robotmaker
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DJ will you be making a interface for LIDAR or laser range tracker for navigation inside the house cheapest LIDAR is NEATO XV-11 $130 or less one i got is one of the best HOKUYO URG-04LX i was lucky to get it at $1000 ,$200 off the regular price,looking to compare to the XV-11 lidar witch i was told it was very close but also looking to maybe add it to my omnibot project with EZB and another controller board
another item is adding GPS SENSOR for outside navigation,very low cost i see the new software update has GPS
NEATO DOES SUPPORT IT and the website i posted has all the info and API comands ,plus hook to hook it up and much much more info on the kinect i have 4 of them for my larger robots,drawback is the size 3 times the size ,plus added weight and 3 times the current draw on neato sensor it its under 500 ma uses 5v usb port only soshould be much easer to use and make a interface then using the KINECT another problem might be hard to use the webcam and kinect at the same time kinect is mostly used on very large robots
as you can see it will make most robots very funny looking only robot good for using kinect is IROBOT ROOMBA ,since the design TURTLEBOT uses it and needs 1.5 amp 12 volt source and usb sourcehere is the link on neato xv-11 sensor
neato xv-11 lidar hack page
this page as the software,api codes and simple schematic using a 555 timer and a few parts ,also in my robot club i am in there is a guy who did make a board for it and sells them low cost
here is the guy who hacked neato laser sensor and did a lot and lot of testesting ,you need to see the other blogs on waveforms ,schematics on lidar sensor and alot lot more ,also the simple motor rpm timing circuit using 555 timer and a mosfet and few timing parts (caps,and resistors) the link shows the circuit ,but side bar has the rest of his blogs on it
random workshop neato hack
Dj will probably take a look when he has time and time is a valuable and limited resource. He does a great job but he still is just one guy captaining the EZ-B ship. Sometimes repairing the sails. Sometimes adding to it. Sometimes doing course corrections as well as tending to passengers (of all backgrounds beginner-advanced).
But always steering his ship where he needs to go.
Raise a glass to Captain Sures!
(raises a beer) Here's to you captain. Thanks for all your hard work.
DJ doing a great job ,i try to tell others in my few robot yahoo clubs ,most like other types of microcontoller,i guess they like thier own programming ,but still few like it i think is great board,i like my other microcontroller but for toy robots it great hope soon he has time to add this interface soon,looks kinda easy with api codes
if he needs a neato sensor with speed control board can do a trade can make the board if others want it,only pay for parts and shipping $10 i made over 400 types of pcb boards,so its fun for me
How much would parts be?
@Robotmaker you are very experienced , why not pull out a occilliscope , get a idea of outputs verses angle and distance and write some lines of code for it? I mean all the work wouldnt already be done for you like with a ultrasound or a ir distance sensor but you would make a huge contribution if successful. Ez robot is super busy and watches members individual successes and needs to guide what the next features of ez boards will be. - Josh S
JOSH thats been done already it has the API codes already also not very good at codding,arduino and lispworks ,basic stamp is all the programming i know
also whats need is a digital storage o-scope,the output is digital all you need is API CODE AND A GOOD C++ programmer to make the code for
TROY well under $10