Hi -
Just wanted to share this project I'm completing in the next 6 months or so, powered by...Teensy 3! (My new favorite)
http://youtu.be/q10fDu95IZw
The robot is an iRobot create, pretty fun to program. A Teensy3 microcontroller gets wireless messages from an Xbee attached to a Max/MSP patch, which in turn is controlling 3 high-speed servos sourced from http://www.servocity.com (which seemed to be the only place that carried fast enough servos to make music with).
The Teensy3, with its abundance of hardware serial ports, made it a really good microcontroller for both talking to the iCreate robot and to the Xbee simultaneously.
Even though the video doesn't show very much, the robots are indeed capable of rolling around and making music at the same time. I guess I will have to send an update vid with them making more music and rolling, in the future.
If anyone will be in or around Montreal at the end of May, the show debuts at the Elektra festival then.
Thanks!
Erin
Just wanted to share this project I'm completing in the next 6 months or so, powered by...Teensy 3! (My new favorite)
http://youtu.be/q10fDu95IZw
The robot is an iRobot create, pretty fun to program. A Teensy3 microcontroller gets wireless messages from an Xbee attached to a Max/MSP patch, which in turn is controlling 3 high-speed servos sourced from http://www.servocity.com (which seemed to be the only place that carried fast enough servos to make music with).
The Teensy3, with its abundance of hardware serial ports, made it a really good microcontroller for both talking to the iCreate robot and to the Xbee simultaneously.
Even though the video doesn't show very much, the robots are indeed capable of rolling around and making music at the same time. I guess I will have to send an update vid with them making more music and rolling, in the future.
If anyone will be in or around Montreal at the end of May, the show debuts at the Elektra festival then.
Thanks!
Erin