Sending commands to an arduino

[docdavies]

I've been looking into this same problem. We'd like to use Arduino's to control our old robots rather than buying new cRIOs each year.

I've got all the aspects of using the Arduino to control all of our 2010 Breakaway robots functions. That part took a bit but now works well. I have attached a Joystick shield to my Arduino and can run the robot quite nicely.

Now I've got to figure out a way to interface the Arduino. I would PREFER to use either an Ethernet Shield attached to the robot modem, or using a WiFi Shield ($$$). Then comes the herculean task of figuring out how to receive the commands from the LabView Program on the drive station, interpret them in the Arduino, and run the robot. The good news is at least initially, all I need to do is make the connection from a laptop to the Arduino. If I can do that, I can use a variety of programs to make my own "drive station" and worry about the LV drive station interaction later.

If anyone has figured out how to make the Arduino "wireless" and allow it to accept commands from from a separate laptop?

Doc