Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

I've been slowly walking her towards these next steps.

Our free RobotOpen library and driver station will make tele-operation via wifi dead simple once she gets there. RC is an option too, but why not use the stuff designed for Arduino. :)

http://www.team221.com/robotopen/index.html

I think she can run this thing in autonomous only mode as well...she never mentioned needing tele-operation.

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

i would like to make it so that it is possible to drive it with sensors or a remote, as in have them both as an option. but im not sure how to put either a sensor or connect a remote to it. for me, the steps are really the things I need the most help with

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

also, im not sure what kind of sensor i should use

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

im going to use four IR sensors; one in each direction

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

Before this project gets all the way off the rails let's just keep making some forward progress.

The very next step you need to accomplish is to get the speed controller spinning the motor using commands from the Arduino. The "Servo" example is a good starting point.

Start there and see if you can get any action.

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

I cant find it.... also, i can talk at most points but I can only work on it from about 10-11 each day with maybe half an hour to an hour difference in when, but still only an hour of work

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

In the Arduino IDE

File->examples->servo

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

it's not there

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

it has servo mood indicator

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

make sure you have the newest IDE installed....I'm using 1.6.9...servo is under "examples" near the bottom.

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

as in the newest upgrade

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

If you are still having trouble finding it, you can find an example servo application here.

Mike

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See attachment.

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

i don't think that there are servos on it yet

Re: swerve drive with arduino mega 2560
 

and it is also arduino 1.6.9