Thanks, Yama. Nice job with the circuit diagram. Looking forward to answerJerry! Gerald
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Yama Ploskonka <yamap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for the interest, Gerald. > I have uploaded a circuit diagram, and will be working on explaining > what's what there > BTW, I did the drawing on an XO 1, using Inkscape in Gnome. Slower than > the quad core, but works! > > http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Bouncy_Robot_Linux_code > > let's ask Jerry (no pun: his website is http://askjerry.info) for the > frame design - he has also a nifty tractor body design there. > > Hey Jerry! do you have handy the blueprint of the tricycle that we may > share it with the friends here? > Thanks! > > > > On 11/25/2012 08:32 AM, Dr. Gerald Ardito wrote: > > Yama, > > This is really great. And thanks for updating the wiki (sorry about the > cold, though). > Can you provide specifics on the hardware/frame for the robot? > > Thanks. > Gerald > > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Yama Ploskonka <yamap...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Bouncy robot powered by mspgcc+olpc/Sugar+msp430 >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-jrNkWtavM >> >> So far mspdebug Linux tools "work" in OLPC's XO computer using the >> directions in >> http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/OLPC_XO-1 (major overhaul today, >> courtesy of a cold/flu) >> >> 1) I beg mspdebug people to vet excessive heresies this noob might have >> introduced in the How-To in that page. >> So far I am managing without -mcu - or -gdb. >> I actually have no idea what those are for, or if their unavailability >> explains my so far failure to UART, or if we should care... (for many >> things, it ain't broken...) >> >> 2) Fedora packaging people: any way to package >> mspdebug msp430-libc msp430-binutils msp430-gcc msp430mcu msp430-gdb ? >> What gets downloaded through yum channels in the XO is very, very >> outdated, and conflicts (cf. mcu and libc). >> Please feel free to forward, as I have no access to "real" Fedora people >> - don't even know where to look for them without making a nuisance of >> myself and undue noise, and certainly do not know who could maybe make a >> "package"(?) usable for the XO. Will this be fixable for the next OLPC OS? >> Daniel? >> >> 3) Robotics, Science, Sensors OLPC, IAEP people, please, if you could >> test the GCC toolchain? >> You do not need to have a Launchpad on hand. I am trying to catch bugs >> and usability issues. Are the instructions clear? as much as possible >> figuring out snags so it's easier for kids and normal people. >> >> *robot* >> The brains of this "bouncy" are an MSP430 microcontroller (a lowly g2152) >> controlling a L293 dual H bridge, senses two switches. Its brawn a couple >> geared DC motors on 9V PWM in an askjerry tricycle frame. Not counting >> shipping, less than USD $10 total. Coded in an XO-1 all the way. Enormous >> thanks to the mspgcc folks that helped me figure things like how to use >> more than one switch... >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> support-gang mailing list >> support-g...@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > support-gang mailing > listsupport-gang@lists.laptop.orghttp://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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