Jeremie hooked me up with Eric Jennings, Co-Founder of the pinocc.io project. Pinoccio is a wireless hardware development platform targeting “makers” with an arduino style wireless mesh platform. Utilizing IEEE 802.15.4 (which is the basis of Zigbee etc) they aim to create a self managing
Project LightStrip prototype parts arrived today. It consists of 25 individually controllable RGB LEDs from Adafruit and a Kinect (via OpenNI, etc, etc on OSX). I am now just waiting on some frosted acrylic to arrive to determine the best way to mount the leds to it for the best
I’m about to start a new project, I’ll publish the prototyping as I make progress! How exciting!
Version 0.1 wiring complete! APM2.5, Firgelli actuator controller, spektrum rc reciever, 900mhz telemetry, and wiring for headlights, steering wheel, throttle and IR distance sensor all done.
Easy on/off switch (with key) and usb socket for convenience in reprogramming!
Final Wiring
Main power switch and underside of USB
Project power wheels’ brain! APM2.5 (ardupilot), firgelli linear actuator controller, spektrum 3 channel receiver and 900mhz wireless telemetry.
APM2.5 is running completely new code written by me (last night) with 3 modes. Full RC, RC throttle + Jeep Steering wheel (via potentiometer and analog input) and full Jeep
Project power wheels, almost fully assembled.
Over the next few days I will be working on the code to run on the APM2. Last night I started a skeleton codebase, using the ardurover code to map the initial includes/setup and loop structure. But aside from the imported libraries and
Steering buildout complete!
After much fussing with the frontend trying to get it to drive straight consistently we decided to make the drag link adjustable. Along with the aluminum plates and welded bolts to the front axels the frontend is now nice and stiff, and tracks great.
