This robot will be a test bed for the Arduino Pro and sensors. Using the Accelerometer as a tilt sensor for the base the small robot will be less likely to tip over. Also, using the front bottom IR sensor will detect drops. This, however, may need to be extended out. I will most likely be adding on a second Arduino pro stacked on the first so I can test how well parallel processors will do on such a robot.
A simple sketch (not quite to scale)
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s291/ollopat/DSC00491-1.jpg
parts list
3 Standard servo’s: 2 Continuous rotation versions
1 Arduino Pro
1 ADXL330 Accelerometer
2 GP2D12 IR Sensors
2 2.75 inch Foam wheels
1 5v PsP Backup Battery
1 Small piece of acrylic
1 small Castor
1 metal tube
1 small breadboard
Work done so far (Wired up power and five General purpose i/o lines up. As well as soldered the accelerometer straight to the board)
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s291/ollopat/DSC00488-1.jpg
Programing the Arduino Pro though USB
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s291/ollopat/DSC00493-1.jpg
Simple Code for raw data from Accelerometer
[code]int groundpin = 18; // analog input pin 4
int powerpin = 19; // analog input pin 5
int xpin = 3; // x-axis of the accelerometer
int ypin = 2; // y-axis
int zpin = 1; // z-axis (only on 3-axis models)
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(groundpin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(powerpin, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(groundpin, LOW);
digitalWrite(powerpin, HIGH);
}
void loop()
{
Serial.print(analogRead(xpin));
Serial.print(" “);
Serial.print(analogRead(ypin));
Serial.print(” ");
Serial.print(analogRead(zpin));
Serial.println();
delay(1000);
}
[/code]
And since I have three I may be able to use them in different ways as, one being as you said:
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