Thanks for the updates Dan. Great pictures! Ismenio ... From: Dan <ragooman@...> To: Pittsburgh Robotics Society <pittrobotsociety@yahoogroups.com> ...
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The pics have me stoked on starting the project. Outstanding job on the photos. Now I have to go to bed early every nite to make saturday hurry and get ...
We'll need an idead for the RoboSwarm body. This way it helps to mount all the different sensors on and around the robot. Also, it's another way of giving the...
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Everyone in the workshop at the next meetings this weekend should bring tools. Whatever you might not have probably me and somebody will have already, so don't...
In addition to tools, you may also want to bring some CA$H... For the first time in my life, I was overcome by SALE advertising. I impulsively spent over $70...
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I uploaded new pics to the RoboSwarm gallery. I included some pics of the robot body that I'm using. It's very simple, just a Dollar store tupperware container...
Saturday's meeting was our first workshop on the RoboSwarm project. We started on building the robot chassis as our first step. Bob took some video during the...
The next workshop is on Fri nite, May 12. We're going to have extra workshops during the month thruout the year. This way, others can catch up on stuff they...
We can meet at my place. There is also off street parking. My driveway is long - 3/4 cars should fit. I have a stool. Dan wrote: The next workshop is on Fri...
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Don't Forget to Register for RoboGames 2006! If you've already registered - Thanks! Can't wait to see you! If you haven't registered, you've got 5 weeks to...
I have the serial port working on the Roboswarm MCU bd. After digging into the Bascom manual and a Google search, I found out how to configure the uarts. The...
Thats great news Dan, I don't know if you could tell, but I was getting a little worried Friday. I tossed and turned all night. I was also looking around the ...
Well, another milestone achieved. I got the LCD working on the Roboswarm mcu bd. I had to do another Google search to find the answer to this one. I'm going to...
I updated the software thats menu driven, it's only a beginnging.. You can see some pics on the gallery webpage of the LCD display while the MCU bd is running....
Dan, I think you did a great job in putting all of this together in such a short time! Also, as of now I think I'm free next Friday night but I don't think I...
Agreed! Project rolling right along. Unfortunately, I guess I did damage my laptop's parallel port a while back with that DC motor project - Beginner's bad...
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Yea, the serial port is all we'll need. That's what the 2nd item on the list is for. The bootloader will allow us to download the code over the serial port. I...
I'll be gone all this weekend. I think I will have to get caught up next week or next weekend. Dan wrote: Yea, the serial port is all we'll need. That's what...
Hey guys and gals! Only 6 days left before registration closes. This is a great show, and we've already got almost 400 robots. It's a great chance to meet...
Sorry about this guys. Something I overlooked in building the robot. We'll need to make an adaptor cable for the serial port on the MCU bd. Since that...