Re: Robosapien Serial Communications


"Si Ballenger" <shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> wrote in message
news:43431765.2622440@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 22:51:16 +0200, "Peter Baltus"
> <peterbaltus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>I'm working on a PC->parallel->radio-> Robosapien solution. I've put
>
> Have you ever considered hacking your IR remote and controlling
> it from the PC like below? Let your PC operate the buttons on the
> IR remote. Add the RF pyrimid IR remote extenders to operate out
> of line of sight.
>
> PC -> parallel-> IR remote-> Robosapien
>
> PC -> parallel-> IR remote-> pyrimid TX-> pyrimid RX-> Robosapien

Hello Si,

thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I've been thinking about that, but didn't go
this
route because I wanted to keep the IR remote for local manual control (I've
put a switch on the RS to select radio or IR input). Also, I wanted to be
able
to control the RS all over the house, also in different rooms. I hadn't
considered
the IR remote extenders, though. Still, putting one in every room would be
less convenient and more expensive than the current RF link.

The obvious advantage would be that I wouldn't need accurate timing in
software
- and I still have some 4051s that I intended to use for controlling the RF
remote of
a remote controlled RC car in a similar way as you describe. Hmmmmm....
have to think about this. Thanks!

Peter


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