John Blankenship has published a fantastic article titled Mechanical Modularity in December 2014 Servo Magazine. Get it!
BV4615 RC-5 IR Decoder
— Adds IR sensor support and button mapping for USB joysticks in ARC, enabling remote control functions; third-party hardware supported.
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EZ-Robot makes it even more fantastic
iRobot introduced that design with their Modules installed into the 500 model Roombas and the design is still present in their new 800 Models. Great concept.
Yay! This article was actually very well done. I love what John did with the Adapter Plates!
You can read some number of articles online for free before subscribing, so if you want to read this on, here is a direct link.
Pretty good article.
https://servo.texterity.com/servo/201412/?folio=38#pg38
Alan
Thanks for the link Alan...
Awesome!