Mobile platform coming together

So the car has been stripped and a particle board base has been attached. Now I need to get coding to see if there is anything I can get from the gps for guidance.

And so it begins...

I got my parts from SFE and fired up the blink sketch on the arduino last night.

Today I am working toward getting NEMA strings passed back from the gps. To do that I need to wire things up.

To wire things up I had to clip the connector and attach some heftier gauge wires.

Coffee on a Sunday!

The best part of the weekend.

Making Beer

So today I still do not have the Arduino nor my GPS for the Spark Fun autonomous vehicle competition. What is one to do? Clean the garage? Nah, instead brew up a nice porter and keg an ale. I've indefinitely postponed the Beer Db project after buying Beer Smith. It simply does a far better job!

Andy and Coffee

Andy has an idea!

Code Monkey Test

Trying out this mobile blogger. Hope to use it to document my SFE robot dev.

Back to Bots

So progress has been slow but steady. In between studying for certifications and childrearing an hour here and there has resulted in the first rev of a mini sumo. The parts include a GM19 from Solarbotics, a pcb from batch pcb, and other bits and bobs from Sparkfun and other local suppliers. One major short in the board stymied progress briefly - but with a little help from a real EE we got it sorted. Below is the chassis assembly and the board schematic.



I know I have violated some rudimentary rules here - I'm new to the tool and still learning. All I need is functional for now.