Virtual Joystick via Bluetooth

**Update 5.29.10**

Alright! I have successfully gone the other way now! (Not like that). Top Video and yes, the lighting sucked.

Here's the system:

Picaxe 28x2 (in the transmitter) - 433mhz RF TX (the $5 one) - 433mhz RF RX - Picaxe 40x2 (Walter's main brain) - Bluesmirf Bluetooth serial datapipe - Std. USB Bluetooth adapter - Lappy - Processing

As I said in the video, I hope to start relaying distance and turn info via bluetooth to start some very basic "maps" or visual representations of where walter has gone. Basically, I want to start with a virtual etch-a-sketch or better yet, what was that program we used as kids with the turtle and pen-up/ pen-down? Logo? Something like that but with Walter's encoders sending data as to how long and where to draw lines.

 

**Original**

As I am still waiting for parts to keep working on Walter's voice, I thought I get back to working with my bluetooth set-up. I think the video is self-explainatory, please excuse my voice --the pollen is kicking my ass!

Enclosed is the code and I just don't feel like writing a huge post right now. Read the code, watch the video, ask questions.

 

Bluesmirf Bluetooth Rx/Tx Module

'Ting!


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/virtual-joystick-via-bluetooth

Awsome.But can this

Awsome.

But can this Bluesmirf module also send, for instance, live video/audio feedback ?

Yes.

Yup, it is RX and TX. It works as a simple data-pipe so whatever goes in one end comes out the other. Not to mention, it handles some pretty high baud rates. I can see no reason you couldn’t send audio or video (someone correct me on this) as long as the computer and pic -or- computer and computer are happy speaking in the same “audio/video language”.

yes you can

any way, as Chris says, it is tx/rx and it does makes some pretty high baud rates, 115.200,  you wont be doing any HD video stream, but it can be done.

**I would have to agree…I **

I would have to agree…I  think it would work.

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Man, everytime you post something new, I’m amazed by what is possible! You’re my inspiration when it comes to robots :wink:

This summer I’m going to start building myself, hopefully that’ll turn out allright :smiley: