[TANKS] Re: The controller thingy
I was only wondering out of interest. Those pico itx's are tiny. Wonder if one would fit in the turret of a tank with the other components needed aswell. On 10 Oct, 01:20, Gregory Pwneror sockles...@gmail.com wrote: It wouldn't be too hard, you could set up a keyboard, trackball mouse (so you don't actually have to move the mouse) and a small screen inside a briefcase and before each battle you can plug it in and set it up. It would be better to use a pico-itx instead of a nano-itx (pico-itx's have the footprint of just slightly bigger than a playing card) I think it would still be better to use a mini/nano/pico itx inside the tank instead. Cooling wouldn't be too hard, you could probably just use fans, heatsinks and good ventilation. -Gregory On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: I wonder whether a mega modded controller could be made with a nano itx hanging off the back and wifi linkup. Cool if you could. Really awkward to set up PC settings though because youd need to have all the video outputs and inputs for other stuff. Perhaps not a good idea then. On Oct 9, 5:23 pm, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: I have thought of another way. Dougs program seems to take the input from the controller and then send to the PC on the tank and convert to esc commands. You could bypass that by making a PC in the tank and installing the software that doug uses and the drivers for the 360 controller for PC and USB adapter for using a wireless 360 pad on a pc and having the controller go directly to the tanks computer. Only get a few meters range but might work. If dougs about he might know abit more about that method. I reckon ps2 controller may be better suited for c6c as their cheaper to replace than the 360 pads. I can get ps2 wireless locally for £5 and wired 360 for £20. Wireless £30+. And the wired xbox controller wont need hacking to use USB as thats the interface for the 360 ones anyway. The old xbox ones are harder to come by. I have 2 wireless 360 ones and 1 wired one. Although microsoft advertise one as being for windows the only difference is one comes with the driver software for PC and the more expensive wireless for windows has a usb dongle for a normal 360 wireless controller aswell On Oct 8, 1:32 pm, Travis Butterfield tkbbetterthan...@yahoo.com wrote: ok I will attempt to try that when I get to taht part, thank you --- On Thu, 10/8/09, Gregory Pwneror sockles...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gregory Pwneror sockles...@gmail.com Subject: [TANKS] Re: The controller thingy To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 1:04 AM The other way is to somehow get hold of Doug Conn and ask him how he did it and for his software. -Gregory On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Gregory Pwneror sockles...@gmail.com wrote: There's 2 methods I can think of to do that. 1. The c6c's heart is a PIC micro-controller. You could potentially just completely rewrite the code in the PIC to work for an X-box. 2. You could use a small computer, like a nano or pico-itx and put the X-box controller through that by hacking the controller to use USB. You'd then write a computer program to imitate the output of a PS2 controller based on the input from the X-Box one. You'd route the output through the serial or parallel port of the computer. Both of these approaches require computer programming. I would give it a go, or give it to someone else to have a go, but I don't have an X-Box controller handy. You can find data sheets on the internet about the protocols of a PS2 controller. -Gregory On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: Could the xbox and ps2 controllers be hacked together to get best of both ie xbox quality and c6c connectivity??? On Oct 7, 1:13 am, Gregory Pwneror sockles...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, but sometimes the usb controllers are more expensive, or you could hack the controller to have both USB and Xbox -Gregory On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Adams, Kevin kad...@sheldon.k12.tx.uswrote: They sell Xbox controllers with USB plugs. No hacking required. *From:* rctankcombat@googlegroups.com [mailto: rctankcom...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Gregory Pwneror *Sent:* Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:46 PM *To:* rctankcombat@googlegroups.com *Subject:* [TANKS] Re: The controller thingy You could do it with a PIC theoretically, but you need to make sure that the PIC is fast enough and has enough ROM for the program. I've done a bit of looking at X-Box controllers myself, it turns out that they are basically USB devices with a different plug, if you chop off the existing one and add
[TANKS] Re: The controller thingy
Guys with experience with the nano and pico ITX's... how easy is it to get a 2.4GHz network card for one? You're intriguing the nerd in my head. -- Clark in Georgia, Commissar of the Red Banner Southern Fleet We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the R/C Tank Combat group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Inspiration.
Wind powered tank anyone??? Light switch thing reminds me of something. If you could reverse the current somehow you could rig a servo to a dimmer switch and have a home made esc with proportional control. Wonder if it would work... On 10 Oct, 01:46, Gregory Pwneror sockles...@gmail.com wrote: This man is inspiration that you can all build your RC tanks.http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/williamkamkwamba/http://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/william-kamkwamba-talks-windmills-with...http://hackaday.com/2009/10/02/hacker-rewarded-for-creating-electricity/ William Kamkwamba a windmill completely out of scrap to give his families hut in Malawi power for lights and a radio. He also built a really clever circuit breaker, a bridge rectifier and a homemade light switch. He dropped out of school when he was 13 because there was a famine in Malawi and his family couldn't afford to send him to school. He went to the US government funded library and got a book about wind power out, he decided to make one and 8 months later he finished it at age 14. He's also built a second windmill for irrigation. The mills don't rotate, they just face the direction of the prevailing wind. -Gregory --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the R/C Tank Combat group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: The controller thingy
what about a usb one. From what i can see on mini itx.com there arent a huge amount of connections inside On Oct 10, 3:56 pm, Clark Ward Jr ki4...@gmail.com wrote: Guys with experience with the nano and pico ITX's... how easy is it to get a 2.4GHz network card for one? You're intriguing the nerd in my head. -- Clark in Georgia, Commissar of the Red Banner Southern Fleet We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the R/C Tank Combat group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Inspiration.
It would seem that the formatting for the hyperlinks has died for some people. The 3 links are: http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/williamkamkwamba/ Link 2: http://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/william-kamkwamba-talks-windmills-with-jon-stewart/ Link 3: http://hackaday.com/2009/10/02/hacker-rewarded-for-creating-electricity/ Link 2 shows the circuit breaker. You could use a potentiometer, but not a light dimmer I think. The pot would have to be huge if you just used it, you'd have to attach it to a big transistor, which would work. -Gregory On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: Wind powered tank anyone??? Light switch thing reminds me of something. If you could reverse the current somehow you could rig a servo to a dimmer switch and have a home made esc with proportional control. Wonder if it would work... On 10 Oct, 01:46, Gregory Pwneror sockles...@gmail.com wrote: This man is inspiration that you can all build your RC tanks. http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/williamkamkwamba/http://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/william-kamkwamba-talks-windmills-with...http://hackaday.com/2009/10/02/hacker-rewarded-for-creating-electricity/ William Kamkwamba a windmill completely out of scrap to give his families hut in Malawi power for lights and a radio. He also built a really clever circuit breaker, a bridge rectifier and a homemade light switch. He dropped out of school when he was 13 because there was a famine in Malawi and his family couldn't afford to send him to school. He went to the US government funded library and got a book about wind power out, he decided to make one and 8 months later he finished it at age 14. He's also built a second windmill for irrigation. The mills don't rotate, they just face the direction of the prevailing wind. -Gregory --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the R/C Tank Combat group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
