how do you connect the ps2 controller to a robot (the irobot create for example)
Here is how to connect it to an Atom or an Atom Pro.
lynxmotion.com/images/html/build034.htm
I dunno about the create…
violaeast,
It would be extremely difficult to connect a PS2 controller to an iRobot Create.
You would first have to have the PS2 talk to a BS2p Stamp which would in turn talk to the Create over the Create’s serial port.
I suggest that you go to the following websites to see how these individuals have interfaced a uP (Parallax Propellor) to the Create and you will see that it is not a trivial task:
irobotcreate.googlepages.com/home
Regards,
TCIII
Humm, how about a little uP (PIC or AVR?) with I2C to interface to the PS2? Sounds like the iRobot Create has an I2C interface.
Could be a very simple circuit.
Alan KM6VV
KM6VV,
The Create interface is not an I2C interface. It is standard serial TTL at 56Kbaud I believe.
I interfaced a BS2px Stamp to it, but sent a command to switch the baud rate to 19.2Kbaud, which is more acceptable to the Stamp, once the serial communication interface was established.
Regards,
TCIII
OK, I misread then. I thought I saw something on a I2C interface being available on it.
I’d be interested in building this interface anyway (PS2 to I2C), as I use I2C sensors, and it would make getting the PS2 data easier (I hate having to bit bang it on my main 'bot controller).
Alan KM6VV
is there any other controller that i could use that would make the connections a little simpler?