This scheme uses a standard universal IR remote and a small module that you
can easily build. You can also hack remote control cars and a number of
other methods. I am currently using a PC with bluetooth and a EB500 on the
hydrogen robot to establish remote control. Works great, but it costs a lot
more to implement than the IR system.
HTH,
Jonathan
www.madlabs.info
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From: "richard_ece2k5" <richard_ece2k5@y...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 7:24 PM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Question about remote control
> what do i need to be able to control my robot using a remote control?
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I too use the eb500 for controlling several remote control projects.
Though more expensive than IR it is also far more versitile. There
is an almost unlimited stream of products that can be used to
provide the functionality you desire.
First you need to determine just what you need out of the remote
control to do it's thing. This in itself is a conversation that
could stand on its own.
If you can afford the eb500 ($99) You will be surprised at its
versitility. If you have a bluetooth enabled PC or PDA, then that is
probably the direction to go. If you don't have bluetooth, you can
add it to your PC for around $39 or less, depending on where you
shop.
If you can afford bluetooth, I think you be happy with it since it
almost literally the easiest serial wireless device to use with the
Stamp and since it IS an emerging standard, it will only get better
and less expensive over time.
If your range requirements are more than say 20-30 feet, you will
have to go to an alternate mechaism. Class II bluettoht devices are
only designed for a 30 foot range, more or less. The eb500 is a
little more powered, being a kind of hybrid between class II and
class I, which has about 300 foot range. But the Bluetooth module
that you plug into the PC will almost certainly be a class II device
as these are by far, the most common.
Beyond that range, you are going to need a real radio modem and the
ones available to hobbyists tend to be limited to 9600 baud and and
of course you will need a matched pair of them.
This may be a bit much to absorb, but since we don't know what you
have in mind, it is difficult to be very specific.
I'm sure other swill respond with their own choices.
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jonathan Peakall"
<jpeakall@p...> wrote:
> Richard,
>
> That is a very wide question, as there are many ways to do it. One
simple
> way can be seen here:
>
> http://madlabs.info/ir_remote.shtml
>
> This scheme uses a standard universal IR remote and a small module
that you
> can easily build. You can also hack remote control cars and a
number of
> other methods. I am currently using a PC with bluetooth and a
EB500 on the
> hydrogen robot to establish remote control. Works great, but it
costs a lot
> more to implement than the IR system.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jonathan
>
> www.madlabs.info
>
>
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> From: "richard_ece2k5" <richard_ece2k5@y...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 7:24 PM
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Question about remote control
>
>
> > what do i need to be able to control my robot using a remote
control?
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--- Jonathan Peakall <jpeakall@p...> wrote:
> Richard,
Hi Jonathon,
Just looked at your website, congrats on a great job,
some really neat projects and tools to help students
understand/visualize some electronic principles.
Having just finished help teach a Summer Electronics
Course I found a few that would have really helped me
out.
But onto matters of IR Remote Control - I wonder if
you could help me try to understand the IR Remote
principle that you feature on your website, (again a
very neat project indeed),
a) how do you work out the key numbers assigned to the
function keys on the various remote units available.
b) Having worked out the assigned numbers, is it a
matter of coding a behaviour/action to a key number
ie if #1 pressed pin 1 go high, that kind of thing?
You have to excuse me if my questions are rudimentary
but I am still very much a newbie to this subject
matter.
Many Thanks Nigel Emms
> That is a very wide question, as there are many ways
> to do it. One simple
> way can be seen here:
>
> http://madlabs.info/ir_remote.shtml
>
> This scheme uses a standard universal IR remote and
> a small module that you
> can easily build. You can also hack remote control
> cars and a number of
> other methods. I am currently using a PC with
> bluetooth and a EB500 on the
> hydrogen robot to establish remote control. Works
> great, but it costs a lot
> more to implement than the IR system.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jonathan
>
> www.madlabs.info
>
>
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> From: "richard_ece2k5" <richard_ece2k5@y...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 7:24 PM
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Question about remote control
>
>
> > what do i need to be able to control my robot
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> I too use the eb500 for controlling several remote control projects.
> Though more expensive than IR it is also far more versitile. There
> is an almost unlimited stream of products that can be used to
> provide the functionality you desire.
>
> First you need to determine just what you need out of the remote
> control to do it's thing. This in itself is a conversation that
> could stand on its own.
I totally agree.
>
>
> If your range requirements are more than say 20-30 feet, you will
> have to go to an alternate mechaism. Class II bluettoht devices are
> only designed for a 30 foot range, more or less. The eb500 is a
> little more powered, being a kind of hybrid between class II and
> class I, which has about 300 foot range. But the Bluetooth module
> that you plug into the PC will almost certainly be a class II device
> as these are by far, the most common.
>
> Beyond that range, you are going to need a real radio modem and the
> ones available to hobbyists tend to be limited to 9600 baud and and
> of course you will need a matched pair of them.
I am getting over 100' with an EB500 and a $39 Linksys USB bluetooth
adapter, through walls and trees. I have very quiet local interference
however.
> Just looked at your website, congrats on a great job,
> some really neat projects and tools to help students
> understand/visualize some electronic principles.
> Having just finished help teach a Summer Electronics
> Course I found a few that would have really helped me
> out.
Thanks!
>
> But onto matters of IR Remote Control - I wonder if
> you could help me try to understand the IR Remote
> principle that you feature on your website, (again a
> very neat project indeed),
>
> a) how do you work out the key numbers assigned to the
> function keys on the various remote units available.
Using the sample code on the site, press the various keys you want to use
and write down the output. All of the numeric keys should be as labeled i.e.
if you press the 1 button, you should see a "1" in the command variable. All
of the function keys output a number higher than 9, for example the "Play"
button might ouput "167". I usually declare all of the keys I want to use as
cons like:
Play Con 167
That way I can code things like:
SERIN pin,baud, [noparse][[/noparse]device,command]
IF command = Play then
do/goto/gosub yourThing
ENDIF
>
> b) Having worked out the assigned numbers, is it a
> matter of coding a behaviour/action to a key number
> ie if #1 pressed pin 1 go high, that kind of thing?
Exactly. While this system is limited, it is dirt cheap and easy to
implement. As before, anyone on this list that wants to send me a PIC12F675
or two and a SASE, and I'll program 'em and send it back. Microchip will
sample those parts, so you can get them for free. We used this system on the
hydrogen robot for a school year, and it worked pretty well for us. I must
say that I am digging the bluetooth link though, much faster and better
range with no line of sight required. However, you can do the IR system for
almost nothing. Everybody has an old universal remote laying around and as I
said you can sample the PIC for free. It is a terrific device for
debugging/developing Stamp code that needs user input, as it is fast and
easy to code up.
>
> You have to excuse me if my questions are rudimentary
> but I am still very much a newbie to this subject
> matter.
If I got paid for the rudimentary questions that I ask, I'd be a
millionaire!!
we have an infra red module which you can interface with a Basic Stamp in
order to decode and read IR remote control data. The IRCM has I2C connector
and Serial solder pads for both forms of interface, so nice and simple with
the Basic Stamp.
Jamie Finnan BSc (Hons)
Total Robots Ltd
0208 823 9220
Original Message
From: "richard_ece2k5" <richard_ece2k5@y...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:24 AM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Question about remote control
> what do i need to be able to control my robot using a remote control?
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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>
>
> If you can afford the eb500 ($99) You will be
surprised at its versitility. If you have a bluetooth
enabled PC or PDA, then that is probably the direction
to go. If you don't have bluetooth, you can add it to
your PC for around $39 or less, depending on where you
shop.
Has anybody used the D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth
Adapter hooked to a mac to communciate with an EB500?
Or any other adaptor and a mac for that matter.
> Has anybody used the D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth
> Adapter hooked to a mac to communciate with an EB500?
> Or any other adaptor and a mac for that matter.
I have recently added an iMac to the test lab here at A7 and it
appears that there are connectivity issues between the Apple
Bluetooth implementation and the version 1.0 eb500 firmware. I have
not fully diagnosed the problem yet, but it appears to be caused by
the security implementation on both devices. The iMac requires
pairing and authentication and does not allow them to be disabled.
The eb500 does not support pairing and authentication and is
therefore not allowed to communicate with the iMac.
I am going to do further testing on this issue including an upgrade
to the latest version of OS X 10.3.4 (Panther) to see if there is
any way to get around the problem. If so I will post my results here
for everyone.
A7 is working on a firmware update that will fix this issue by
adding support for pairing and authentication security. In addition
we will be adding Bluetooth 1.2 support, encryption, and control of
the device name. I don't have a specific release date for you, but
it is coming and has been under development for a while now.
I wish that I had better news on this front, but I want you to know
that Mac support is important to A7 and will be provided in the next
release.
Hi Brian, Thanks very much for the update, have your
tests been compiled using OS 9 or OSX Jaguar as you
mention upgrading to Panther it was not clear what
your current platform is? I know there are issues with
OS9.
Regards Nigel Emms
--- Bryan Hall <bryan@f...> wrote:
> Hello Nigel
>
> > Has anybody used the D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth
> > Adapter hooked to a mac to communciate with an
> EB500?
> > Or any other adaptor and a mac for that matter.
>
> I have recently added an iMac to the test lab here
> at A7 and it
> appears that there are connectivity issues between
> the Apple
> Bluetooth implementation and the version 1.0 eb500
> firmware. I have
> not fully diagnosed the problem yet, but it appears
> to be caused by
> the security implementation on both devices. The
> iMac requires
> pairing and authentication and does not allow them
> to be disabled.
> The eb500 does not support pairing and
> authentication and is
> therefore not allowed to communicate with the iMac.
>
> I am going to do further testing on this issue
> including an upgrade
> to the latest version of OS X 10.3.4 (Panther) to
> see if there is
> any way to get around the problem. If so I will post
> my results here
> for everyone.
>
> A7 is working on a firmware update that will fix
> this issue by
> adding support for pairing and authentication
> security. In addition
> we will be adding Bluetooth 1.2 support, encryption,
> and control of
> the device name. I don't have a specific release
> date for you, but
> it is coming and has been under development for a
> while now.
>
> I wish that I had better news on this front, but I
> want you to know
> that Mac support is important to A7 and will be
> provided in the next
> release.
>
> Talk to you soon,
>
> Bryan Hall
> A7 Engineering
> http://www.a7eng.com
>
>
>
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That is a very wide question, as there are many ways to do it. One simple
way can be seen here:
http://madlabs.info/ir_remote.shtml
This scheme uses a standard universal IR remote and a small module that you
can easily build. You can also hack remote control cars and a number of
other methods. I am currently using a PC with bluetooth and a EB500 on the
hydrogen robot to establish remote control. Works great, but it costs a lot
more to implement than the IR system.
HTH,
Jonathan
www.madlabs.info
Original Message
From: "richard_ece2k5" <richard_ece2k5@y...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 7:24 PM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Question about remote control
> what do i need to be able to control my robot using a remote control?
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
Though more expensive than IR it is also far more versitile. There
is an almost unlimited stream of products that can be used to
provide the functionality you desire.
First you need to determine just what you need out of the remote
control to do it's thing. This in itself is a conversation that
could stand on its own.
If you can afford the eb500 ($99) You will be surprised at its
versitility. If you have a bluetooth enabled PC or PDA, then that is
probably the direction to go. If you don't have bluetooth, you can
add it to your PC for around $39 or less, depending on where you
shop.
If you can afford bluetooth, I think you be happy with it since it
almost literally the easiest serial wireless device to use with the
Stamp and since it IS an emerging standard, it will only get better
and less expensive over time.
If your range requirements are more than say 20-30 feet, you will
have to go to an alternate mechaism. Class II bluettoht devices are
only designed for a 30 foot range, more or less. The eb500 is a
little more powered, being a kind of hybrid between class II and
class I, which has about 300 foot range. But the Bluetooth module
that you plug into the PC will almost certainly be a class II device
as these are by far, the most common.
Beyond that range, you are going to need a real radio modem and the
ones available to hobbyists tend to be limited to 9600 baud and and
of course you will need a matched pair of them.
This may be a bit much to absorb, but since we don't know what you
have in mind, it is difficult to be very specific.
I'm sure other swill respond with their own choices.
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jonathan Peakall"
<jpeakall@p...> wrote:
> Richard,
>
> That is a very wide question, as there are many ways to do it. One
simple
> way can be seen here:
>
> http://madlabs.info/ir_remote.shtml
>
> This scheme uses a standard universal IR remote and a small module
that you
> can easily build. You can also hack remote control cars and a
number of
> other methods. I am currently using a PC with bluetooth and a
EB500 on the
> hydrogen robot to establish remote control. Works great, but it
costs a lot
> more to implement than the IR system.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jonathan
>
> www.madlabs.info
>
>
Original Message
> From: "richard_ece2k5" <richard_ece2k5@y...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 7:24 PM
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Question about remote control
>
>
> > what do i need to be able to control my robot using a remote
control?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Richard,
Hi Jonathon,
Just looked at your website, congrats on a great job,
some really neat projects and tools to help students
understand/visualize some electronic principles.
Having just finished help teach a Summer Electronics
Course I found a few that would have really helped me
out.
But onto matters of IR Remote Control - I wonder if
you could help me try to understand the IR Remote
principle that you feature on your website, (again a
very neat project indeed),
a) how do you work out the key numbers assigned to the
function keys on the various remote units available.
b) Having worked out the assigned numbers, is it a
matter of coding a behaviour/action to a key number
ie if #1 pressed pin 1 go high, that kind of thing?
You have to excuse me if my questions are rudimentary
but I am still very much a newbie to this subject
matter.
Many Thanks Nigel Emms
> That is a very wide question, as there are many ways
> to do it. One simple
> way can be seen here:
>
> http://madlabs.info/ir_remote.shtml
>
> This scheme uses a standard universal IR remote and
> a small module that you
> can easily build. You can also hack remote control
> cars and a number of
> other methods. I am currently using a PC with
> bluetooth and a EB500 on the
> hydrogen robot to establish remote control. Works
> great, but it costs a lot
> more to implement than the IR system.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jonathan
>
> www.madlabs.info
>
>
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> From: "richard_ece2k5" <richard_ece2k5@y...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 7:24 PM
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Question about remote control
>
>
> > what do i need to be able to control my robot
> using a remote control?
> >
> >
> >
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> I too use the eb500 for controlling several remote control projects.
> Though more expensive than IR it is also far more versitile. There
> is an almost unlimited stream of products that can be used to
> provide the functionality you desire.
>
> First you need to determine just what you need out of the remote
> control to do it's thing. This in itself is a conversation that
> could stand on its own.
I totally agree.
>
>
> If your range requirements are more than say 20-30 feet, you will
> have to go to an alternate mechaism. Class II bluettoht devices are
> only designed for a 30 foot range, more or less. The eb500 is a
> little more powered, being a kind of hybrid between class II and
> class I, which has about 300 foot range. But the Bluetooth module
> that you plug into the PC will almost certainly be a class II device
> as these are by far, the most common.
>
> Beyond that range, you are going to need a real radio modem and the
> ones available to hobbyists tend to be limited to 9600 baud and and
> of course you will need a matched pair of them.
I am getting over 100' with an EB500 and a $39 Linksys USB bluetooth
adapter, through walls and trees. I have very quiet local interference
however.
Jonathan
www.madlabs.info
> Just looked at your website, congrats on a great job,
> some really neat projects and tools to help students
> understand/visualize some electronic principles.
> Having just finished help teach a Summer Electronics
> Course I found a few that would have really helped me
> out.
Thanks!
>
> But onto matters of IR Remote Control - I wonder if
> you could help me try to understand the IR Remote
> principle that you feature on your website, (again a
> very neat project indeed),
>
> a) how do you work out the key numbers assigned to the
> function keys on the various remote units available.
Using the sample code on the site, press the various keys you want to use
and write down the output. All of the numeric keys should be as labeled i.e.
if you press the 1 button, you should see a "1" in the command variable. All
of the function keys output a number higher than 9, for example the "Play"
button might ouput "167". I usually declare all of the keys I want to use as
cons like:
Play Con 167
That way I can code things like:
SERIN pin,baud, [noparse][[/noparse]device,command]
IF command = Play then
do/goto/gosub yourThing
ENDIF
>
> b) Having worked out the assigned numbers, is it a
> matter of coding a behaviour/action to a key number
> ie if #1 pressed pin 1 go high, that kind of thing?
Exactly. While this system is limited, it is dirt cheap and easy to
implement. As before, anyone on this list that wants to send me a PIC12F675
or two and a SASE, and I'll program 'em and send it back. Microchip will
sample those parts, so you can get them for free. We used this system on the
hydrogen robot for a school year, and it worked pretty well for us. I must
say that I am digging the bluetooth link though, much faster and better
range with no line of sight required. However, you can do the IR system for
almost nothing. Everybody has an old universal remote laying around and as I
said you can sample the PIC for free. It is a terrific device for
debugging/developing Stamp code that needs user input, as it is fast and
easy to code up.
>
> You have to excuse me if my questions are rudimentary
> but I am still very much a newbie to this subject
> matter.
If I got paid for the rudimentary questions that I ask, I'd be a
millionaire!!
HTH,
Jonathan
www.madlabs.info
we have an infra red module which you can interface with a Basic Stamp in
order to decode and read IR remote control data. The IRCM has I2C connector
and Serial solder pads for both forms of interface, so nice and simple with
the Basic Stamp.
The IRCM's can be found here:
http://www.totalrobots.com/access_files/wcm.htm#ircm
Hope that helps
Regards
Jamie Finnan BSc (Hons)
Total Robots Ltd
0208 823 9220
Original Message
From: "richard_ece2k5" <richard_ece2k5@y...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:24 AM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Question about remote control
> what do i need to be able to control my robot using a remote control?
>
>
>
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>
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>
>
surprised at its versitility. If you have a bluetooth
enabled PC or PDA, then that is probably the direction
to go. If you don't have bluetooth, you can add it to
your PC for around $39 or less, depending on where you
shop.
Has anybody used the D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth
Adapter hooked to a mac to communciate with an EB500?
Or any other adaptor and a mac for that matter.
Just curious Nigel.
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> Has anybody used the D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth
> Adapter hooked to a mac to communciate with an EB500?
> Or any other adaptor and a mac for that matter.
I have recently added an iMac to the test lab here at A7 and it
appears that there are connectivity issues between the Apple
Bluetooth implementation and the version 1.0 eb500 firmware. I have
not fully diagnosed the problem yet, but it appears to be caused by
the security implementation on both devices. The iMac requires
pairing and authentication and does not allow them to be disabled.
The eb500 does not support pairing and authentication and is
therefore not allowed to communicate with the iMac.
I am going to do further testing on this issue including an upgrade
to the latest version of OS X 10.3.4 (Panther) to see if there is
any way to get around the problem. If so I will post my results here
for everyone.
A7 is working on a firmware update that will fix this issue by
adding support for pairing and authentication security. In addition
we will be adding Bluetooth 1.2 support, encryption, and control of
the device name. I don't have a specific release date for you, but
it is coming and has been under development for a while now.
I wish that I had better news on this front, but I want you to know
that Mac support is important to A7 and will be provided in the next
release.
Talk to you soon,
Bryan Hall
A7 Engineering
http://www.a7eng.com
tests been compiled using OS 9 or OSX Jaguar as you
mention upgrading to Panther it was not clear what
your current platform is? I know there are issues with
OS9.
Regards Nigel Emms
--- Bryan Hall <bryan@f...> wrote:
> Hello Nigel
>
> > Has anybody used the D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth
> > Adapter hooked to a mac to communciate with an
> EB500?
> > Or any other adaptor and a mac for that matter.
>
> I have recently added an iMac to the test lab here
> at A7 and it
> appears that there are connectivity issues between
> the Apple
> Bluetooth implementation and the version 1.0 eb500
> firmware. I have
> not fully diagnosed the problem yet, but it appears
> to be caused by
> the security implementation on both devices. The
> iMac requires
> pairing and authentication and does not allow them
> to be disabled.
> The eb500 does not support pairing and
> authentication and is
> therefore not allowed to communicate with the iMac.
>
> I am going to do further testing on this issue
> including an upgrade
> to the latest version of OS X 10.3.4 (Panther) to
> see if there is
> any way to get around the problem. If so I will post
> my results here
> for everyone.
>
> A7 is working on a firmware update that will fix
> this issue by
> adding support for pairing and authentication
> security. In addition
> we will be adding Bluetooth 1.2 support, encryption,
> and control of
> the device name. I don't have a specific release
> date for you, but
> it is coming and has been under development for a
> while now.
>
> I wish that I had better news on this front, but I
> want you to know
> that Mac support is important to A7 and will be
> provided in the next
> release.
>
> Talk to you soon,
>
> Bryan Hall
> A7 Engineering
> http://www.a7eng.com
>
>
>
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