#robotics Logs

Dec 30 2011

02:31 rue_house and made one section of livingroom generic lighting
02:31 rue_house and bought some toys from the discount store
02:32 rue_house a 4G mp3 player for the truck for $13
02:32 rue_house for 0.50 from the salvation army I got a cell phone charger which I think puts out the req'd 5V
02:32 anx da
02:32 zhanx 3 girls
02:32 zhanx 1 cup
02:32 zhanx :P
02:33 rue_house I got a 'icarlie cam' for $12, which has direct video out
02:33 rue_house I got a 5 in one usb reader for $3
02:34 rue_house a powerbar, and some shrinkwrap for the windows
02:35 rue_house ok, only 4 more libraries to convert and my editor should be editing again
03:12 rue_house restarting gui, biab
03:19 zhanx k
04:19 rue_house I dont think I like the wireless mouse
04:19 rue_house keyboard is bothering me too
04:23 rue_house with the new kernel my machine decided to change the ethernet port form eth0 to eth2
04:23 rue_house things that make you go ARRRRRRG
06:29 elektrinis things you dont care about in windows
06:30 Steffanx KongfuPanda, I know a good project for you
06:30 Steffanx An alarm
06:45 jadew hey guys, any idea which one is the view from above, between the two drawings in the top right corner: http://www.molex.com/elqNow/elqRedir.htm?ref=http://www.molex.com/pdm_docs/sd/565790519_sd.pdf
06:57 jadew I'm basically trying to figure out if this is the correct pinout: http://imagebin.org/190959
07:04 KongfuPanda Steffanx, no no
07:20 Tom_itx jadew, i think so
07:21 Tom_itx left is the component side
07:21 Tom_itx (it says so)
07:23 Tom_itx your pinout guess is correct
07:34 jadew Tom_itx, thank you
09:12 KongfuPanda hello
09:22 Steffanx Hi
13:17 KongfuPanda hello e)_(e
13:30 -pratchett.freenode.net:#robotics- [freenode-info] why register and identify? your IRC nick is how people know you. http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup
14:03 KongfuPanda any cool video of your robots?
14:14 rue_house look up ruenamhcmohr on youtube
14:14 rue_house er ruenahcmohr
14:42 rue_house hahah this C dual linked list is simpler than the c++ one
14:42 rue_house by faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar
14:43 Steffann ok rue_house
14:44 rue_house old code:
14:44 rue_house iterator.getPointAt()->getValue().getType() == type
14:44 rue_house new code:
14:44 rue_house iterator->type == type
16:35 rue_house yay, one more library of my editor is converted to C
18:21 Tom_itx so rue_house
18:21 Tom_itx what's on your plate for this evening?
18:37 rue_house I hooked up the temp sensor on the boiler
18:39 Tom_itx oh you got the interface wired up?
18:40 rue_house yes
18:40 rue_house other than that, I just been cleaning up and coding
18:40 Tom_itx you still got robot class goin on?
18:43 rue_house not on christmas eve or newyears day
18:44 rue_house !assist projects/heatplant
18:44 rue_house !assist projects/heatplant
18:44 tobbor Possibly http://eds.dyndns.org/~ircjunk/projects/heatplant
18:44 rue_house http://eds.dyndns.org/~ircjunk/projects/heatplant/p1030705.jpg
18:44 rue_house dont tell anyone, but its a tupperware container :)
18:46 Tom_itx won't get too hot?
18:46 rue_house not there
18:46 rue_house its far enough away from the reactor, and its got the tank insulation from the 75c water
18:47 Tom_itx doesn't contact the sensor?
18:47 rue_house the idea fo wiring the mecha is to use sturdy tupperware with pipes between them to carry the wires
18:47 Tom_itx cause i bet the sensor gets hot
18:47 rue_house the sensor gets maybe 200c, its the purple and blue wire going up into the duct
18:48 rue_house the sensor is set back a bit and isn't subject to the heat
18:48 Tom_itx ok
18:48 rue_house I'll try to get readings out of it later
18:49 rue_house I was going to go out today, but I couldn't remmeber why, so I didn't
18:50 Tom_itx i think i need a project
18:51 rue_house do a balancer with an avr
18:51 Tom_itx no, i want something else
18:51 Tom_itx not sure what
18:55 rue_house want to make an arm?
18:56 rue_house use servos, make a proper balanced one?
18:59 KongfuPanda who was born in year of the dragon here?
19:02 rue_house odd question
19:03 KongfuPanda 2012 is year of dragon
19:03 rue_house and if I answered it, I'd have to kill you...
19:03 KongfuPanda I was born in 1988, which is also year of the dragon
19:04 KongfuPanda :P
19:05 KongfuPanda maybe i can win the lottery next year
19:06 KongfuPanda anyway, I'm off to bed now
19:10 rue_house gngiht
19:11 rue_house well that library was easy
19:23 Tom_itx which one?
19:24 rue_house content navigator
19:24 rue_house it works out where you are on a line, where the next line is, where hte previous line is, etc
19:24 Tom_itx do you know python pretty good?
19:24 rue_house I know a little
19:25 rue_house you know its whitespace sensitive right?
19:25 Tom_itx read a line, look for a phrase
19:25 Tom_itx yeah
19:25 Tom_itx i found that out early on
19:25 rue_house and you know spaces != tabs right?
19:25 Tom_itx uh huh
19:25 rue_house ok
19:25 rue_house lok for a phrase?
19:26 Tom_itx scan the logs for a word
19:26 rue_house ok, but perl is better for that
19:27 Tom_itx but the bot isn't perl
19:28 rue_house ok
19:37 rue_house BESelectionStart(NavNextLine(BESelectionStart(&filter)));
19:37 rue_house I find the old code annoying, its not immediatly apparent if its reading or writing
21:44 rue_house good coders never die, they are just cast into void, so, does that mean I want to be a good coder?
21:44 Tom_itx i'd be content to be average
21:46 Tom_itx you workin on your libs?
21:54 rue_house calling colourize
21:54 rue_house Linebuff is 012345678901234567890123478
21:54 rue_house Propbuff is
21:54 rue_house there is supposed to be a ^ where the cusor is located...
22:10 rue_house aha, code mismatch
22:12 rue_house setting owner = 1, index = 2, position = 8, type = PROP_CURSOR_START
22:12 rue_house Linebuff is 012345678901234567890123478
22:12 rue_house Propbuff is ^
22:12 rue_house like that
22:13 Tom_itx what's it for?
22:13 rue_house a concurrent editor
22:13 rue_house multiple people work on the same file at the same time and can see each other
22:13 rue_house but done better than google
22:13 Tom_itx yep i get the idea
22:14 Tom_itx i should start learning c better
22:14 rue_house I'm converting this, the old source was c++ and it was a mess
22:14 Tom_itx why don't you like c++?
22:15 rue_house mostly cause of the way people use it
22:15 rue_house but you cannot trace the flow of a c++ program cause most programs create objects realtime
22:16 rue_house so you may never know exactly what code was run
22:16 rue_house esp if there are inheritances or overriders you dont know about
22:17 rue_house the templating that was used for the dual linked list made the code that used it almost completely unreadable
22:18 rue_house one more library and I should be just a few steps away from a working basic editor again
22:18 rue_house displayfilter...
22:21 Tom_itx it does seem like a waste for imbedded apps
22:40 rue_house oooo this last library is gonna be a killer
22:47 rue_house ok new temp sensor says 857
22:47 rue_house so..
22:48 Tom_itx i hope that's not deg
22:48 Kimlaroux C?
22:48 rue_house adc counts
22:49 rue_house temp = (819-adc)/2.36
22:49 rue_house that dosn't work
22:49 rue_house hmm
22:49 rue_house adc count is 857
22:49 rue_house but I think it might be subject to an old code slaw
22:49 rue_house flaw
22:50 rue_house I made a typo in an optimization I did at some point
22:50 rue_house i09
22:50 rue_house erp
22:51 rue_house the LM75 reads 11 adc counts
22:51 rue_house its on a 5V ref
22:52 Tom_itx lm75 is i2c isn't it?
22:52 rue_house lm35?
22:52 rue_house :)
22:52 Tom_itx maybe
22:52 rue_house .01V/c
22:53 rue_house 5.3c sounds right
22:53 rue_house hmm
22:54 rue_house the bug in my code was in adc counts 255 and up
22:55 rue_house somewhere I got the idea that all 3 digit numbers were of values 255 and less
22:55 rue_house 8)
22:56 rue_house ok, arf, big library
22:58 rue_house / This should be removed and become a filter type (technically)
22:58 rue_house / this shouldn't exist.
22:58 rue_house the comments in this program make me feel that there is a lot of work to go yet
23:34 rue_bed I need to remember that the only reason I'm workin on the editor is cause I want to use abunch of its code to make the plc program
23:35 rue_bed kszonek, cut that out
23:35 kszonek my internet is breaking out
23:35 rue_bed we noticed
23:35 kszonek nothing i can do...
23:35 kszonek but it pisses me off
23:35 rue_bed what are you building?
23:35 kszonek even more than you
23:35 rue_bed hah, do tell!
23:36 kszonek now i do software only, i am not building anything
23:36 kszonek :)
23:36 rue_bed well, whats for software pojects?
23:37 kszonek i work for a company that builds robots, now i am working on software for inspection robot for a company in Boston
23:37 rue_bed video recg?
23:38 kszonek i program ambeeded mcu's on the robot
23:38 rue_bed arm?
23:38 kszonek yes
23:38 rue_bed cool
23:38 rue_bed with os or raw code?
23:38 kszonek and pic for less demanding implementations
23:38 rue_bed ickg
23:38 kszonek raw c code
23:38 kszonek cortex-A with linux
23:39 rue_bed thats not raw, that os
23:39 kszonek but usual mcus with raw c code
23:39 rue_bed yea
23:39 rue_bed do you use any non-proprietory libs?
23:39 rue_bed opencv?
23:40 rue_bed do you use any non-proprietory libs?
23:40 rue_bed opencv?
23:40 kszonek_ welcome again...
23:41 rue_bed you should ditch the wireless connection and get an ethenet cable
23:41 kszonek_ it is 3g
23:41 kszonek_ and 3g is breaking out
23:41 mscott that's what she said
23:41 rue_bed oooh there's yer problem
23:41 kszonek_ nothging i can do
23:41 rue_bed get proper wired internet
23:42 rue_bed dsl or cable
23:42 kszonek_ i wish, but i cant have it here
23:42 kszonek_ i am in the middle of nowhere
23:42 rue_bed can you get pringles potatochips?
23:43 kszonek_ probably :D
23:43 home hey guys
23:43 rue_bed then get making a cantenna
23:43 home if 3g aint workin use 2g
23:43 rue_bed then get making a cantenna
23:44 kszonek__ grrrr
23:44 kszonek__ i know
23:44 kszonek__ where you are going
23:44 kszonek__ i missed some text
23:44 rue_bed go and get some pringles
23:44 mscott that's what she said
23:44 kszonek__ but hold your horses, first i need to buy modem
23:44 rue_bed he I'm a HE!
23:44 rue_bed ?
23:44 kszonek__ my smartphone cont have external antena :)
23:44 rue_bed no
23:44 rue_bed no you put the smartphone IN the cantenna
23:44 kszonek__ o
23:45 rue_bed a buddy of mine does it
23:45 rue_bed works great
23:45 kszonek__ that i have never heard of
23:45 rue_bed go buy some pringles
23:47 rue_bed so, do you use opencv?