This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C4F973.26ECB9A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all As a student project/research adventure we are planning to build = several small robots that will be coordinated by a main brain via = wireless connection. At this point we seek a suitable microcontroller to drive a simple pair = of DC motors with the possibility to hook up to a wireless connection. Could the experts from this form suggest a suitable development = (embedded) board or a suitable microcontroller? Any hints would be gratefully accepted, Thanks IB ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C4F973.26ECB9A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1255"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> As a student project/research adventure = we are=20 planning to build several small robots that will be coordinated by a = main brain=20 via wireless connection.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> At this point we seek a suitable = microcontroller to=20 drive a simple pair of DC motors with the possibility to hook up to a = wireless=20 connection.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> Could the experts from this form suggest = a suitable=20 development (embedded) board or a suitable microcontroller?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> Any hints would be gratefully = accepted,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> IB</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C4F973.26ECB9A0--
Wireless connection between mini robots
Started by ●January 13, 2005
Reply by ●January 13, 20052005-01-13
One option would be to use cheap WiFi PDA and use it to drive your control your robots. Deepa -- http://www.EventHelix.com/EventStudio EventStudio 2.5 - Automate sequence diagram generation
Reply by ●January 13, 20052005-01-13
Thanks for you advice. It seems like a viable solution, but there are several limitations 1) How is it is to interface PDA to a DC motor + encoder 2) Price. We need to build several dozens and they need to be as small possible. "EventHelix.com" <eventhelix@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1105621273.836315.189900@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...> One option would be to use cheap WiFi PDA and > use it to drive your control your robots. > > Deepa > -- > http://www.EventHelix.com/EventStudio > EventStudio 2.5 - Automate sequence diagram generation >
Reply by ●January 13, 20052005-01-13
"Izhak" <bucher@technion.ac.il> wrote:>Hi all > > As a student project/research adventure we are planning to build several small robots that will be coordinated by a main brain via wireless connection. > At this point we seek a suitable microcontroller to drive a simple pair of DC motors with the possibility to hook up to a wireless connection. > Could the experts from this form suggest a suitable development (embedded) board or a suitable microcontroller? > Any hints would be gratefully accepted,Our ER25 PICmicro WLAN board is used for robotics control, and the underlying technology has been incorporated into a standalone motor control board, see www.roboticsgroup.com Jeremy Bentham Iosoft Ltd.
Reply by ●January 13, 20052005-01-13
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Reply by ●January 13, 20052005-01-13
Hi all As a student project/research adventure we are planning to build several small robots that will be coordinated by a main brain via wireless connection. At this point we seek a suitable microcontroller to drive a simple pair of DC motors with the possibility to hook up to a wireless connection. Could the experts from this form suggest a suitable development (embedded) board or a suitable microcontroller? Any hints would be gratefully accepted, Thanks IB
Reply by ●January 13, 20052005-01-13
> As a student project/research adventure we are planning to buildseveral small robots that will be coordinated by a main brain via wireless connection. If ALL you want to do is drive a couple of motors wirelessly, then no microcontroller is necessary. Use the RF transceiver chips used in RC toy applications (for example). Realtek used to sell these, not sure if they still do.