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Does anybody know any links or suggestions to use a labtop instead of a
micrcontroller or use a labtop through a microcontroller in order to make a
robot. I want to use a labtop as the brains of the robot. I went to
evolutionrobotics.com but they only sell expensive kits.
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robot. I want to use a labtop as the brains of the robot. I went to
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need to do extensive interfacing between it and the robot controls, motors,
sensors, etc. that will be a nightmare of timing loops, and interlaced code.
Just make life simple, and hand off the functions like sensor detection,
motor control, etc. to a dedicated microcontroller and let the laptop be the
brain and have the microcontroller report to the 'brain' and let the 'brain'
tell the microcontroller to do one or more of it's programmed functions.
You can talk to the microcontroller (stamp) via the serial port. Check out
this web site for information about interfacing to various output devices.
jim
http://www.geocities.com/jimforkin2003/
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Does anybody know any links or suggestions to use a labtop instead of a
micrcontroller or use a labtop through a microcontroller in order to make a
robot. I want to use a labtop as the brains of the robot. I went to
evolutionrobotics.com but they only sell expensive kits.
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The TAB SumoBot has an OEM BasicStamp 2 (BS2) on
the controller card, along with the programming
RS-232 port, all for $60 to $100 depending on
where you buy it.
All you'd need to do is design a simple control
protocol between your laptop and the BS2.
Program the BS2 to take the commands from your
laptop and turn them into motor commands for
the SumoBot. Program the BS2 to read the sensors
(IR 'Whiskers', CdS light levels) on the SumoBot
and send data packets to the laptop.
You'll need a 'tether' RS-232 cable, and some way
to make sure the cable doesn't get tangled, so
the laptop can talk to the BS2 all the time.
An RF link would be nice, but they are $100
for each end. An IR link could be built with
2 IR-Buddy modules, but you'd lose control if
your robot left line-of-sight of your laptop.
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> Does anybody know any links or suggestions to use a labtop instead
of a micrcontroller or use a labtop through a microcontroller in
order to make a robot. I want to use a labtop as the brains of the
robot. I went to evolutionrobotics.com but they only sell expensive
kits.
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> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for faster.
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