Category arduino
Building Zumo – Part II
Did a little more work on the sumo type bot.
Added a perfboard with a mounted servo for a sweeping collision sensor.
Say Hello To My Little Friend – Zumo Part I
Decided to build the Pololu Zumo chassis with their optical encoders.
Still need to figure out a circuit to convert the encoders’ analog signal to digital.
Data vs Reality
I’ve implemented a PID-based closed-loop system to ensure my bot travels in a straight line.
The data says it is going straight, however, in reality it seems to be deviating quite a bit.
Mighty confused.
Servorator
Servorator is an open source Arduino library, providing sophisticated speed control for servos, that I wrote for my Robix arm project in order to creating smoother movements.
Servo16
Now that I have the servo shield working I went ahead and created my first OSX app to control the servos from my desk top. It’s a very simple app. There’s a slider for each of the 16 servos. Changing the sliders causes commands to be sent to the selected serial port. On the Arduino […]
Adafruit’s Servo Shield
Finally got the servo shield from Adafruit. The shield comes with the typical non-stackable male headers to interface with the Arduino board, as well as four 3×4 male headers for connecting up to 16 servos, and a two pin terminal block to provide power for those servos. I wanted to be able to stack other […]
First Circuit – Motion Alarm
For my first excursion into things Arduino I had purchased the “Make: Ultimate Microcontroller Pack” kit from RadioShack. It contains an assortment of components, i.e. LEDs, capacitor, resistors, various sensors, LCD display …etc, as well as the Arduino Uno Rev 3 and the MakerShield prototyping “shield”. I had also purchased a passive infrared sensor and […]
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