a BoeBot with no name
@ November 15, 2008
- Actuators / output devices: futaba servos (parallax branded)
- Control method: autonomous / IR remote / PC / Microsoft Excel
- CPU: Basic Stamp
- Power source: 5x AA 1.2V
- Programming language: pbasic 2.5
- Sensors / input devices: IR, Line sensor with 4 IR photodiodes, Parallax Ping))), hitachi compass
- Target environment: indoor
| Attachment | Size |
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| PC014951.JPG | 1.91 MB |
| PC014952.JPG | 1.87 MB |
| BoeBot_Connection.xls | 76.5 KB |
Second-hand BoeBot
With the whole 2K eeprom and the luxury 13 words RAM
Fitted with the Ping, a compass, the quad QTI kit (2 used as kindof wheels encoders)
+ all the std Parallax accessories
Currently just roaming, go to the nearest object, and trying to track with the ping
update: now with IR Remote Control (don't know yet what it could be used for...)
update: new ultrasound cartography (uses trigonometry to calculate distances between multiple objects)
update: new 'go to the closest object' algorithm using the compass
update: now controlled by Microsoft Excel --> "ping grapher" to discover that the Ping))) should wear some glasses (see 4th video) (connection with mscomm32.ocx) // OCX and XLS file (attached)
to use the XLS file, first find and register the MSCOMM32.OCX file
@ Thu, 2008-12-04 02:02
Now connected to my cellphone
...just connected to my cellphone...
actually just copied the excel macro to an asp page..
source code is here :
http://users.skynet.be/fa953029/boebot.asp.txt
@ Thu, 2008-12-04 00:01
Thanks ;) - More fun video are coming...
...soon on LMR
Just a sneak preview
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 22:55
Cute bot. He looks really
Cute bot. He looks really botty.
Good videos too. And I like the excel solution for the mapping.
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 15:07
serial port in OO.org
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.
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 16:08
GWBASIC
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 16:38
some Wine ? even not needed
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
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 16:41
Bonza!
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 22:48
Alas
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.
@ Wed, 2008-12-03 14:46
MS Office VS Open office
@ Sat, 2008-11-15 10:19
All together now!
" 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"