Society of Robots - Robot Forum
Mechanics and Construction => Mechanics and Construction => Topic started by: michealcollins on September 18, 2011, 06:57:33 PM
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Hi I am an newb electronics engineering technology student beginning his first capstone project. I really really want to build the Voice Controlled Robot:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Voice-Control-Robot-in-7-Minutes (http://www.instructables.com/id/Voice-Control-Robot-in-7-Minutes)
I do not have the know-how or engineering prowess to design my own robot just yet. For our project, we just have to build something cool and make a presentation for it. Simple enough.
My question is regarding the programming materials required for this particular project. I currently have Windows 7 and the microcontroller programming software I have received training on is Keil Uvision. Is WinAVR and AVR Studio compatible with PC/Windows?
This may be a stupid/simple question to the super techs on this site. I just want to be sure I can use WinAVR, AVR Studio, Webbotlib, etc on my personal labtop or at least one of the dell PC's at school. Preferably my own (dell XPS). Need this confirmation before I purchase all the parts.
Thank you!
Mike
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....and of coarse I will give full credit to the source of this project on my "works cited" sheet.
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Yes, AS4 is a Windows application (which is why I don't use it). You can find out stuff like this from the product page: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=2725 (http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=2725)
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thanks a lot Joe! ;D
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Note that the default bootloader on the Axon products corresponds with a bootloader EXE that doesn't work on Windows 7 (or Vista, I think).
If that's what operating system you're using, you'll need a hardware programmer (briefly discussed here (http://www.societyofrobots.com/axon2/axon2_FAQ.shtml#upload_bootloader) and about 70% down the page here (http://www.societyofrobots.com/step_by_step_robot_step4.shtml))