#garfield Logs

Apr 30 2019

05:03 AM Tom_L: am now :)
08:30 AM rue_bed: with the maxbot balancer
08:31 AM rue_bed: did you fix the balance setpoint?
05:37 PM zhanx: I have too much stuff on the wifi network
05:42 PM Tom_L: probably because there wasn't anything to tell it when it was level
07:19 PM rue_mohr: Tom_L, er, hu?
07:20 PM rue_mohr: just wondering if it was against a particular setpoint
08:05 PM Tom_L: hu?
08:07 PM Tom_L: what i probably did was read the pot i used as a gyro and found a value that was close to level
10:08 PM Tom_L: what are you working on?
10:09 PM Tom_L: i really can't find the balance code but then it's been so long i may be looking right at it and not know
10:09 PM zhanx: wasn't the key to balance tossing the weight on the top and balancing the pot?
10:10 PM zhanx: i last did a balance bot in like 08-09
10:10 PM Tom_L: this was motorola era
10:11 PM zhanx: yea but your like 90 years older than me
10:11 PM Tom_L: i probably had the most fun with that chip
10:11 PM Tom_L: just?
10:11 PM zhanx: i was being polite
10:11 PM Tom_L: it was back when they _printed_ manuals for them
10:11 PM Tom_L: :)
10:12 PM zhanx: for free at that
10:12 PM Tom_L: i still have the set as well as the 2 pink books for the 6811
10:12 PM Tom_L: yes
10:12 PM zhanx: my library today is all pdf it sucks
10:13 PM Tom_L: they're nice for searching
10:13 PM Tom_L: that's about it
10:14 PM Tom_L: it was before the compiler handled the interrupts so you had to do them yourself in inline asm
10:15 PM Tom_L: i barely even recognize the code now
10:18 PM Tom_L: used to have piles of DK and Mouser catalogs too
10:18 PM Tom_L: make good door stops
10:54 PM rue_shop1: visitors done...
10:54 PM rue_shop1: zhanx, I make a custom databook
10:54 PM rue_shop1: all the datasheets I need
10:54 PM rue_shop1: things like lcd pinouts and protocol stuff too
10:56 PM zhanx: rue_shop1, i should
10:57 PM zhanx: would have helped me today
10:57 PM zhanx: back and forth to the layout for the spi's
10:58 PM zhanx: tomorrow I hope to have the touch working and extra sd card reader working as a backup drive on it