All America Micromouse Competition is taking place on Sunday, May 26th, 2013, from 9AM to 5PM at Engineering IV building room 53-125(tesla room) at UCLA campus. Entries are open to all college students, including both graduate and undergraduate students in United States and entry is free. For more…
When developing for the STM32F4, setting up a new project can be a pain. Without some kind of wizard or configuration tool, there are always loads of obscure settings that have to me made each time. The easiest way around this is to make a simple template for the STM32F4 that has all the basic features set up already and then copy or clone it every time you start a new project. (more…)
While it was very good of ST to make the fantastically inexpensive and versatile STM32F4Discovery board, they have made things a little difficult in the choice of peripherals in places. I use the board as a test bed for my micromouse code. All the micromouse peripherals are wired up to…
Here is the first draft of the programme for Minos 2013. Nothing is yet fixed in stone so do contact me if you have any corrections or would like to be included where you have not so far. 10:30 Registration and Coffee 10:40 10:50 11:00 Welcome and Administrivia 11:10 David…