Posted by Dustin Romero on January 4, 2010 at 6:15pm
Well i am starting to get things together to make my rock crawler autonomous. i have a ardupilot and arduino mega on the way. i have already experimented with a basic stamp v2 in which i was implimenting a mesmic dual axis accel. and ping sensor to judge the obstacle in front of it and decide if it is climable. well durring the prototyping phase, my esc spiked voltage to myboard and fried my stamp. And now is where i need help. i need any suggestions on what i can do with these two boards. and codes or suggestions on what to impliment would be greatly appriciated.
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ouch sorry to hear about the fried stamp... you should make sure to protect your arduino mega with a zener diode or two... cheap investment that can save your board in voltage spikes
Hey Dustin,
I can't help you regarding the boards, I just wanted to voice my excitement over your project! I've just purchased a Red Cat Rockslide (looks like you have one too) that I want to use in my home inspection business. My plan is to mount a pan/tilt Blackfin camera and lights and use that setup for an initial survey of crawl space items (plumbing, foundation, structure etc).
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I can't help you regarding the boards, I just wanted to voice my excitement over your project! I've just purchased a Red Cat Rockslide (looks like you have one too) that I want to use in my home inspection business. My plan is to mount a pan/tilt Blackfin camera and lights and use that setup for an initial survey of crawl space items (plumbing, foundation, structure etc).
Please keep us updated with your progress.