IOT ESP8266 Tutorial – Using the Arduino IDE This is the third of a multi-part posting on the ESP8266. In this posting we are showing how to use the Arduino IDE with the ESP8266. The board to the left is a new […]
IOT ESP8266 Timer Tutorial – Arduino IDE This is the second of a multi-part posting on the ESP8266. We are giving an example of how to use the timers on the ESP8266. It was very hard to find a simple example of […]
IOT ESP8266 Tutorial – Using nodeMCU/LUA This is the first of a multi-part posting on the ESP8266. We are going to show how to use the ESP8266 IOT WiFi processor and breakout board. We are using this chip for […]
Is the SunRover Robot Sick? Diagnosis and Control Panels Coming Up. SunRover is coming alive. The power systems are running and the solar cells are collecting power. We have 30 I2C devices and sensors installed in SunRover, most of them […]
SunRover Solar Power System and Multiplexer Working Yesterday, we took the SunRover robot out for her first walk. The purpose of the test was to verify the solar power panels were working, the SunAirPlus chargers were working and the solar […]
SunRover Robot – Solar Power System Ready to Test Summary The SunRover solar power power system is ready to be taken out to see first light of the sun. We have already tested it under a bright light. We have made some significant […]
SunRover Robot – Video – Power and Grounding Motor Noise Results Summary The new power and ground distribution system seems to have completely fixed the issues with the DC motors switching on and off. The Quad Power Management boards no […]
Oooooo Shiny! SunRover Solar Power Mux Charging System Test Today we did the first set of tests on the Solar Power Mux on SunRover. We hooked up a 6V DC power supply to the Solar Panel input (we wired an identical waterproof […]
Flame On! SunRover Solar Powered Robot Raspberry Pi / Arduino Power Up Today we did the first power up on SunRover. We had hooked up the power distribution system (3.3V, 5V and GND) throughout the equipment bay (a redo […]
SunRover Solar Powered Robot Computers Installed Recently, we pulled the equipment bay off of SunRover and replaced it with a bigger box and a better power and ground distribution system. We did this specifically because we were having problems with […]
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