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Fred Thomson
Oct 24, 2015, 7:01:32 PM10/24/15
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Hello...
Life has decided to cut me some slack and quit interrupting me, thus allowing me to enjoy some quality tank building time.
The Northern Barbarians Centre for Advance Research and Development is again running at 100% efficiency. The CARD has received several major upgrades in the proto-typing department:
1. A milling machine and training on its use has begun.
2. A router and router table.
3. A new band saw which can handle light steel.
The Barbarian Espionage and Sneaky Stuff, Eh (BESSE) has infiltrated the heathens to the south and procured the following:
1. A C12C
2. a Sabertooth 2x32 (max 64amp) regenerative ESC.
3. 30 ft (That's 9.144M for the rest of us) of 2060 attachment chain [Note: the Purchasing Dept had heart failure at the cost and threatened reduced funding. They were bribed with dinner and dancing.]
4. A raspberry PI 2 for onboard hot spot and video capture
5. A new (to us) Tippman Marker
6. 30 five inch metal wheels with hard rubber outers, bearing and 1/2" bore
7. A boat load of new stuff from our secret on-line source; High torque servos, mini servos, PS2 game controller(s), LED's, cameras etc, etc, etc...
I think I see a new T-34 in the works. :-)
We pause now while Tri-Pact and PUFF faint. Winter is coming and the Barbarians will coming howling down out of the north...
Cheers,
Fred
Life has decided to cut me some slack and quit interrupting me, thus allowing me to enjoy some quality tank building time.
The Northern Barbarians Centre for Advance Research and Development is again running at 100% efficiency. The CARD has received several major upgrades in the proto-typing department:
1. A milling machine and training on its use has begun.
2. A router and router table.
3. A new band saw which can handle light steel.
The Barbarian Espionage and Sneaky Stuff, Eh (BESSE) has infiltrated the heathens to the south and procured the following:
1. A C12C
2. a Sabertooth 2x32 (max 64amp) regenerative ESC.
3. 30 ft (That's 9.144M for the rest of us) of 2060 attachment chain [Note: the Purchasing Dept had heart failure at the cost and threatened reduced funding. They were bribed with dinner and dancing.]
4. A raspberry PI 2 for onboard hot spot and video capture
5. A new (to us) Tippman Marker
6. 30 five inch metal wheels with hard rubber outers, bearing and 1/2" bore
7. A boat load of new stuff from our secret on-line source; High torque servos, mini servos, PS2 game controller(s), LED's, cameras etc, etc, etc...
I think I see a new T-34 in the works. :-)
We pause now while Tri-Pact and PUFF faint. Winter is coming and the Barbarians will coming howling down out of the north...
Cheers,
Fred
Doug Conn
Oct 24, 2015, 10:26:06 PM10/24/15
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Welcome back, Fred !
Sounds like you have a lot of new toys to play with. Are they all going into a new T-34/85 ?
>> A raspberry PI 2 for onboard hot spot and video capture
I’ve been playing around with a Raspberry Pi2 as a controller for Small Fry, too. I think they have potential.
- Doug
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neroc1
Oct 25, 2015, 10:53:35 AM10/25/15
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Doug wrote - "I`ve been playing around with a Raspberry Pi2 as a controller for Small Fry, too. I think they have potential."
The IT department in my school have been experimenting with mobile phone`s controlling Raspbery Pi via Wifi to activate tiny motors to provide simple forward backwards movement on a tiny bot.( I have suggested that the R Pi activates relays to power motors ).
Every time I ask how far they have progressed (for over a year now) I get told " we ran into problems".
Every time I ask how far they have progressed (for over a year now) I get told " we ran into problems".
Is this possible and is it a case of complicated coding that causes a stumbling block ?
And welcome back Fred :)
Thanks Neil
Fred Thomson
Oct 25, 2015, 1:18:51 PM10/25/15
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Good to be back. Thanks for the warm welcomes. :-)
Doug... yeah the R PI's are cute. I don't think I would use one for movement or fire control but I can think of a few other uses, tho. Yes, I bought most of the "new" stuff for a new tank build. Figure if I have the stuff sitting there, my OCD will kick in and I'll ** HAVE TO ** build. :-)
Neil... I looked at a USB stepper motor controller hooked up to a PI. My buddy is a pretty good (freaking amazing) PERL programmer and he had it responding to to commands in short order. That might be the path forward. Didn't play with it enough.
As I said, I don't think I would want to use a PI for movement or fire control but... I was thinking more along the lines of on board controls for monitoring vehicle performance and peripherals like :
Temperature sensors - on motors, electronics, internal cabin temp overall, etc. Auto start fans on heat sinks, external ventilation. Over temp warnings, and so forth.
Battery monitor - main batt and aux batt. Send alerts to your phone<? Maybe>
Mobile WiFi Hot spot - allows generic login to view cameras (see next line - hmmm may have to rethink security on this).
Zone Minder - run a couple of web cams front, back, and gun cam. Could get some great video and sound.
Ammo counter... send alert when you are getting low. Maybe send alert to resupply vehicle?
Track hits on vehicle? This requires a lot more thought. It may be possible but not feasible.
...and whatever else my twisted little mind can come up with. The think tank at CARD has mulled this over a hearty brown beverage or two. :-)
Hey Bob... thanks. :-) I was looking at your Grizzly on RCTANK site. Very nice.
-Cheers
Fred
Doug... yeah the R PI's are cute. I don't think I would use one for movement or fire control but I can think of a few other uses, tho. Yes, I bought most of the "new" stuff for a new tank build. Figure if I have the stuff sitting there, my OCD will kick in and I'll ** HAVE TO ** build. :-)
Neil... I looked at a USB stepper motor controller hooked up to a PI. My buddy is a pretty good (freaking amazing) PERL programmer and he had it responding to to commands in short order. That might be the path forward. Didn't play with it enough.
As I said, I don't think I would want to use a PI for movement or fire control but... I was thinking more along the lines of on board controls for monitoring vehicle performance and peripherals like :
Temperature sensors - on motors, electronics, internal cabin temp overall, etc. Auto start fans on heat sinks, external ventilation. Over temp warnings, and so forth.
Battery monitor - main batt and aux batt. Send alerts to your phone<? Maybe>
Mobile WiFi Hot spot - allows generic login to view cameras (see next line - hmmm may have to rethink security on this).
Zone Minder - run a couple of web cams front, back, and gun cam. Could get some great video and sound.
Ammo counter... send alert when you are getting low. Maybe send alert to resupply vehicle?
Track hits on vehicle? This requires a lot more thought. It may be possible but not feasible.
...and whatever else my twisted little mind can come up with. The think tank at CARD has mulled this over a hearty brown beverage or two. :-)
Hey Bob... thanks. :-) I was looking at your Grizzly on RCTANK site. Very nice.
-Cheers
Fred
Robert Currie
Oct 25, 2015, 4:09:42 PM10/25/15
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Thank You Fred
Think once this tank of mine is up and fully running I will be coming to Alberta for a visit
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