[Lab] BlinkRC receiver board

[Jean-Marc LeBlanc]

take a look at this article too
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/2074

Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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"Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds




On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
<jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am doing this exact thing this week end (i hope if time permits) ill
> let you know how it turns out
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> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
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> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Stacey Mulcahy
> <stacey.mulcahy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am starting to work on something similar in terms of a wifi enabled RC
>> vehicle - using a web interface to control it( or alternatively iphone,
>> android, xbox controller whatever )  I'm at the part where I have to hijack
>> the circuits from the rc car to get it to work with my lil arduino w/xbee
>> .... could completely use some help if anyone is up for it - can lend some
>> expertise. I looked at this piece from makershed but opted to try custom so
>> that i can add in the pan and tilt bracket (eventually ) .
>> managed to hijack the camera in my droid2 phone and have it broadcasting a
>> video stream - so some parts are a go :)
>>
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>> On 2011-03-18, at 3:09 PM, Andrew Plumb wrote:
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>> If you want something more flexible you could go with something like a WiFly
>> Shield: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9954 or WiFly GSX
>> Breakout: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10050
>> Andrew.
>> On 2011-03-18, at 2:52 PM, Paul & Andrea Mumby wrote:
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>> That thing looks pretty slick... Now I wonder if you can reflash the
>> firmware on the micro with something more useful? Or if there is a way to
>> tap into serial or i2c communication using their open protocol?
>> 3 servo outputs, and 2 analog ins is kind of limiting. (I was thinking
>> quadrocopter UAV design, or robotics controller for roaming robot). If you
>> can tap serial or i2c comms, you could use this thing in conjunction with
>> another micro to do the heavy lifting from an interface and control
>> perspective.
>> - Paul
>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:41 AM, <eric.schmidt at rogers.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Folks;
>>>
>>> Forgive me the somewhat pointless post, which can only be filed under:
>>> "This looks really cool"
>>>
>>> A recent Maker Shed store email had this piece of kit advertised:
>>> <start>
>>> BLINK RC RECEIVER
>>> Weighing in at around 4 ounces, and only the size of a pack of gum is the
>>> WiFi enabled BlinkRC receiver. This tiny little circuit board, stuffed to
>>> brim with components, allows anyone to easily swap out a standard R/C car,
>>> boat, or airplane receiver and convert it to communicate on an available
>>> WiFi network. Why go WiFi? Simple, it allows you to control your R/C car
>>> with your iPhone or Android smartphone. Just plug it in, replacing your
>>> stock receiver, download the free application, and you’re off!
>>>
>>> For the more adventurous, try creating an application on your computer
>>> that takes advantage of the open messaging protocol and the BlinkRC’s (3)
>>> output channels and (2) analog input channels. Now you can control a variety
>>> of different servo’s and sensors from almost anywhere that you have WiFi or
>>> Internet access.
>>> <end>
>>>
>>> Link to the ad:
>>>
>>> http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKBG01&Click=78713&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Maker+Shed+Mar+17+2011&utm_content=Maker+Shed+Mar+17+2011+CID_d585e44e51bd06472e9996801654ec49&utm_source=Email+Campaign
>>>
>>> At $124 it's not super cheap, but, man, I'd love to make something cool
>>> from that...
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> Eric S.
>>>
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