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To tell the truth, I only began coding bots because building a real robot appears by far too expensive for me. recently the control of my parent's solar collector likes to pump warm water to the roof, therefore I was searching for a replacement for the control unit, coming along different types of uControllers. Especially this one looked promising, at a cost of 28€ providing everything I need. So I bought it. It should arrive in the next days ... well, first testing different stuff, then maybe starting building those things I initially wanted to build and code ....

my bro tells me about caring more about the girls, but hey, who needs one if you can build a baby like this without external help ;D

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oh noes, so now you have to waypoint your room? :)

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No - he will use RealBot method of learning paths from humans. :D

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that sounds crazy.. then you'll attach guns and missles and send them after your enemies :devil2:

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so, first testing that little board, little steps, just soldered the connections :)

http://johannes.lampel.net/pics/IMG_0625.jpg

anyway, gotta go to bed :sleep1:

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btw, about waypointing and stuff ... that little thing has 1k of RAM, 16k Flash, 512byte of eeprom and 512k external flash. so I guess complex stuff has be done maybe on a pc linked wireless to the bot itself. anyway, just fucked up the bootloader, thus I cannot upload programs via RS232 anymore, I gotta build me an ISP programming cable ... all those little things you gotta take care of ;)

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Isn't that thing overkill for controlling a water pump?

Hey, I was thinking. What if you tried to fix the fried component(s) on the old controller and kept this one for yourself?

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pump control done, also data logging onto a flash device ...

http://johannes.lampel.net/Graph1.pdf

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All you need is one of these to tinker with.

http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/new/image/01.jpg

The New ASIMO has made great leaps forward from its predecessor. In fact, the New ASIMO can walk along with you (holding your hand if you wish), and features advanced mobility, to the extent that ASIMO can now move carts and other objects around at will. And, with a newly developed total control system that controls all of ASIMO's functions, ASIMO can autonomously act as a receptionist, or even deliver drinks on a tray. The New ASIMO is also more agile than before, being able to run at 6km/h, and even turn whilst running.

I can't wait for the blow up doll model :)

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guess that won't be cheap ...


but with a nice SDK it's worth a thought ;)


about if this stuff is overkill for a single pump : well, you could do it using operation amplifiers, but then you won't be able to log data, which is just a nice feature, and calibration wouldn't be easy. Those Atmel AVR controller basically need only one external resistor to pull up the reset pin, and then you just need to connect the inputs and outputs, assuming you already programmed that little thing. that's possible via a cable attached to 4 pins of the cpu and your parallel port. so it's quite easy. and that controller already contains normally 8 AD converter, quite some output/input ports depending on the package the controller comes in, some internal flash, eeprom and ram, different timers, serial bus, rs232 stuff ( though without level converter ), ...