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By ndupont
@ Thu, 2008-12-04 02:02
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...just connected to my cellphone...

actually just copied the excel macro to an asp page..

 boebotgsm1.JPGboebotgsm2.JPG

 

source code is here :

http://users.skynet.be/fa953029/boebot.asp.txt 

 

By ndupont
@ Thu, 2008-12-04 00:01
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...soon on LMR

boebotvid1.jpg

 

boebotvid2.jpg 

 

Just a sneak preview 

By mintvelt
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 22:55
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 Cute bot. He looks really botty.

Good videos too. And I like the excel solution for the mapping.

By ndupont
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 15:07
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it seems that an alternative solution would be to use the filesystem object

http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=682&p=43434

 Sub Main

  oFSO  = createUnoService("com.sun.star.bridge.OleObjectFactory").createInstance("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

  f = oFSO.OpenTextFile("COM1:9600,N,8,1", 1) 'for Reading
'  f = oFSO.OpenTextFile("COM1:9600,N,8,1", 2) 'for Writing
'  f.write("abc")
  f.close

End Sub

 

 Which reminds me C and the way linux accesses the devices 

 and even years before I went to that.. the way GWBASIC was using the serial ports

 

I'll give a try with my opensuse linux laptop. 

 

By OddBot
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 16:08
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Ah, those were the days! My first language. I have an Asus Eee PC 4G kneetop that uses Linux. I was going to convert it to windows but if you can advise me on using linux with picaxe IC's...
By ndupont
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 16:38
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my first thought was my good ol' friend WINE  (www.winehq.org)

but the guys at Picaxe seem to have a solution for you : AXEpad,  that looks like a Java based IDE for picaxe

By OddBot
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 16:41
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Cool, I'll look into it :D
By mintvelt
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 22:48
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Alas. AxePad wont be available for another 2 months.

I switched to the command line compiler for the Mac, which is also available for linux. It is a bit strange that some programs that were converted from windows (you have to replace the CR LF with LF only) wont run. But it beats the hell out of running windows on a virtual machine just for the picaxe. Also. I don't have the stability or timing problems on the serial cable that I had when running in a VM.

 

By OddBot
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 14:46
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I'm interested in your use of excel, any idea of compatability with open office?
By robologist
@ Sat, 2008-11-15 10:19
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" I been writing Basic on a Bot with no name, it felt good to be out of sensor range..."

"Writing Basic, you can remember the line, cause there ain't no one for to give you no time "

..sung to the chorus of Americas "Horse with no Name"

By Mr Clean
@ Sat, 2008-11-15 10:32
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You didn't need that last line ... I got it right away.  :P
By GroG
@ Sat, 2008-11-15 06:00
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Great start !, more video ! ..  I mean some video !

Whats a QTI Kit?

GroG

By ndupont
@ Sat, 2008-11-15 17:19
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Hi All,

 

thanks for your welcome and enthousiasm

 

So, the QTI's are line following IR sensors from parallax, 

I've fitted two on the front  (can serve as "I won't crash from the table to the ground" system)

 or just follow some lines, or even get stuck on the checker pavement in my kitchen

and I've fitted the two others behind the wheels, and added some white adhesive tape stripes 

The latter allowing the Bot to go staight-on without curving

 

My current programs are

-- roam in the room using the Ping))

-- find the nearest object distance and angle, use the compass to align, compute the distance in 1/8th of wheel turns, align the wheels .. and GO !

 

 

 

By OddBot
@ Sat, 2008-11-15 03:52
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I don't know what a "Boe bot" is but it looks like it has potential, very clean setup with plenty of room for extras.
By smartpartzzkidd
@ Wed, 2008-12-17 02:23
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BOE, stands for Board Of Education, it is a protoboard from parallax that will work with all basic stamps bs2 forward, and the Javelin stamp

Its very useful, Ill post some of my creations with the BOE at school