Robotics


SpoonBot, the Wife Chaser E-mail

A simple wife-chaser with prototyping board using an OOPic. I like him because he has character -- and he winks. Currently SpoonBot looks nothing like this, though -- he's wired up for speech using an old GI SP0256-AL2 allophone speech synthesizer. Sound pretty cool. ;) Look for the speech module prototype coming soon!

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I2C Allophone Speech Synthesizer E-mail

I suppose this doesn't *need* the ATMega, but they're only a few bucks, so what the hey. This uses an old GI SP0256-AL2 speech synthesizer IC containing all 59 English phenomes. It sounds very computer-like (even though the original documentation boasts "natural sounding speech".

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I2C Dual Stepper Motor Controller E-mail

A prototype for an even tinier 4-amp dual stepper motor controller and driver, providing 500mA per phase for two 4-phase unipolar steppers, or 1A per phase for 1 motor when signals are combined (separate input for motor power). Four-position DIP switches assign a unique device number for addressing within the network, and various motor commands received via the 4-pin interface (+5V, GND, SCL, SDA) are translated and clocked out by the on board microprocessor, completely freeing the controlling device of this tedious task. Quite small -- less than 1.75" x 1.5" including mounting area.

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AVR Robot Control Center E-mail

Here's a prototype for a tiny I2C master controller designed to monitor and handle sensor loop and control operations. Conditioned power (+5V) is brought into this board, where it is coupled with the TWI for twelve external devices on three independent clock and data lines. I2C need not be implemented on each bus. Additionally power is combined with three weak-high pins, and three floating for other control applications. Includes an analog comparator (ANC) and a programmable LED.

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Trigonometry Functions with the PICmicro MCU E-mail
A simple solution for handling trig functions with the PIC Micro microcontroller. Originally published on Jun 11, 2002.
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Engineering Bluebot E-mail

BlueBot is a platform for autonomous robot experimentation, engineered around a specific set of motors. It's in itself an experiment in mixing easy-to-find components and custom components, with the end goal being a well-engineered, compact, flexible and expandable platform for experimentation and development. It's a learning tool in development, construction and customization. Some of the requirements were predefined, while others were dictated by available tools and parts.

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