Arlo help - wiring diagram for quadraencoders using activitybot controller

alanralford

I'm building an Arlo, using the Parallax components (HB25's, Arlo Power Distribution, Aluminum wheel kit. But I need help understanding how to connect the servo and encorder leads to my Activitibot board.

Ant help is appreciated as I'm somewhat frustrated.

Thank you,

Alan

Thanks for the thread. I am using c but I've not been able to get the arlocalibration tool to compile. I get an error on the first line of the file.

Any thoughts?

Duane Degn

What programming language do you plan to use?

If you use C then you'll want to follow this guide.
http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/152636/run-activitybot-c-code-in-the-arlo/p1

Here's an article related to using AB code with the Arlo hardware.

https://www.parallax.com/news/2013-12-23/run-activitybot-c-code-arlo

If you want to use Spin, you can use the modified Eddie firmware available from my GitHub.

You'll want to download the archive "EddieActivityBoard - Archive [Date 2015.01.01 Time 20.21].zip".

The pin assignments are listed in the header file.

If you use the Eddie firmware, I'll try to help you with any questions.

alanralford

I'm programming in C and I've downloaded the suggested zip file, however I cannot get the Arlocalibrate utility to compile. It generates an error that points to what ever the first line in the file is. (in this case a comment).

Thanks again for your help on this.

Alan

ChrisL8

Did you have any luck with this yet? If not I can dump some more links here for you. Or post some pictures of your setup and we'll try to sort it out.

This post was the number one most helpful for me as far as wiring:
http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/comment/1234335#Comment_1234335

This thread also has some good info on getting the Arlo code working:
http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/152636/run-activitybot-c-code-in-the-arlo/p1

Here is my blog article about getting it going,
http://ekpyroticfrood.net/?p=165
but it doesn't have much on wiring.