Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Robot runs on MSP430 + OLPC XO - QA and updated bundle request
Thanks, Yama. Nice job with the circuit diagram. Looking forward to answerJerry! Gerald On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Yama Ploskonka yamap...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for the interest, Gerald. I have uploaded a circuit diagram, and will be working on explaining what's what there BTW, I did the drawing on an XO 1, using Inkscape in Gnome. Slower than the quad core, but works! http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Bouncy_Robot_Linux_code let's ask Jerry (no pun: his website is http://askjerry.info) for the frame design - he has also a nifty tractor body design there. Hey Jerry! do you have handy the blueprint of the tricycle that we may share it with the friends here? Thanks! On 11/25/2012 08:32 AM, Dr. Gerald Ardito wrote: 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.comwrote: 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 What gets downloaded through yum channels in the XO is very, very outdated, and conflicts (cf.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 ___ support-gang mailing listsupport-gang@lists.laptop.orghttp://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Robot runs on MSP430 + OLPC XO - QA and updated bundle request
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 ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Robot runs on MSP430 + OLPC XO - QA and updated bundle request
Thank you for the interest, Gerald. I have uploaded a circuit diagram, and will be working on explaining what's what there BTW, I did the drawing on an XO 1, using Inkscape in Gnome. Slower than the quad core, but works! http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Bouncy_Robot_Linux_code let's ask Jerry (no pun: his website is http://askjerry.info) for the frame design - he has also a nifty tractor body design there. Hey Jerry! do you have handy the blueprint of the tricycle that we may share it with the friends here? Thanks! On 11/25/2012 08:32 AM, Dr. Gerald Ardito wrote: 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 mailto: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 mailto:support-g...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang ___ support-gang mailing list support-g...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
