We are making a Control Panel for a wireless rover

Mostly depends if the detail is too small (for me). Surface mount parts can challenge my little mill!

Eagle Gerber files should be easy to have prototyped.

Alan KM6VV

While we are waiting for the modules to arrive, what can we do with these alleged pins? :wink:

On the Surveyor 'bot radio/motor board, there are a pair of H-bridges (small), and drivers for lasers. Not sure we need either. (OK, I’m gonna put lasers on the Micromoose).

Lantronix brings out the I/O pins to a header. But remember the Lantronix is 3.3v, so I think we’d want a buffer to std 5v TTL/CMOS levels.

Have we figured out a camera to use? There is a header for the Blackfin camera module, we’ll need a header of some sort for the camera we will use.

I’d put on a few status LEDs, probably like the carrier/demo board has.

I’m more occupied with figuring out what com buffers (TTL, RS-232) we want for the two com ports. Jumpers to select.

There should be buffers out/in for the camera as well. 3v or 5v camera?

Alan KM6VV

Hello,
Are you are talking about the SRV-1 Base expansion module(green board $45.00)? It does not include any drivers on it, just the board and a 3vdc regulator to hold/power the matchport and the blackfin camera board.

Not the base expansion board, the “bfin-radiomotor-v3”, to be more specific. I think I posted links to the files earlier (I usually have to wander around a bit to find them).

I do have the expansion board, not that I’ll use it.

Alan KM6VV

I need an address for Charley, and Allen, so I can ship the Lantronix stuff out. If you can email it to me that would be awesome. Thanks!

Ok, sent :slight_smile:

Also sent!

Thanks!

Alan KM6VV

As Kurt pointed out to me yesterday. I mistakenly sent out the boxes that included everything, except the Wifi module itself! I didn’t realize they were packaged in a separate box. :frowning:

I’m getting them out today. Sorry for the delays! :stuck_out_tongue:

I was just going to Email you about that :slight_smile:

Jim,

the Lantronix module was waiting for me when I got home last night, but I haven’t received the first package (evel kit, etc.).

My son Andre got the UPS message! I’m the KM6VV one.

Thanks!

Alan KM6VV

They shipped the modules faster… You will have the dev kit tomorrow. :smiley:

Hi Jim (and others),

My second part arrived Friday and I have started to play around, but so far I have not had much luck with having my PC or laptop both running windows 7 to talk to it. I have tried to connect it through a cable that connects to the same switch as my PC as well as I have tried to create a wireless connection to it that I created an AD-HOC connection. The system appears to know that it is there, but the Device Installer does not find it, I am wondering if maybe it is either Windows 7 security or McAfee security that is causing problems. Next step is to grab an older notebook I have upstairs with XP on it and try it.

I believe I have the module properly plugged in properly as seen in the picture:

I downloaded the device installer plus the Matchport Demonstration kit Quick start guide from: lantronix.com/support/downloads/?p=MPORT

Kurt

If you have a laptop with WiFi that will make things much easier, by default the matchport is configured for Ad-Hoc mode, and I believe it’s SSID is LTRX_IBSS, so power up that eval board with the wifi module and shortly after have your laptop scan for ssid’s.

It took me a few times to get it, but once you can see it, you should be able to run the lantronix device installer software so you can setup the ip address and whatnot, BTW, try not to use auto-dhcp with these modules, static works much better (sometimes the module won’t connect in auto-mode).

Thanks Jim!

Alan KM6VV

Yah :slight_smile:, I had some better luck with my old notebook with XP on it. I was able to connect now. It took a long time for the installer app to install as it needed to install framework… I changed the IP address to a fixed IP. Not sure yet if it is better to put it in the same type range as my other network:
192.168.2.X or should it have its own range. After I changed it, I had to put an alternate IP address into the notebook to talk to it…

Now to start playing :smiley:

Kurt

I was also able to plug in a USB network adapter to my main machine and see it. It did not like talking to it with the web interface but it did succeed with reading the information with the telnet interface. I am now in the process of reading through the 80+ page document on the matchport.

Question, have any of you tried then converting from ad-hoc to infrastructure and connect to it through an access point? It would sure make it easier to have the different computers be able to talk to it…

Kurt

Tried it, wasn’t able to get a connection.

Alan KM6VV

That’s I have it setup now, it’s going through my wireless AP and it’s working great.

Thanks for the update, I will do the same tomorrow
Kurt