Propeller based Robot and Boe Bot on TV (Twin city public TV)
jmbertoncelli@USA
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Hello
I am member of the twin cities robotics group (http://www.tcrobots.org/) and we were invited to participate to a new show based on the idea of the Make magazine.· I have planed to take my Boe Bot that is customized as line follower and I shall·take another robot that won't be fully operational but I should be able to demo the sensors interfaces connected to a Propeller.· The Propeller is responsible to collect sensors data (one cog per sensor type: IRPD, TPA81, GP2D12, SRF02, Parallax GPS and Compass...).· One Cog is dedicated to broadcast all the data collected by the sensor array to a·laptop based station using the Parallax Bluetooth communication device.· I have designed the Prop code for extensive parallel operations.
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If you have any ideas on what could be nice to show on TV just let me know and I shall see if I can make it on time.· TPT will shoot the show by the end of October (26th, 27th, and 28th).
here is the laptop S/W GUI that is still a work in progress and a picture of my Prop based robot.
·http://home.comcast.net/~jmbertoncelli/Robotics/UGOV.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jmbertoncelli/Robotics/ugovb01.jpg
have a great weekend.
jm.
PS: Message for Parallax let me know if you have any concerns having me showing the Boe Bot or the Propeller on TV.
I am member of the twin cities robotics group (http://www.tcrobots.org/) and we were invited to participate to a new show based on the idea of the Make magazine.· I have planed to take my Boe Bot that is customized as line follower and I shall·take another robot that won't be fully operational but I should be able to demo the sensors interfaces connected to a Propeller.· The Propeller is responsible to collect sensors data (one cog per sensor type: IRPD, TPA81, GP2D12, SRF02, Parallax GPS and Compass...).· One Cog is dedicated to broadcast all the data collected by the sensor array to a·laptop based station using the Parallax Bluetooth communication device.· I have designed the Prop code for extensive parallel operations.
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If you have any ideas on what could be nice to show on TV just let me know and I shall see if I can make it on time.· TPT will shoot the show by the end of October (26th, 27th, and 28th).
here is the laptop S/W GUI that is still a work in progress and a picture of my Prop based robot.
·http://home.comcast.net/~jmbertoncelli/Robotics/UGOV.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jmbertoncelli/Robotics/ugovb01.jpg
have a great weekend.
jm.
PS: Message for Parallax let me know if you have any concerns having me showing the Boe Bot or the Propeller on TV.
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Re: the GUI: what did you use to programme that - VB.net? And I love the dials - did you create them, or are they from some package?
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Looks neat. I love to see some more info and pics.
Looks like you guys have a great club too.
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"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
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The GUI is a Windows VISTA Based application.· I am a Windows programmer and I am using C# and .NET 3.5 SP1.· The application is multi-threaded because I want to be able to process inbound communication, process logic, user interface and outbound communication without slowing down the real-time engine (process logic) that is responsible to analyze the inbound data and generate outbound control commands.· I wrote the user controls responsible to draw the gauges in C# and I am willing to share my code.· The gauges are hosted within a C# class object but I think that I could create a DLL to host the code responsible to control and draw the gauges then other people could integrate my controls in their VB, VB#·or C# application.· As I said the·GUI and the ROBOTIC rover are a work in progress I still have a lot of work to do...··My ultimate goal is to compete in robotics autonomous navigation contest.· I have already written the C# class that is responsible to parse the NMEA GPS protocol and compute the bearing, distance...· I have also a CMUCAM2+ for color tracking, most of the time autonomous navigation contest used colored cones to identify the way points.
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The rover brain is based on a Propeller proto board but I think that I shall stack a second Propeller proto board I need a lot of computing power to collect sensors data then send and receive control commands from the based station.
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The rover is based on:
The Lynxmotion rover kit, BotBoardII, Basic Atom Pro 28, PS2 RC wireless controller, 4 x Gear Head Motor - 12vdc 30:1 200rpm (6mm shaft), IRPD V2.
The Acroname turret kit (CMUCAM2+, TPA81[noparse][[/noparse]heat seeking device], 3 x SRF02, 3 x GP2D12·
The Dimension Engineering Sabertooth 2x10 (motor controller), 1 x 3.3V 1A Switching voltage regulator, 1 x 5.0V 1A Switching voltage regulator, 1 x AnyVolt Micro Universal DC-DC Converter.
The Parallax Propeller Proto board, Bluetooth transceiver, GPS, Compass, Sensirion.
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1·x NI-MH 12V· 4200mAh· battery Pack.
2·x NI-MH 7.2V 4200mAh ·battery Pack.
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The rover can be remotely controlled using a PS2 wireless controller.
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Let me know if you want to know more. I think that I shall Video the GUI in action?
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I hope that my big rover will be ready for the TV show!
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Have a great week end.
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Jm.·(a French gentleman in Minnesota)