Saturday, January 9, 2010  11:00 am        Class  12:30 pm        Meeting   BRING YOUR ROBOTS,   especially your un-finished...
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Alex Brown
rbirac2
Jan 7, 2010 10:07 pm
Hi John, I'm going to try to have a short presentation on the data from our GPS tests. Could you tell me the model of GPS receiver you used last month? BTW,...
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John F. Davis
jfd50412008
Jan 8, 2010 6:09 am
Garmin 12. Interesting that there was no correlation. John Alex Brown wrote: Hi John, I'm going to try to have a short presentation on the data from our GPS...
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Bruce J Weimer MD
bjweimer
Jan 8, 2010 3:43 pm
Alex, The lack of correlation in data drift is disappointing... Dr. Bruce. ... From: Alex Brown Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:10 PM Subject: Re:...
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Alex Brown
rbirac2
Jan 8, 2010 9:37 pm
John, You had two GPSs last month, I thought the one that worked was that little thing about inch to inch and a half diameter that you were hooked up to. I...
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Robin Hewitt
get_imaginary
Jan 9, 2010 1:02 am
Hi All, Here's a summary of what I had in mind as a possible way this could work: Eligible entries: 1. Are implemented and demonstrated. I think we're all...
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Jef Mangelschots
jef.mangelsc...
Jan 9, 2010 1:24 am
Hi, If I a'm not mistaken, I was asked to give tomorrow's class on "introduction to programming AVR microcontrollers" as requested by other members. I did not...
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famousbots
Jan 9, 2010 2:40 am
I could give a lesson / demonstration on teaching your robot to sing. Thomas On Jan 8, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Jef Mangelschots <jef.mangelschots@...> wrote: ...
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famousbots
Jan 9, 2010 2:45 am
Is there anyone who can give me a hand Saturday getting my leaf board connected and running? I've had it more than two years and never plugged it in. Does it...
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Alex Brown
rbirac2
Jan 9, 2010 3:34 am
Thomas, it just takes a 9 or 12 volt battery to power it up (and a couple alligator clips). I'll have my robot laptop there,we can see if it communicates....
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Jef Mangelschots
jef.mangelsc...
Jan 9, 2010 5:00 am
Hi Thomas, if you want to, you can do your lecture. I can do mine next month. I'll bring it just in case, but feel free to give your lesson. thx Jef...
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Robin Hewitt
get_imaginary
Jan 9, 2010 5:15 am
Could someone let me know, please, which way this is going to go? Thanks, Robin ________________________________ From: Jef Mangelschots...
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Jef Mangelschots
jef.mangelsc...
Jan 9, 2010 6:43 am
I'm sorry, is this conflicting with some other activities ? I did not attend last meeting so I am a little fuzzy on the competition thing you are leading. I...
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Jef Mangelschots
jef.mangelsc...
Jan 9, 2010 10:12 am
it looks like i need more time to finish my class. I am about half way through. I would appreciate it if someone else can fill in, either Thomas or someone ...
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Robin Hewitt
get_imaginary
Jan 9, 2010 2:24 pm
Thanks for resolving that, Jef. - Robin ________________________________ From: Jef Mangelschots <jef.mangelschots@...> To: RSSC-list@yahoogroups.com ...
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John F. Davis
jfd50412008
Jan 9, 2010 3:12 pm
Alex You are correct. My mistake. The little one worked and it was a Pharos GPS-500 branded by Microsoft. I'll bring it to the meeting today. John Alex Brown...
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famousbots
Jan 10, 2010 8:14 pm
So it connects to the pc with a USB cable? Thomas On Jan 8, 2010, at 7:37 PM, "Alex Brown" <rbirac@...> wrote: Thomas, it just takes a 9 or 12 volt battery...
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Alex Brown
rbirac2
Jan 11, 2010 12:34 am
Yep, a B USB connector on the micro board to an A connector on the PC. You'll have to install the right drivers for the FTDI chip. There are instructions on...
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Alex Brown
rbirac2
Jan 11, 2010 3:54 pm
Hi John, Thanks for offering to bring the club stuff in to the next meeting. What occurred to me later was that when we discussed the next meeting, I was...
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Walter Martinez
wmartinzz
Jan 11, 2010 4:29 pm
We had a great first year meeting this month with lots of show and tell/demos. I found and article for a new vacuum robot from a new company. It maps the room...
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famousbots
Jan 11, 2010 8:22 pm
Cool! Thomas On Jan 11, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Walter Martinez <wmartinz@...> wrote: We had a great first year meeting this month with lots of show and...
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Paul Ashley
pt_ashley
Jan 12, 2010 6:42 pm
Hi Jim. I have been working with a parallel idea as you illustrated in the "99 Newsletters. How well did it work? I am using sonar rather than light. I...
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famousbots
Jan 12, 2010 10:12 pm
How many amps? Thomas On Jan 10, 2010, at 4:37 PM, "Alex Brown" <rbirac@...> wrote: Yep, a B USB connector on the micro board to an A connector on the PC....
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Alex Brown
rbirac2
Jan 12, 2010 11:25 pm
How many amps for what? Just to run the microcontroller, I've run it on a little 9 volt battery for some time. If you want to drive a lot of servos, it can...
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Bill Douglas
brd813
Jan 12, 2010 11:59 pm
Alex, Is there a list of the functions the board supports? Bill Alex Brown wrote: How many amps for what? Just to run the microcontroller, I've run it on a...
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Bruce J Weimer MD
bjweimer
Jan 13, 2010 3:02 pm
Walter, You know it's kind of humbling that we hobby roboticists haven't solved the SLAM problem but now there's a vacuum cleaner on the market that does it -...
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Alex Brown
rbirac2
Jan 13, 2010 4:23 pm
Hi Bill, A list of the boards built in capabilities can be seen at http://leafproject.org/electronics/micro_contr/description/mcdescription.htm Alex ... From:...
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jef.mangelschots
jef.mangelsc...
Jan 13, 2010 4:47 pm
in reading up on inertial navigation, I read about linear and angular rate accelerometers needed for a good inertial navigation. When I go through the sensor...
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jef.mangelschots
jef.mangelsc...
Jan 13, 2010 4:49 pm
Next to accelerometers and gyro's, online robot shops also sell magnetometers for navigation (e.g....
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Paul Ashley
pt_ashley
Jan 13, 2010 5:19 pm
Hi Jeff, the terms angular accelerometer and gyro may be related. A few years ago solid state gyros were crystals that vibrated. They may be made more like...
