Actually, I've realized that we have the new kit: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10174 The difference is that it includes a flex sensor.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Emiliano Pastorino < epastor...@plan.ceibal.edu.uy> wrote: > Emiliano has Arduino + TA working, I think. Needs to be reworked as a >> plugin in the new TA plugins model (which seems excellent). > > > Yes, it's working. We don't know if we're going to use them, but I plan to > create > a plugin anyway. > > On the Uy/Ceibal side, I really want to know which Arduino they are >> using, and the exact sensors too. So we document that in wiki.l.o, buy >> the exact same kit here, and fold it into our test plans. > > > We bought a kit from sparkfun.com last year which I think is no longer > available > (dev-09284) > Anyway, these are the items icluded: > Arduino Duemilanove (ATmega328) > Light sensor SEN-09088 <http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9088> > Buzzer COM-07950 <http://www.sparkfun.com/products/7950> > Trim pot COM-9288 <http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9288> > Temperature sensor SEN-00250 <http://www.sparkfun.com/products/250> > Tricolor LED COM-09264 <http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9264> > Button COM-09190 <http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9190> > Jumper wires PRT-08431 <http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8431> > We also bought a motor shield for driving more motors: > http://www.ladyada.net/make/mshield/ > > Turtle Art Arduino, at least when I last ran it, requires Firmata software >> in the Arduino > > > Yes, we're using Firmata in the Arduino. > > Correct. The current TA+NXT is based on the nxt_python library, which >> works "tethered", so the NXT controller acts as a dumb slave of the >> XO. > > > I think there's a function in nxt-python that lets you upload a program to > the nxt brick. I'll check it out later. Right now I'm working on a plugin > for > the new plugins model for TA. > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Gonzalo Odiard <gonz...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> Thanks Tony. Added to the wiki page >> >> Gonzalo >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 6:09 PM, <fors...@ozonline.com.au> wrote: >> >>> Turtle Art Arduino, at least when I last ran it, requires Firmata >>> software in the Arduino. So the Arduino is acting as a dumb I/O expansion >>> board and is not being programmed as an autonomous robot. The user is >>> programming in TurtleArt. I used the Arduino Duemilanove but I don't think >>> the version matters much. >>> http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/search/label/Arduino >>> >>> > Emiliano has Arduino + TA working, I think. Needs to be reworked as a >>> > plugin in the new TA plugins model (which seems excellent). >>> > >>> > On the Uy/Ceibal side, I really want to know which Arduino they are >>> > using, and the exact sensors too. So we document that in wiki.l.o, buy >>> > the exact same kit here, and fold it into our test plans. >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> > > > -- > Ing. Emiliano Pastorino > Centro Ceibal > Av. Italia 6201 Ed. Los Ceibos > Montevideo, Uruguay > Tel: (598) 2601 5773 int.: 2232 > -- Ing. Emiliano Pastorino Centro Ceibal Av. Italia 6201 Ed. Los Ceibos Montevideo, Uruguay Tel: (598) 2601 5773 int.: 2232
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