Hi all, I hope this isn't a huge repost. If it is I do apologize but the main purpose around this post is to gather some information to help guide the new comers to robotics as it will be posted in my $50 robot guide.
1) Some detailed info on understanding how a servo can distinguish between which direction to rotate. I know by centering the servo we are than tricking it into thinking its running at a certain resistance which results in it moving either forward or backwards. My questions is, how do you distinguish which numbers would result in which direction. Do all servo's follow this guideline, or do you have to do some math to figure out which numbers will do what.
2) I haven't been able to find any info i can truly understand that best describes how to configure your own makefiles ect. I have been picking away at admins makefile and source code for the $50 robot but I just cant seem to make total sense of most things. I know this has a lot to do with my lack of programing experience. Would any of you suggest anything to read that may have helped you when you were first introduced into robotics?
I have read the PDF I have linked here and it has definitely helped. But anything else that could describe why things are being done would be much appreciated.
http://www.swrtec.de/swrtec/clinux/avrgcc/UOP_ATMega_Handbook_1_0.pdf That all I Have right now off the top of my head. Just remember, this post is intended to be used on my members page as a GUIDE to help all the newcomers best understand the basics of robotics.
**UPDATE** I just stumbled upon
http://www.avrbeginners.net/ looks like a good starting point for anyone!