Bluetooth and Javelin's - Wireless Downloads
ScottishCaptain
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Greetings to all.
I'm about to embark on a rather large, expensive robotics project.
The robot will be based on a Lynxmotion 4WD3 chassis, with dual Lynxmotion Bot Boards powered by two Javelin Stamp's.
Above and beyond that, it will also contain two Matrix Orbital PLED modules, dual HB-25 motor controllers, some switched VRegs, two IR range finders, two PING))) sensors (one of which is on a servo for left/right scanning), and some 7.2v NICAD packs.
My budget for the unit is $1500 Canadian. It's basically going to be a project to teach me about robotics again- as it's one of my long-lost hobbies that I want to get back into.
Anyways...
I need an easy way to program the robot. I'm perfectly fine with Serial/RS-232, but as it stands I can afford a Bluetooth setup.
What's the easiest way to make an RS232 compatible board like the Bot Board from LynxMotion, and enable it so that I can setup a Bluetooth Serial Port on my PC to program the Javelin's from?
Would this be to use the EB500 module(s)? Or is there another solution to achieve the above?
Cheers!
-S'Captain
I'm about to embark on a rather large, expensive robotics project.
The robot will be based on a Lynxmotion 4WD3 chassis, with dual Lynxmotion Bot Boards powered by two Javelin Stamp's.
Above and beyond that, it will also contain two Matrix Orbital PLED modules, dual HB-25 motor controllers, some switched VRegs, two IR range finders, two PING))) sensors (one of which is on a servo for left/right scanning), and some 7.2v NICAD packs.
My budget for the unit is $1500 Canadian. It's basically going to be a project to teach me about robotics again- as it's one of my long-lost hobbies that I want to get back into.
Anyways...
I need an easy way to program the robot. I'm perfectly fine with Serial/RS-232, but as it stands I can afford a Bluetooth setup.
What's the easiest way to make an RS232 compatible board like the Bot Board from LynxMotion, and enable it so that I can setup a Bluetooth Serial Port on my PC to program the Javelin's from?
Would this be to use the EB500 module(s)? Or is there another solution to achieve the above?
Cheers!
-S'Captain
Comments
I believe if you have read my thread posted recently about Bluetooth connection, I change·to use SSC-32 board instead of PSCusb with Wiport Wi-Fi connection and they work well.
Good Luck!
Ricky
ScottishCaptain said...
Greetings to all.
I'm about to embark on a rather large, expensive robotics project.
The robot will be based on a Lynxmotion 4WD3 chassis, with dual Lynxmotion Bot Boards powered by two Javelin Stamp's.
Above and beyond that, it will also contain two Matrix Orbital PLED modules, dual HB-25 motor controllers, some switched VRegs, two IR range finders, two PING))) sensors (one of which is on a servo for left/right scanning), and some 7.2v NICAD packs.
My budget for the unit is $1500 Canadian. It's basically going to be a project to teach me about robotics again- as it's one of my long-lost hobbies that I want to get back into.
Anyways...
I need an easy way to program the robot. I'm perfectly fine with Serial/RS-232, but as it stands I can afford a Bluetooth setup.
What's the easiest way to make an RS232 compatible board like the Bot Board from LynxMotion, and enable it so that I can setup a Bluetooth Serial Port on my PC to program the Javelin's from?
Would this be to use the EB500 module(s)? Or is there another solution to achieve the above?
Cheers!
-S'Captain
Post Edited By Moderator (Chris Savage (Parallax)) : 10/27/2006 4:27:36 PM GMT
The 433 MHz RF units·should be:
http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=28180
See this thread about using Bluetooth for communication (not programming) with javelin.
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=517368
Edit:
Just noted the RF units are limited to 19K2 baud.
The javelin is programmed with 28K8 baud, so they may not work either.
regards peter
Post Edited (Peter Verkaik) : 10/27/2006 11:53:41 AM GMT