Wireless remote control

gennarobasso81

Is it possilble to use my bs2 as a wireless remote to a boe bot with a propeller?

Heres what I am thinking:

I already have two BS2's (1 homework board and 1 BOE) but i want to start with a propeller. I'm still pretty new with the BS2 programming...but want to learn the propeller language instead of spending all my time on Pbasic since Spin and the propeller seem to be the future (i'm guessing you will slowly see BS2 phased out for all but grade school and highschool projects?).

Since I already have the BS2 set up for the wireless controller would i be able to use the BS2 in Pbasic and the Boe Bot with a propeller?

Franklin

What do you plan to use for the "wireless" part?

gennarobasso81

Originally i thought about the xbee rf's....cost about the same as the 433 MHz RF Transceiver but after looking more into it i was thinking thr 433 rf would be a little less code complicated

Duane Degn

Another wireless option is the Nordic nRF24L01+ chip. It's more complicated to use than a XBee but the transceivers cost less than <$2.50 each (see post #1 of my signature). While the coding in for complicated for the Nordic transceivers, there are code examples for them for both the BS2 and the Propeller.

Another downside to these Nordic modules is the number of pins they use. You can get by with controlling them with 5 I/O pins but I usually use all six control pins when using a Nordic module. The extra pins is one of the costs of the high speed communication capability of these chips.

erco

Duane Degn wrote: »

The extra pins is one of the costs of the high speed communication capability of these chips.

@Duane: So CW (morse code) is "right out" ?