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by hakbot
Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:25 am
Forum: Robotics
Topic: Motor Speed Steering Control or Servo Steering Control?
Replies: 3
Views: 5183

Seems to me that by using 2 motors for propulsion and steering would be the quickest and most simple way to create a line follower. I actually used 2 full rotation servos for my line bot. I used a camera and vision processing for feedback so it had to go a little slower, the servos suited it well.
by hakbot
Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:54 pm
Forum: Robotics
Topic: looking for quality plastic gears
Replies: 5
Views: 7411

Check out R/C car pinion and sprockets. They are much cheaper than many of the previous sources listed.
by hakbot
Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:23 pm
Forum: Robotics
Topic: Radio Control
Replies: 7
Views: 7632

There are many different ways to go about wireless control so thats why I was asking you to tell me more info. Anyway you can go with something simple like a standard r/c transmitter and use servos and motors. You can buy wireless rs232 modules and couple them with an MCU if you want to go more of a...
by hakbot
Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:27 pm
Forum: Robotics
Topic: Radio Control
Replies: 7
Views: 7632

Your post is very vague. You give almost no info on your robot so it will be hard to point you in the right direction.
by hakbot
Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:37 am
Forum: Computer Programming
Topic: USB Joystick
Replies: 3
Views: 4434

You will need to build a host controller. Microchip has chips that are setup for devices but not controllers.
by hakbot
Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:26 am
Forum: Robotics
Topic: Servo controller web interface
Replies: 0
Views: 3161

Servo controller web interface

Hello, I recently built a web interface for one of my servo controllers. It is open source. It is set to work on port 81 by default and the project was created using C++ .NET 2005. I set it up to work with my own servo controller so if you want to use another type you must have an API or add some se...
by hakbot
Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:06 pm
Forum: Robotics
Topic: How do you make R/c robotic Interface?
Replies: 4
Views: 5838

Sorry I have never used anything other than C for mcu programming but I can give you some C code that I am using that may help you get started. C0 is a digital line setup for input. The code was running on a PIC18f4550. int pinHigh(void) { if (PORTCbits.RC0 != 0) { return 1; } else { return 0; } } /...
by hakbot
Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:03 am
Forum: Robotics
Topic: Radio control of robot thru USB port transmitter
Replies: 2
Views: 4292

The Surveyor SRV-1 seems to fit your description exactly. http://www.surveyor.com/
by hakbot
Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:02 am
Forum: Robotics
Topic: Seeking balljoint servo connector
Replies: 7
Views: 10002

Dubro makes all types/sizes of balljoints and linkages.
by hakbot
Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:51 am
Forum: Robotics
Topic: How do you make R/c robotic Interface?
Replies: 4
Views: 5838

I would start off by breaking the project down into two parts. I did something very similar to what you are doing. First, you need to create a PWM reader. This would, as you said, monitor the R/C receivers servo output. You can do this by looking at a digital input for when the signal goes high, the...
by hakbot
Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Open source servo sequencer
Replies: 0
Views: 1875

Open source servo sequencer

Hello, I have posted the source code for a new open source servo sequencer project that I just started. Currently operation is simple and it only has basic functions but it does work. The sample will only drive one servo but controlling more is as simple as creating another sequencer object. It was ...
by hakbot
Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:30 pm
Forum: Robotics
Topic: Control r/c electrics via a pc
Replies: 12
Views: 10702

If the PC does the thinking, is the "robot" really a robot? I think it's just a glorified sensor on wheels. But the brains on the wheels, then you've got yourself a robot. My mistake, I guess the proper word would be tele-autonomous. When I think of an autonomous robot, I think of it bein...
by hakbot
Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: pc-to-rc July 2004
Replies: 1
Views: 1795

pc-to-rc July 2004

Hello,

Im interested in an article on how to build an interface to allow computer control of an r/c transmitter in the July 2004 issue. I do not have this issue and it will be $11 if ordered. Can anyone do me a favor if they have this and scan it in for me?

Thanks!