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Adding Wifi To One Of My Existing Ez-B'S

Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Good Morning EZ-B Robot Builders !

How much Code would be required to add WiFi to one of my existing EZ-B's ?

I still want to Maintain ALL the ARC Features, other than BlueTooth !

A most reliable friend guided me to the following Modules :

Roving Networks' RN-XV Wi-Fi Module 30025, https://solarbotics.com/product/30025/

SparkFun XBee Explorer Regulated 50828, https://solarbotics.com/product/50828/

Thank You All For The Consulting Services,

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#41  

The Aspire one is a popular netbook for ARC and it should run fine.

I'm not 100% sure what's up with your EZB firmware version number, if it's something to do with the WiFi or something else but the current version is V16. Running the firmware update tool wouldn't be a bad idea.

Edit: It may be your project too. Have you tried it with a new, empty project? And have you carried out a benchmark on it? If you have a lot of GetADC or ADC controls it can cause slowdown, benchmark will tell you how many reads of the ADC you can do per second, if you are exceeding that you may be saturating the communications. Reading the ADC can also be heavy on system resources if you do too many too often.

#42  

PiTTOM i will test it to make shore ,also speed depends on what you have running on it.

PITTOM what programs besides ARC do you have running on your computer.

ALSO without connection to ARC there is info at the top of it that show the date and version ,also help tab and click on about will tell you date and version of it.

#43  

also looking at EZ-SDK its at version 29 ,so may be it a conflict with EZ-SDK software why he is reading version 25

#44  

I updated EZB firmware version V16 still slow and i don't know how to benchmark. With a new project and only a few things on it runs fast.

I only have EZB and HW Virtual Serial Port even turned off all security on computer.

I thought WiFi is faster then Bluetooth?

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#45  

To run a benchmark

Add a control

Benchmark is just here

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Once added, with the board connected click on the button "read 200 ADC from ADC0"

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Wait...

Get your result.

You'll also notice it shows CPU usage and memory.

Run a benchmark and post a screenshot if you are unsure about the result. (Alt & Printscreen copies the screen to clipboard, open paint, paste, save, post here)

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#46  

It'll also pay to post info on your connection information on the WiFi, settings etc. It could well be a networking issue. WiFi is faster than bluetooth but only if you have a good connection set up. If you are getting poor wifi signal or if there are errors in the settings you will get a bad connection that only seems as if it's connected properly when in reality it isn't.

#47  

Rich thanks so much i will do and post it tomorrow

#48  

PITTOM on the WIFI how many bars are you getting that will tell you how strong the signal is.

ITS in network places under WIFI connection

Also on the bottom right hand corner of your computer screen next to time.