Dan, it must be that time of year! My robot has been in a box
all summer and I'm ready to get back to work on it. Where I left
off, I had a dual-deck chassis with dual Tamiya worm gear drives,
basic bumper switches, and IR sensors. I was having problems
with the Vector 2X compass and may just use the lower resolution
`heading' mode since I'm mainly using it to hold a heading. I had
also tested a few versions of ultrasonic detectors.

   One new thing I want to add is a low cost camera. I have a
wireless XCAM2 camera and I found a site with antenna hacks
for the camera. The main thing is replacing the directional
`paddle' antenna with a dipole or 1/4 wave ground plane. One
version uses 5 3cm stubs to make a 1/4 wave ground plane.
These were tested in R/C helicopters.

   Is that the same tank we talked about last winter? Keep us
up to date on all the `gory' details! ;-)

   - Tom

At 18:38 30-08-01 -0400, Dan Michaels wrote:
>Lawrence.L wrote:
>>Hi, Dan,
>>
>>I'm back on the Mowbot project with your BotBoard.  After letting the
>>project gather dust for a couple of months, I can't seem to find all the
>>documentation I thought I had.  (This always seems to happen)
>..........
>
>
>Hi Lawrence, speaking of which, I am finally about broken loose
>from other things, and gearing up to do some bot projects.
>
>I picked up an R/C M1 tank at Radio shack this week. Marked down
>to $29.95 from $49.95 regular - good deal for anyone interested
>in a controllable bot platform. Should be lots easier to control
>than those hi-speed R/C cars.
>
>I did not get the battery packs & charger [another $40 or so] for
>the tank - 6V NiCd - as I plan to use 6+ NiMH AA batteries to give
>enough volts to compensate for the loss in the h-bridges. I
>should have something to report soon - I hope [after months of
>thinking about it :)].
>
>BTW, interesting timing on your part - now that summer is over
>and the grass will soon be covered with snow, you suddenly get
>interested in your bot mower - [your wife will certainly pick
>up on this].
>
>- dan michaels
>www.oricomtech.com


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Tom Handley
New Age Communications
Since '75 before "New Age" and no one around here is waiting for UFOs ;-)

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