mr_bandit

I had added pictures

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ressy

Nice!

I like your sturdy construction on top of the Tamiya stuff.  (After the gearbox they don’t really leave you much space on the original chassis, do they?)

What’s the wire (if it is a wire) coming in from the right?

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mr_bandit

The wire…

The long wire is the USB/serial cable to start the sequence, then show the various sensor values and state machine transitions. I have a Command Line Interpreter (CLI) with commands that let me control various things - like read the line sensors in a loop, or set the thresholds, etc.

Hope that answers your question.

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ressy

Thanks

That’s a good approach to know-- especially for debugging, I’ll bet.  USB was one of my guesses… the other guess was a safety line, in case it made a sudden run for the edge of the table  Speaking of that, good thinking with the “T” at the end of the route.

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mr_bandit

A table-driven CLI in C for Arduino

I am happy to post the CLI code for Arduino if someone is interested. I do firmware for a living, and I have different ones for my professional work. The first thing I do is get a serial port working and port a CLI.

Please point me to the right FAQ or posting on the process if y’all are interested.