WIP: Galaxy Note 2 Car Dock Part 2 (video)

It's been a while but I've been slowly making progress on my Note 2 car dock. In my last update I made a frame to test out the charging out of foam core, but now I've made one out of Lexan.

WIP: Galaxy Note 2 Car Dock

While I'm waiting for parts for my humanoid robot, I got started on another project I've been wanting to do.

As you may have seen in my previous posts, I installed a tablet into the Genesis Coupe. While it has been great with it's OEM look and offline navigation ability, there are some small issues and some features missing that I would like in a car dash system. I'll describe some of the issues later on, but in an attempt to resolve these issues and to unite all of my electronics, I've decide to swap out the tablet and replace it with a dock for my Galaxy Note 2.

WIP: 20 DOF Humanoid Robot (video)

I've always been fascinated by robots, especially humanoid ones from watching Power Rangers, Gundam, Medabots, etc. When I was young I always dreamed I'd one day get to build a Megazord or Gundam. I guess I'm now slowly heading towards that dream.

This is a work in progress for my build of a 20 DOF (degree of freedom) humanoid robot. Video of some current progress can be seen after the break.

Show: Maze/Firefighter Robot (video)

In my final year of university, one of the projects I had to do was to make a robot that can navigate through a maze to find and put out simulated fires. We had a set microcontroller to use (Freescale's HCS12 Microcontroller) and then we were free to use whatever components we wanted to complete the task.

Not the neatest looking robot, but it did its job.

Show: LEGO Tire Flipper (video)

Here's something I did a few years ago in school. We were put into a group that had to research (patents, literature), design, build, and program a robot using a LEGO Mindstorms RCX kit that would grab tires in one orientation and then stack them in another orientation. My job in the group was to design, build, and program the robot.

DIY: Reverse Camera and Display for Hyundai Genesis Coupe

A reverse camera is a neat feature I wanted in my car but it doesn't come stock for mine. Fortunately, there are third party options that can be installed on your own.

DIY: Installing a tablet in a Hyundai Genesis Coupe

I've always wanted Navigation built-in in my car but up until now I've had to settle with standalone GPS units or phones attached to the wind shield. They would work, but then the suction cup attached to the wind shield would get loose and the GPS would fall off while driving and I'd have to take the suction cup and GPS off my wind shield every time I exited the car in case thieves wanted to break in and steal it.

While the 2.0T version of the Genesis Coupe doesn't have built-in Nav, there was a mount for a 7 inch GPS or tablet designed to fit on the dash and make it look stock.