Hi Guys,
I’m a new member but I’ve been reading the site for years and have been very grateful for the advice I’ve received.
I have a tractor type device with 5 motors (3 with encoders) and a rotating laser scanner ane a few other sensors. I use a AP28/BBII to control the whole thing. The bot runs an autonomous program or can be switched to manual control using a PS2 controller. I’ve learned enough assembly coding from these postings to do a pretty fair job of dealing with the encoders and required timing issues. Thanks to all for that.
I now want to do data collection, display and control from my PC. I’ve spent a lot of time reading post here and it seems as though it all can be done via bluetooth but I still feel like I’m missing the basics.
Can someone point me toward some tutorials or discussions about how to accomplish my goal. I don’t need to program the APro wirelessly, although that would be great, I just need to get data from it.
Thanks Alan
Maybe I just need more patience but I,ve spent the last few hours plowing through the hundred and hundreds of postings on wireless communication and I was just hoping that someone might point me to something more like a “how to” note similar to the PS2 controller tutorial. Maybe I’m making this much harder than it has to be but I’m still confused about how it connects and how you code to it. Are instructions included with the product?
If your looking for data acquisition then the X-Bee’s might be good…there docs are easy to follow and there almost right out of the box wireless serial devices.
When paired with an Explorer Board and PC usb board they can send and receive various data from the Xbee board alone and from the Bot Board. I really suggest you look into these devices they are powerful units and relatively easy to use with little or no programming.
The two links Jim posted should help. Then, just try it, and post your results/questions!
Basically, it works just like a serial cable! You might want to set the default baudrate of the SMiRF (115000), but other then that, you shouldn’t have too many problems.
