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New product: 5-Channel Reflectance Sensor Array for Balboa 32U4 Balancing Robot
- 26 February 2019I look forward to developing algorithms to allow the Balboa Balancing Robot to follow black lines on a white floor, solve line maze navigation and then navigate a wall maze. The recent release of the line sensor for Balboa was the selling point for me. I have developed these feats using the Zumo robots; using algorithms adapting analog sensors for distance to walls and line sensors to run the line maze. Access to the I2C and Serial1 pins as well as the line sensor adapter are easily adaptable to the new LIDAR sensors for I2C and XBee transceiver permitting remote control, communication and / or detection will provide the required means to an end. The Balboa balancing algorithm allows access to motor control that requires a change in thinking for adapting external devices. Discovering the "Timing without Delay" article for multitasking events was fruitful in upgrading the "DriveAround" routine to exercise different behaviors; like race track, squares and circles; to determine the range of motion control while balancing. All that is left to resolve is combining the timing algorithm with the sensor algorithm to complete the project; detecting and follow a line. I hope to succeed as I did with the Zumo products on similar projects.
New products: Assembled Zumo 32U4 robots
- 27 October 2015I have purchased the Arduino based Zumo robot and; recently; Zumo32U4 robot, which I enjoy working(playing) with. However; I have ran into difficultly programming both robots using the Arduino IDE supplied with the Debian Linux operating environment. The Arduino IDE supported by Windows 10; using the Zumo32U4 library in the same libraries folder as the Arduino Zumo libraries; doesn't exhibit the same error messages. Evidently the Zumo32U4 code examples invade the Arduino Zumo programs with the Zumo32U4 fault message when using the Debian environment.
This comment is a request for a solution. I enjoy working with your product(s) in both Linux and Windows environments for flexibility; without being restricted to Windows. I do not consider this a serious issue; since I have been able to work around the issue by moving the Zumo32U4 library out of the Arduino IDE libraries directory while programming the Arduino Zumo in the Debian environment; with ease.
Best Regards,
Al
PS: Arduino IDE libraries are present for LSM303 and L3GD40 products as separate libraries and *.cpp and *.h files in the libraries folder.