Update on my sensor board project
Update on my sensor board that I did months ago:
I call it the RSCU board (Robotic Sensor Control Unit)
I have made several improvements to the original design such as add tilt sensing·as well as PING))) interface connectors. I have added·a speakjet for speech reproduction. the speech can be used as a sort of audio monitor that tells the user if the battery is low, the direction it's heading, or if an internal error has occured,·just a few examples.
My·board can:
See, hear, speak, all while ballancing using the tilt sensor. My goal was to create a board that had several of the human senses all on a single board to reduce wire clutter and to save space. I have not tried the tilt sensor but I designed the board so that it will be plug-and-play. The resistors needed for the· Parallax Memsic sensor is built in the board. You just plug the memsic sensor in the 6 pin soccket and load up the code and your good to go.
The audio sensor works well, although not perfect. It will respond to left and right sounds which was my goal. Soft sounds tend to go unnoticed, however, it would be annoying if it responded to every single sound wave in the environment. I responds well to door closeings (at the oposite end of the house) and dog barks in the same room as well as in another room.
Here is a picture of the Aluminum "skull" chassis:
Here is a photo of the board, complete, except it lacks a 6 pin socket for the tilt sensor.
Here's a video demonstration. I screwed up with the left and right side in my code. I have corrected this by changing the speech code to reflect the proper "Right" and "Left" sides, so in the video, you will notice it says "Left" when it turns right, and "Right" when it turns left. Oh well... It's fixed now.
The Robot head is made out of solid aluminum fitted with two microphones and a 36mm mylar speaker as well as Parallax PING sensors desoldered from the board and reconnected using soft leads (wires).
Enjoy the video:
http://media.putfile.com/TorsoDemo
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Mike
Post Edited (SN96) : 1/13/2007 3:59:50 PM GMT
I call it the RSCU board (Robotic Sensor Control Unit)
I have made several improvements to the original design such as add tilt sensing·as well as PING))) interface connectors. I have added·a speakjet for speech reproduction. the speech can be used as a sort of audio monitor that tells the user if the battery is low, the direction it's heading, or if an internal error has occured,·just a few examples.
My·board can:
See, hear, speak, all while ballancing using the tilt sensor. My goal was to create a board that had several of the human senses all on a single board to reduce wire clutter and to save space. I have not tried the tilt sensor but I designed the board so that it will be plug-and-play. The resistors needed for the· Parallax Memsic sensor is built in the board. You just plug the memsic sensor in the 6 pin soccket and load up the code and your good to go.
The audio sensor works well, although not perfect. It will respond to left and right sounds which was my goal. Soft sounds tend to go unnoticed, however, it would be annoying if it responded to every single sound wave in the environment. I responds well to door closeings (at the oposite end of the house) and dog barks in the same room as well as in another room.
Here is a picture of the Aluminum "skull" chassis:
Here is a photo of the board, complete, except it lacks a 6 pin socket for the tilt sensor.
Here's a video demonstration. I screwed up with the left and right side in my code. I have corrected this by changing the speech code to reflect the proper "Right" and "Left" sides, so in the video, you will notice it says "Left" when it turns right, and "Right" when it turns left. Oh well... It's fixed now.
The Robot head is made out of solid aluminum fitted with two microphones and a 36mm mylar speaker as well as Parallax PING sensors desoldered from the board and reconnected using soft leads (wires).
Enjoy the video:
http://media.putfile.com/TorsoDemo
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Mike
Post Edited (SN96) : 1/13/2007 3:59:50 PM GMT
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PS. If it is not to much trouble could you show the code and some wiring diagrams?
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lets see what this does... KA BOOM (note to self do not cross red and black)
I can post the code later, I'm about to leave right now. Thanks for the comment.
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Mike
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Mike
Post Edited (SN96) : 1/17/2007 2:49:03 PM GMT
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lets see what this does... KA BOOM (note to self do not cross red and black)