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Dual H-Bridge for controlling two motors

Build a dual H-bridge board to control two motors.

by Radu Motisan | March 27th, 2013 | Tags: H-bridge, h-brige, microcontrollers, robot | Category: Electronics, Hardware, Robotics | Comments (1)

ATMega128 and HD44780 LCD using 3 Wires with the 74HC164

Learn how to transform your HD44780 LCD into a easy to use, serial LCD, that you can connect to your microcontroller using only 3 wires! It’s time to save a few pins, and expand your project’s functionality!

by Radu Motisan | February 21st, 2013 | Tags: 2x16, 3 wires, 4x20, 74HC164, 74LS164, atmega128, atmega8, HD44780, lcd, LCD library, microcontrollers, serial LCD, shift register | Category: Electronics, Hardware, Robotics | Comments (3)

Building a robot – Part 2

Building an autonomous robot using a rover platform and advanced electronics is not an easy job. Kevin asked me to build a robot that would follow its user. A companion, very much like a robo-dog. See the project log here.

by Radu Motisan | February 7th, 2013 | Tags: A4WD1, Android, atmega128, bluetooth, control, H-bridge, lynxmotion, microcontrollers, robot, Sabertooth, uart | Category: Electronics, Hardware, Robotics | Comments (5)

Android controlled robot (via Bluetooth) – Part 1

Learn to connect a bluetooth module to an ATMega micro controller via the UART serial interface and even further, discover it using a bluetooth enabled Android phone. The 9600bps serial link established, can than be used to exchange data: read sensors or control the robot.

by Radu Motisan | November 1st, 2010 | Tags: Android, bluetooth, control, microcontrollers, robot, uart | Category: Android, Electronics, Hardware, Research, Robotics, Software | Comments (167)

First Atmega8 bot – (Arduino board)

An article about a differential Arduino robot by Rodrigo Nascimento Hernandez

by rodrigo | October 17th, 2009 | Tags: Arduino, atmega8, Bot, h-brige, microcontrollers, reduction box, robot, wood | Category: Electronics, Hardware, Research, Robotics, Software | Comments (1)

Perseus 3 Advanced Robot (using Windows Mobile)

Perseus 3, a 4×4 advanced robot featuring an Atmega8 for sensor interfacing and motor control, and a I-mate SP5 smartphone (200MHz) running Windows Mobile 6.0 as robot’s brain. Small weight, powerful trust, and lots of features including WLAN, Bluetooth, Camera, Speaker, Phone-interface (GPRS, 3G), Microphone (for voice commands) and more.

by Radu Motisan | September 12th, 2009 | Tags: atmega8, microcontrollers, robot | Category: Hardware, Research, Robotics, Software, Windows Mobile | Comments (6)