BlueBot Brings Home the Rookie Award

BlueBot brought home the Rookie Award!  Check out the classy styrene rain jacket, too.  A local authority (Peter’s Wife) observes that “Peter’s robot is awesome.” BlueBot did well in the AVC but did not finish.  The ‘bot successfully extricated itself from encounters with rocks, sticks, dirt clods, pine needles, and curbs.  The wheels, however, ended up …

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Compass Integration

After far too much pain and effort, the magnetic compass is integrated with the robot.  Calibration is a bit finicky, and I don’t think the SYNC signal is implemented properly.  But, the compass works, and the heading matches my mechanical compass.  Here are a few lessons learned: RTFM.  Set the pin data direction (DDRQS) because …

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