Monday June 20th
The platform is complete and responding to feedback from the gyro and accel. I am having some problems with damping the system enough so that I don't overshoot the centerpoint when correcting for tilt. I think that I need to add the encoder feedback to the mix in order to get a relationship as to where the base is at compared to the top of the robot. Pictures....
Tuesday June 7th
I now have my robot frame constructed and motors mounted. Pictures to come... All individual components are now integrated including motors, encoders, gyroscope, accel's, and LCD. At this point I am ready to start puting some of the pieces together and getting the motors to respond to feedback from the IMU package.
Monday May 30th
I will be using Sparkfun's Gyro and 2 direction Accel package for this project. IMU Combo Board - 2 Degrees of Freedom w/ADXL203
As of this moment I am envisioning a 10" oval base with the motors mounted under the base.
I have decided that I am at very least going to use a 8051 based controller for motor control as I can develop much faster on this platform. Probably either a Dallas or Philips chip.