You guys are on a very interesting topic for me. This of course is
the same question for an extension of my own project. I got my first
OOPIC about 10 days ago and still brain storming on how I'm going to
get to my final result.
My question is:
How do you plan on generating the map? I came up with storing the
map or terrain in the computer.
My reasoning is:
1. The map file could get rather large and become too much for
the onboard memory.
2. The computer could do more calculations and would be faster
than the (OOPIC). And all I would need to do is tell the vehicle's
brain (OOPIC) to turn right, left, climb, and stop or come home.
3. How would the vehicle know where it was in relation to the
map? If the vehicle started at point "A" on its way to point "B" It
would need GPS. Or would it?
4. To could the OOPIC handle all that data while attempting to
fly, drive or crawl its way around?
OOPIC-S
Visual Basic
Various CAD programs
Lamont
--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "jasuk1970" <mail@...> wrote:
>
> After looking into this more, I'm thinking some kind of wireless
link
> to my PC is a much better Idea.
>
> On top of that, it opens a whole new window of things to play with.
>
> Turning the ooPIC board into a controller board with some built in
> intelligence, which gets it's main commands from a PC. Then the PC
can
> handle storing (And displaying) the map. It can also tell the robot
> where to go and how to get there.
>
> I need to save up my pennies, I've found this device which seems to
> make the RS232 connection wireless.
>
> http://www.active-robots.co.uk/mini-rf-telemetry-module-ukeu-400mhz-
p-573.html
>
> I'm planning on writing the PC end in VB.NET and use the serial as a
> way of communicating. (I can add in the wireless but it later when
the
> normal serial cable has proven the theory)
>
> Jas
>
> --- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "red71956" <kdwyer@> wrote:
> >
> > You can make do with just one EEPROM quite nicely, just use a
256k
> > one (rather than the equipped 4k), available from (among others)
> > SuperDroidRobots. The 256k is, um, RATHER large for Oopic
purposes.
> > This should have enough space for an Oopic-able mapping program.
Pop
> > out the 4k, pop in the 256k, and map away. An 'S' board with TWO
256k
> > EEPROMs installed just about maxxes out an Oopic's onboard
abilities.
> > If that don't do it, it is time to look at off-Oopic data storage.
> >
> > Just not sure an Oopic is the best choice for the problem.
> >
> >
> > --- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "rtstofer" <rstofer@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "jasuk1970" <mail@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > On of the things I plan to do in the future is to try and
get a
> > > > robot to try and keep a map of a room in memory on a kind of
grid
> > > > system, and then do some kind of path finding to get from
point A
> > to
> > > > point B. But to do this I will need to have more then 400
bytes of
> > > > memory. Could anyone recommend some kind of extended memory
> > module I
> > > > could use with the ooPIC? (I'm using the OOBoard)
> > > >
> > > > I am hoping to discover some kind of serial device where you
pass
> > a
> > > > memory location and either set it to a byte or retrieve a
byte
> > from
> > > it.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have any idea if this kind of thing exists?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Jas
> > >
> > > Sure, the oEEPROM object allows you to store data in the unused
> > > portion of the EEPROM above the program.
> > >
> > > If you have an S board, you can use a second EEPROM and stay
> > > completely away from the program.
> > >
> > > Of course, you can interface another EEPROM using the oI2C
object
> > > completely separate from the program EEPROM.
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> >
>
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