my robot build log website

On Aug 8, 1:51 pm, "RobotsAustra...@gmail.com"

Looks good so far. Are the eyes functional?

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John

Very cool! And a really nice workshop!

What CAD software did you use to create the slick graphics ?
I'm currently doing a CNC conversion, too, and it's more involved than I had
hoped, but not too bad overall.

Keep us posted !
JCD

A good workshop is a fantastic help, I couldn't imagine not using a
mill or lathe for certain jobs now. The ability to cut curved shapes
in materials is what is really driving the CNC conversion. However the
conversion is not really getting any attention at the moment, I'm
pushing all the effort into the quadruped robot. Maybe once I get to a
stable milestone with that, I will turn back to the CNC fitout of the
mill.



The cameras are modules which have the image sensor and an IC which
performs JPEG compression and handles a TTL serial interface. The
serial interface means it is very easy to run into the micro, however
it is very slow, so the frame rate and image size are very limited.

image. I have tested the cameras on the bench with two different bits
of software, one which comes from the manufacturer, and another off
the web somewhere, and the cameras seem to work well. I have a
protocol document, and although some people on the web have reported
difficulties getting them going, I figure if I run into problems I can
just 'spy' on the raw communications to/from the camera with the
manufacturer's software to pinpoint any troublesome areas of the
protocol.

The real difficulty will be managing the streaming data across the
wifi link whilst maintaining the other functions of the robot, and
that might require some fancy software.

Hi,

What modules are you using for the cameras?

Regards
Ian Dobson

Home of the Atmel based UDP mobile web cam http://www.planet-ian.com
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 > Thanks,
 > A good workshop is a fantastic help, I couldn't imagine not using a
 > mill or lathe for certain jobs now. The ability to cut curved shapes
 > in materials is what is really driving the CNC conversion. However the
 > conversion is not really getting any attention at the moment, I'm
 > pushing all the effort into the quadruped robot. Maybe once I get to a
 > stable milestone with that, I will turn back to the CNC fitout of the
 > mill.
 >
 >> Looks good so far. Are the eyes functional?
 >
 > The cameras are modules which have the image sensor and an IC which
 > performs JPEG compression and handles a TTL serial interface. The
 > serial interface means it is very easy to run into the micro, however
 >  it is very slow, so the frame rate and image size are very limited.
 >>From memory I should be able to get 1.5fps for a basic small colour
 > image. I have tested the cameras on the bench with two different bits
 > of software, one which comes from the manufacturer, and another off
 > the web somewhere, and the cameras seem to work well. I have a
 > protocol document, and although some people on the web have reported
 > difficulties getting them going, I figure if I run into problems I can
 > just 'spy' on the raw communications to/from the camera with the
 > manufacturer's software to pinpoint any troublesome areas of the
 > protocol.
 > The real difficulty will be managing the streaming data across the
 > wifi link whilst maintaining the other functions of the robot, and
 > that might require some fancy software.
 >

On Aug 10, 12:57 am, "ian dobson" <i.dobson@(nospamplease)planet-

The cameras are C328 modules purchased from electronics123.com.

Murray