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Hardware • Dawn Robotics Closing Down - Support Implications

2015-11-17T20:08:47+01:00

Hi all,

Some people may already know this based on this blog post, and the fact that we're running a closing down sale, but if not, unfortunately we're closing down, and indeed may already be closed, depending upon when you read this.

For people who have bought our products, please don't worry that you're going to be hung out to dry, support wise. I'll keep monitoring these forums periodically to try to answer any questions people may have. If you post here and don't get a reponse within a couple of days, please email helpdesk@dawnrobotics.co.uk, as notifications from the forum don't always seem to come through. Also please send me an email if parts you've bought recently, break or are faulty in some way, as I've held back some components to deal with this.

Many thanks to all of Dawn Robotics' customers over the last couple of years. It's been fun.

Regards

Alan

Statistics: Posted by Alan — Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:08 pm

Hardware • Re: Testing python script on robot

2014-12-10T18:08:33+01:00

Thanks Alan,

This was what I was looking for. And indeed my batterypack lastst much longer, enough for me to test my scripts.

Danny

Statistics: Posted by DannyM — Wed Dec 10, 2014 6:08 pm

Hardware • Re: Testing python script on robot

2014-12-09T11:17:33+01:00

Hi Danny,

The recommended setup for this would be to leave the battery pack connected to the mini driver with the power switch 'on' and then power the Pi using a wall adapter (1.2A to 2A is best).

In this setup the power adapter will power the Pi, and the battery will power the motors. Because the battery pack is no longer powering the Pi, and also because the motors won't be running continuously, you should find the battery pack lasts much longer (I would hope at least 2 to 3 times longer) giving you much more time for debugging.

If you needed to debug and run the motors for really long times then you could power the motors from a benchtop power supply, but I'd try the battery pack apporach to begin with.

Hope that helps.

Regards

Alan

Statistics: Posted by Alan — Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:17 am

Hardware • Testing python script on robot

2014-12-08T18:17:48+01:00

Hi,

Because I'm a noob at Python, I need to test my script a lot on my robot, but since my battery is only goor for 3 hours power I try to setup my robot on AC power with the 'wheels up' so the robot won't drive away.

What should I connect to the PI and what to the driver board?

Statistics: Posted by DannyM — Mon Dec 08, 2014 6:17 pm

Hardware • Re: Dagu-pi Robot Wireless question

2014-03-07T23:36:42+01:00

That's interesting. I put the tmp directory onto a ramdisk as I thought that it might actually speed things up, and prolong the life of the SD card by not having images constantly written to it.

Perhaps I mucked up the settings somehow. Nice work finding it out.

Statistics: Posted by Alan — Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:36 pm