Nah, keep the duino. This makes it far more repeatable for average joe.
I'm not personally into this cos I like stick radios, but good on you watching with interest _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:33 am
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Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:31 am
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if your going to add another channel I would put it either as a button/switch under the trigger on the handle or a lever on the top of the battery pack area. just my $0.02 I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:21 am
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FYI they have identical modules to the 6ch radios, so I would just strip the crap 2ch electronics completely. _________________ ( •_•)
For the 3rd channel, a foot switch would be good (variable control or on/off). That way you can comfortable control a weapon without having to bend your hands into retarded shapes.
Dual rates or expo rate on switches would be good also, I kinda dislike the limited travel of the triggers in the reverse position.
quote:Originally posted by Jaemus:
Nah, keep the duino. This makes it far more repeatable for average joe.
Average Joe will handle a Teensy 2.0 just as easily as a 'duino. It's smaller (1.2" x 0.7"), direct USB mini plug (which powers it) and is cheaper ($16) then a 'duino. Not to mention you can program duino sketches to a Teensy using the Arduino software.
I don't have any spare teensy's. Which is why it gets this arduino. Real question now is how far do I want to go. I reckon I can whip up basic code in an hour or two. Soldering the darn thing will probably take longer.
So I got sick of seeing this radio in my project box but decided reverse engineering the communications protocol between the radio and the RX was probably too much effort.
So I just swapped it out for the PPM one from another T6A.
Now to write some code and work out where to put a CH3 button.
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