okidey
Hi!
My name is Kristian. I have recently ordered the EZ-B Board here, and am excited
to consider myself a new EZ-B owner!
Well, almost. I am now awaiting all the items to be delivered, and ofourse have been
thinking about various things to build. Naturally I have my questions also..
Together with the EZ-B board I have ordered a total of 18 Heavy duty Servo's,
1 Ultrasonic ping sensor, and 1 Mini servo to sweep the Ultrasonic sensor. I am
thinking of building a Hexapod. I intend to use all 18 heavy duty servo's for the legs,
6 legs each having 3 servo's. Similar to a robot I've seen from Lynxmotion, namely
the 'Phoenix' Hexapod version. So I need to consider a proper power source.
If anyone could give me some suggestions, I would very much appreciate it.
I was considering using a set of either 6 or 8 AA recharbeable batteries of 2700mah,
would that work?
Also..I am assuming there will be no Bluetooth dongle included so I will have to
purhase one here in Holland. An Asus bluetooth stick 2.1 EDR USB-BT211 seems
like an interesting option, allthough I have no idea as to wether it would be
compatible with the EZ-B. What do you guy's think?
And one other thing..
I was wondering as to wether someone else might have built a similar
concept of a Hexapod robot, and wether or not someone here has any experiences
and/or useful information regarding the coding for movement and balancing of such a robot.
Any information regarding these 3 questions would be greatly appreciated.
Further more..
I have to admit that I am an absolute beginner when it comes to coding, robotics and
electronics. Right now my knoledge and experience regarding all these aspects is very,
very limited. I am however eager to learn, and like to consider myself smart enough
to be ABLE to learn. But if I seem slow, please bare with me. 
*EDIT
About the battery question, I have read a little further in the forums and have instead
decided to go for a Li-Ion 7.4v 2600mah battery pack. I'm guessing that should do the trick.
Thanks, I am looking forward to building my own EZ-B!
Greets,
Kristian.
For hexepod motion, I think you could use the new relative servo motion control to do very smooth coordination of the legs.
Alan
Just to understand correctly, if I use the single pack and
connections start dropping out, is that a sign of the board burning out?
If I want to make sure I get it right the 1st time, would using 2
Li-Ion 7.4v 2600mah packs, 1 for the board and another for the
servo's be my best bet?
Kristian.
So I'll just buy 2 packs and try with 1 first, then wait for that alternate
power board.
About that Asus bluetooth stick 2.1 EDR USB-BT211. Does anyone have
experiences using this? Would this be suitable for the EZ-B?
@ jstarne1
I have ordered the bench table power supply sold here on the website,
would that be alright too? or would that be too much? Lets say these
servo's 6v. i would have to hook them up directly onto a 6v dc powersource?
and lets say a 7v dc powersource for the board?
Thanks for your replies.
Kristian.
Virtually any BT stick should work. They pretty much all support serial over BT.
Alan
Alot of great folks here with some great knowledge. Your project sounds absolutely sick..can't wait to see it develop!
v/r
kevin
when you stated 4 servos needs alternate power supply......you mean the 4 high torque servos right?
how many regular servos can you run on 1 power supply?
Thanks Alan, I think I understand now. The board regulates any powersource
to 5v, but the heavy duty servo's prefer 6v. Espescially with so many servo's
it can cause a 'brown out' in the board. So I need at least one 6v DC power
source to either feed both the board and servo's but individually, or add another
seperate 4v - 14v DC power source for the board.
So what remains is to ensure enough amps, espescially for the servo's.
If I were to get my hands on five 1.2v, 13000 mah Nimh rechargeable battery
cells and line them up to make 6v, would I then have a decent powersource
to at least feed the servo's, if not both the servo's AND board?
This is a datasheet of those cells in .pdf format
http://www.produktinfo.conrad.com/datenblaetter/250000-274999/255048-da-01-en-EMMERICH_NIMH_AKKU_F_13000_MAH_FT_1Z.pdf
@kkeast
Thanks!
I'm looking forward to seeing it develope myself too. As I've said, I have
little to no experience in robotics, and I will no doubtidly come here
often for help and information. I will have to begin with constructing the body
or frame for this Hexapod, I was thinking of using black Plexiglass as material.
I do not have a whole lot of fancy tools available to me but I have the basics and
nescesities like a Dremmel and the various bits, gluegun, solder iron etc. So
that should not be a problem. I have a basic practical understanding
of electronics, putting it together should not be a problem. However,
I have NO experience in the software or programing of such things.
This EZ-Robot board from Dj Sures, with the ARC software package
will prove to be a good introduction and foundation for me to learn about
robotics. Also reading around in the forum offers a lot of information and
support and friendly members to learn from. This will be fun!
Kristian.
I am the first to admit that I am still learning this stuff. It has been 31 years since I last did an electronics project in high school. But I have been reading posts here for the past couple of months and learned a tremendous amount from the other posters.
There is a current thread about HD Servos with a lot of good data in it.
Alan
Your replies have given me an idea of what to do.
I have decided to use 5 rechargeable Nimh cells 1.2v of 13000mah for the
servo's. And i have ordered a bluetooth usb. Now I will have to wait for
everything to be delivered, I'm looking forward to building!
Greets,
Kristian.
Ik zie nu pas dat je ook uit nederland komt.
Ik heb net mn 3e boardje binnen.
Heb al aardig wat in elkaar gezet met de ez-b
Ben nu met een Omnibot 2000 bezig.
Hij heeft nu 10 servo's
Zelf gebruik ik een 7.4 volt 4a en heb het spoor tussen de + weg gehaald en de accu daarop gezet. de ez-b heeft zijn eigen voeding door de bijgeleverde 5 pack batterij houder.
Hoop dat je hier iets mee kan
Ja daar heb ik zeker wel wat aan, ik zat al te denken hoe ik al die draadjes
van 18 servo's op een andere battery ging aansluiten haha!
Al je 3e? Jij hebt al aardig wat ervaring opgedaan dan met dit spul?
Ik zelf ben echt helemaal nieuw. Ik kan best leuke dingen in elkaar
zetten maar wat betreft programeren and dergelijke zal nog een
avontuur worden voor mij.
Dank je voor je antwoord, daar heb ik echt een boel aan en dat zal ik
zeer zeker ook met die van mij doen.
Groetjes,
Kristian.