Live Robot Hack Session

Botmatrix Live Hack Session 7

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Tonight I'll be finishing some hacks on an interactive R2D2 toy I bought some time ago that I hadn't finished. I'll be focusing on hacking the on-board ultrasonic sensor and the head position encoder.

I'll also be doing a mini tutorial on RGB LEDs. I'll talk about the types, hooking them up, and the styles available.

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Synthiam
#1  

You all have fun tonight! I'll jump in the chat and type some gibberish if i'm high on NyQuil from my head cold. Yes, i have a man cold and I'm not shy to whine about it!

#2  

Be well soon DJ. I know how horrible colds can be.

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Canada
#3   — Edited

If you can type you haven't drank enough.

#4  

I imagine DJ typing and falling asleep on the keyboard....(this is how he codes anyyway :p) maybe code some raspberry pi plugins...lol

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Synthiam
#5  

Chief - lol

All plugins that don't require operating specific calls will work on the raspberry pi. What plugins were you looking for that are specific to the raspberry pi?

#6  

Hello Everyone,

So, I am hacking my R2D2 also and need some info on which H bridge motor controller should be used for the motors.  1 for head rotation and 2 motors for R and L legs.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks Mark

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Canada
#7  

Hi Mark,

I used an EZ-Robot 2.5A L298 dual motor H-Bridge for the L and R motors and a small 1A H-bridge from China that I had for the head motor.

The head motor doesn’t draw too much current so it can be used with a lot of off the shelf H-Bridges, or even a small transistor circuit.