Primo (Filippo Yacob, Matteo Loglio, Josh Valman and Lucia Rabago Mayer) started a Kickstarter campaign in November 2013 and it was successfully funded (162%!) on December 22, 2013. I really loved the idea and the wooden design (and I have a weakness for everything with the combination “programming” and “(young) children” ). But I didn’t…

These schematics only show the components and the pin number to connect with. 1x Shrimp 1x XRF module + Active (!) XBBO 1x L293 2x GM3 2x Wheels 2x CNY70 1x Voltage regulator kit (not shown in schematics) (Click on the part for the link to my supplier.) (Not listing small parts like resistors, LED’s,…

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The last two days I’ve been working on the interface board. I will list my actions in the order I did them (it’s not the same order as the Primo instructions): Interface board: Glue interface board pieces 1+2 together Glue interface board pieces 3+4 together (carefully look at the right position of the 1mm piece…

I was reading a blogpost and in it was a link to a GM3-alternative. So I was very annoyed that I didn’t found this earlier, because this one only cost €1,25 a piece. I’ve ordered two of them to see if they are a good replacement for the original SolarBotics GM3′s. When they arrive I…

The strangest thing happened today! The CNY70′s arrived! I thought they would arrive in a couple of weeks, but I have them already. I’m still waiting for my order from Tayda. It’s shipped on the 6th, but I’m afraid they put them in a very slow airplane . *protected*

The wheels arrived today! I ordered yellow ones, but I got red ones. Doesn’t matter, you almost can’t see them in Cubetto. Still waiting for my order from Tayda. Can’t wait to start building. *protected*

Today was AMAZING! I went to FabKlas in The Hague. This is a Fablab inside a secondary school! It was great to see all the children working on their own project. It’s not really a class/course, it’s more a space where children can invent/make/learn. They have a 3D-printer, a laser cutter, computers, soldering stations, etc. And…

This afternoon I received two emails that Alpha-crucis.com refunded part of my order. It looks like they forgot to send me the wheels and just refunded those. But… now I have to reorder them elsewhere and have extra shipping costs! Total -/- € 7,52. So I’m angry My order from Ciseco arrived today! And also…

Today I sawed the plywood in sheets of 30 x 60 cm (well roughly ). When I got home I checked every sheet, to pick out the 6 best ones. But I managed to get 5 good sheets and 2 sheets with air on the short sides of the sheet. I then matched the sheets…