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by robotrandi
16 Aug 2011, 16:41
Forum: Mindstorms Projects
Topic: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick
Replies: 16
Views: 28227

Re: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick

Nope, or at least I couldn't... The WiiMote jack is a different I2C bus that the one that connects to the camera. The WiiMote main uC is the master on that one and it expects data from the Nunchuck and other periperals. So THEORETICALLY, if you could flash the main controller then yes you could make...
by robotrandi
16 Aug 2011, 15:03
Forum: Mindstorms Projects
Topic: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick
Replies: 16
Views: 28227

Re: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick

yep hack-a-day is one of my favourite sites too, so I'm quite happy with my project having been featured there... I have another, older, project centred around a NXT, which looks much more Lego-ish than the tank. Still a fair amount of home brew, but overall it might please you "Lego fans"...
by robotrandi
16 Aug 2011, 08:24
Forum: Mindstorms Projects
Topic: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick
Replies: 16
Views: 28227

Re: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick

Exactly (I assume doc-helmut is just playing with me ! :D ). The great thing about the WiiMote IR camera is that it's not just a simple camera, but has an integrated uC which gives you over I2C directly the coordinates of 4 IR spots, together with their sizes (proportional with distance). This is gr...
by robotrandi
15 Aug 2011, 19:46
Forum: Mindstorms Projects
Topic: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick
Replies: 16
Views: 28227

Re: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick

Mightor : yes, if I don't solder a few wires / pins in a project I don't feel like "owning" it ! :) Hergipotter : exactly, it's a technical reason. It is supposed to wait a little bit, but only 2 seconds not 20-30 as in the video... I'm not sure what's happening there but I think it's a co...
by robotrandi
15 Aug 2011, 19:14
Forum: Mindstorms Projects
Topic: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick
Replies: 16
Views: 28227

Re: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick

The link that I've posted in my 1st reply doesn't just show a new movie, but it has plenty of details / pictures about the internals: - how the NXT brick is connected to the Arduino board (that controls the tracks motors) - how one NXT motor is moving the turret - etc. ... The NXT brick is running a...
by robotrandi
15 Aug 2011, 17:08
Forum: Mindstorms Projects
Topic: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick
Replies: 16
Views: 28227

Re: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick

Sorry, there are no pictures in that post of the internal of the tank. There's a link at the beginning of the post, to the previous post which has plenty of them: http://trandi.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/tiger-1-bb-airsoft-rc-tank-v2/ Also the Java code you see in the main post IS the code running on ...
by robotrandi
15 Aug 2011, 13:47
Forum: Mindstorms Projects
Topic: Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick
Replies: 16
Views: 28227

Autonomous RC Tank controlled by a NXT brick

FUtw6gEx31A Hi guys, I'm quite new on this forum and I wanted to share with you one of my latest projects: http://trandi.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/tiger-1-bb-airsoft-rc-tank-%E2%80%93-v3/ The above post contains all the details, including the code (for the Arduino slave board too !) but in a nutsell...