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Offline arvindsaTopic starter

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Control of robot from PC using Wireless & USB
« on: February 25, 2011, 06:58:14 AM »
Hey,

 I would like to control a robot, 2 motors only. through a laptop with only USB ports. The idea is make a hardware to read USB signals and send it wirelessly to the robot which interprets it. The microcontrollers i'm using is ATMEGA 16 & 8. any idea of how to implement it?

Im a mechanical guy and i have just a fair electronics background. I found this Virtual USB ports for AVR

http://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/index.html

Can anyone help me implement this?
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Re: Control of robot from PC using Wireless & USB
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 07:16:08 AM »
I think an Xbee and a USB zigbee should communicate.
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Re: Control of robot from PC using Wireless & USB
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 07:36:29 AM »
thanks for the zigbee idea.. any idea without using any zigbee?
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Re: Control of robot from PC using Wireless & USB
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 08:13:17 AM »
There isn't really a wireless USB link I am aware of, as USB is supposed to provide power. Another method would be simply have a micro controller doing USB (in software or with FTDI chip) with a radio transceiver attached and a radio attached to the bot as well. There are quite a few radio transceiver modules out there for sale. You can even get micro controllers with built in radios.
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