Arduino Controlled Vex Robotics Platform

[AKSoapy29]

Neat ;D

[FutureInventions]

OH MY GOD MAN! Great video, but how did you link up the Xbox controller and everything? I'm going to attempt the same thing, except I haven't gotten my arduino yet. (it's the mega) Please reply!

[CalcProgrammer1]

@FutureInventions You can't read the Xbox controller directly on the Arduino (it is USB) so I used my laptop to connect the two. The Arduino takes commands from the serial port and the PC (a Linux C++ program) reads the controller, converts the decimal values into a range that works with the Arduino (0 to 180, integers) and outputs it over the serial port to drive the robot. See my newer video using my netbook over WiFi, it's essentially the same thing.

[HomebrewReviews]

XDDDD you have everyting i want, except i have a wii with homebrew but my csi broke :(

[CalcProgrammer1]

I have a Wii with homebrew but I don't use it much. One thing I don't have much of is time and the tiny bit I do have I'm using to learn microcontroller programming (something we're using on college robotics team). That's why I'm building my own little testing platform...I want a netbook so I can control it using a Wiimote :)

[johndixonkingdom]

wow i didnt no u could do that with an xbox controller. wat else can u use controllers for

[CalcProgrammer1]

You can use controllers for just about anything. Over the summer I wrote an Xbox controller interface for our robotics team robot (we have a big robot for competitions) and I decided to do the same thing with a small Vex robot I had from some high school competitions. I had to replace the Vex controller with an Arduino and get a serial interface to the computer, then I could just use my Xbox controller program on it.

[blesshiscottonsocks]

nice :D

[Smalls1652]

Pretty neat.

And welcome back CalcP.