Yama, This is really great. And thanks for updating the wiki (sorry about the cold, though). Can you provide specifics on the hardware/frame for the robot?
Thanks. Gerald On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Yama Ploskonka <yamap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bouncy robot powered by mspgcc+olpc/Sugar+msp430 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-jrNkWtavM > > So far mspdebug Linux tools "work" in OLPC's XO computer using the > directions in > http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/OLPC_XO-1 (major overhaul today, > courtesy of a cold/flu) > > 1) I beg mspdebug people to vet excessive heresies this noob might have > introduced in the How-To in that page. > So far I am managing without -mcu - or -gdb. > I actually have no idea what those are for, or if their unavailability > explains my so far failure to UART, or if we should care... (for many > things, it ain't broken...) > > 2) Fedora packaging people: any way to package > mspdebug msp430-libc msp430-binutils msp430-gcc msp430mcu msp430-gdb ? > What gets downloaded through yum channels in the XO is very, very > outdated, and conflicts (cf. mcu and libc). > Please feel free to forward, as I have no access to "real" Fedora people - > don't even know where to look for them without making a nuisance of myself > and undue noise, and certainly do not know who could maybe make a > "package"(?) usable for the XO. Will this be fixable for the next OLPC OS? > Daniel? > > 3) Robotics, Science, Sensors OLPC, IAEP people, please, if you could test > the GCC toolchain? > You do not need to have a Launchpad on hand. I am trying to catch bugs and > usability issues. Are the instructions clear? as much as possible figuring > out snags so it's easier for kids and normal people. > > *robot* > The brains of this "bouncy" are an MSP430 microcontroller (a lowly g2152) > controlling a L293 dual H bridge, senses two switches. Its brawn a couple > geared DC motors on 9V PWM in an askjerry tricycle frame. Not counting > shipping, less than USD $10 total. Coded in an XO-1 all the way. Enormous > thanks to the mspgcc folks that helped me figure things like how to use > more than one switch... > > > _______________________________________________ > support-gang mailing list > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > >
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