HERO-1 has 3 separate components for “vision”: This entry is about the sonar distance component. There are 2 tube structures – a Transmit tube and…
Last-minute change on the drive board. I discovered that Hero IO ports 122 and 125 are Steering limit counter-clockwise and clockwise, respectively. The problem is,…
Alright, so it has admittedly been nearly 3 years since I posted anything here! Crazy how time flies! Good thing HERO doesn’t age, he just……
Ah, stepper motors – or as I quickly came to know them – “why does this thing have so many damn wires?!” motors. I had…
Making Hero drive forward and backward at varying speeds ended up being probably the simplest interface I’ve created for him yet. The entire interaction can…
So last time I wrote, I was complaining about wire.h and though I’d need to re-write it. Fortunately, that didn’t end up being the case. …
No cool images or videos today. Tonight I wallow in the realization that I will probably need to roll my own I2C library to get…
I had ordered 2 of the largest protoboards I could find. Ultimately I’ve decided to mimic the old concept of having the CPU board and…
After re-installing the speech board, which has been a source of endless entertainment over the last couple weeks, back into HERO, I then had to…
So, plan A was to order a 5v Trinket Pro from adafruit, but apparently, I accidentally ordered a 5v Trinket instead. The main difference is…