PicoBorg Reverse and DiddyBorg

I've just ordered a PicoBorg reverse and a Diablo for some a couple of hobby projects, and waiting for them to arrive.

I'm planning to use Mono to control my rover so I'm looking to translate the Python source code into C#. I'll be sure to come back here a post the GitHub repo for other to use.

Before I start I've looked for existing code couldn't find anything, thought I'd just check I'm not repeating work others have already completed.

Looking forward to getting stuck in!

Hi,

has anybody managed to control a Picoborg Reverse with, for example, arrow keys instead of the sliders in the GUI? I would like to do this. Can anybody advise? I'm a python noob so I don't know where to start.

Further to the conversation we started in https://www.piborg.org/comment/690#comment-690

I have tested the cables and one of them was bad, so i've swapped it out. I've checked that current is getting through the cables I have but we are currently still at the stage of the reverse not being found - do I have a defunct reverse aswell?

Hi all

I'm building an underwater ROV and have two of the three motors working that I need, which are the forward/reverse, and I changed it a bit to get a turn function.

I'm looking through the python file and I can't figure out how to address a second reverse board. I've set up the boards in a daisy chain and they each have their i2c address. So how would I go about adding this third motor? I just want it on and off at 100% + -, so i'd like to add it to a button, like square and triangle, or the D pad.

Any help? Much appreciated.

groome1320

Dear all,
I've built the DiddyBorg robot and it works really good.
But I should say there there is something that I would like to undestand better about the connection with the PicoBorg Reverse board: I would love to keep separated the two power supplies (one for the BattBorg-Raspberry and the other for the PicoBorg Reverse).
In particulary in yours "build instructions" there are:
-connection between battery and BattBorg
-shortcut (with wires) between the input power supply of BattBorg and PicoBorg Reverse

When i plugged my picoborg reverse onto the pi's GPIO pins i unplugged them then accidentally plugged them in again the wrong way round.I turned on the pi , and it made a noise and let off a burning smell. Has this damaged my Picoborg or will it be okay? The Pi seems to recognise it and the software works but i haven't tried it with and DC motors yet...

Many Thanks

Hi,
I have setup the Raspberry Pi in my DiddyBorg with remote desktop and it has a WiFi adapter too. So I can remote into it when the Pi is on.

Question 1: If I unplug the DiddyBorg's battery unit and plug in a power adapter to the raspberry pi's power connector, will I be damaging the PicoBorg in any way?

Question 2: If the answer to Q1 is 'no', will I be able to access the PicoBorg programmatically in the above setup as well? Basically I am trying to make a controller program and it will be handy to program on the device :-).

Thanks for your help,

Hey guys,

I've been having a great time fiddling around with some of these boards that I'm putting on a robot intended as a demo for our upcoming Cache Valley Raspberry Jam.

Most of my previous robots on the Pi have relied heavily on Node.js so as to be able to easily integrate with some Angular.js front-end control frameworks I've built. I must confess I have but intermediate skills with Python, whilst I have a vast array of experience with many other languages.

Hello,

Very much a pi noob, and more so to physical computing/electronics. I am investigating options to create something similar to the pi-lapse rail feature on this website; http://www.davidhunt.ie/motorised-time-lapse-rail-with-raspberry-pi/3/

Hello,

I am working on putting together a demonstration robot for an upcoming Raspberry Jam, and I want to make it as "fully loaded" as I possibly can. Right now it's heart is an RPi B Rev 2. I currently have a PicoBorg Reverse and a BattBorg attached (which I fired up last night for the first, and I must say that it couldn't have gone better!)

I would like to make use of an XLoBorg. How would I go about doing so in conjunction with the PicoBorg Rev? I would also like to consider using a PicoBorg that I have to run some auxiliary motors.