#garfield Logs

Apr 16 2023

12:13 AM rue_shop5: bump sensors...
12:25 AM rue_shop5: :]
12:25 AM rue_shop5: debian is 32 and 64
12:25 AM rue_shop5: like, you can get either
12:25 AM rue_shop5: i386 or amd64
12:25 AM rue_shop5: even if its an intel, 64bit was amd's extension
12:25 AM Tom_L: i didn't know if the newer ones were just 64 bit or not
12:25 AM Tom_L: i used micro switches on my first light seeker front bumper
12:45 AM rue_shop5: I dont really need a microcontroller on this
12:45 AM rue_shop5: er, maybe I could tho
12:46 AM rue_shop5: mmm I used microswitches, but more flimsy
12:46 AM rue_shop5: how did it do for side collisons?
01:50 AM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1280198.jpg
01:50 AM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1280199.jpg
01:50 AM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1280200.jpg
01:50 AM rue_mohr: most of it was built a while ago
01:50 AM rue_mohr: I might need to make that blade of something other than rubber, I have some leather I could use
03:59 AM rue_mohr: its not good at head-on-middle collisions
03:59 AM rue_mohr: as you might imagine
04:03 AM rue_mohr: I'll come up with a middle bumper
04:14 AM rue_mohr: oh right
04:14 AM rue_mohr: I'm supposed to cross the wiskers
04:15 AM rue_mohr: the right one should come from the left side
04:15 AM rue_mohr: so there is no gap
04:15 AM rue_mohr: but I'v also learned they need to be tall, so the robot cant jamb under things
01:52 PM rue_mohr: It could use a low battery indicator
01:52 PM rue_mohr: I have the li-ion right on the 5V rail
01:53 PM rue_mohr: an LED on a analog channel should do it
01:53 PM rue_mohr: would a pullup resistor be enough? hmmm
02:00 PM rue_mohr: now what do I do Rue?
02:01 PM rue_mohr: oh buy serial converters, right
07:13 PM aandrew: polprog: https://github.com/dotcypress/ula I think this might be something similar done ... better
07:13 PM aandrew: oh man look at you guys doing robots now. I spent the entire weekend trying to organize my shit from cardboard boxes into better containers and better organized
07:35 PM rue_mohr: hah
07:35 PM rue_mohr: I think I worked it out. If the robot does not detect a collision in a log time period, it should assume a front collision
08:27 PM aandrew: https://ibb.co/ZJg9gR2 that's as far as I got today. ran out of containers, got more on order for tomorrow
08:27 PM aandrew: what you don't see is the rest of the office, the garage and the storage shelves :-)
08:47 PM rue_mohr: mmm
08:47 PM rue_mohr: are the coolant tubes for coolant or alligator clips?
08:48 PM rue_mohr: How much $ in dk stuff do you think is there? more than $2000?
08:48 PM rue_mohr: at a glance, I see like $50 or more
08:48 PM rue_mohr: I suspect
08:57 PM rue_mohr: 3 printers all going on my project now...
09:43 PM rue_mohr: 1 part finished