PicoBorg Reverse and DiddyBorg

Hi

I’ve just a DiddyBorg v2. Looking at the build instructions, it looks like the batteries are pretty inaccessible once it’s assembled. Rechargeable batteries is obviously the way to go, but can someone advise if there is a charger that can buy which will connect up to the 9v connector to recharge the batteries?

Thanks

Nick

I had a perfectly working PicoBorgRev in my Diddyborg. Now I have the Problem that my Pi B+ doesn't recognise the PicoBorg although it is connected (I try to use it with the right bus number and and Address).

I get the following errors:
Loading PicoBorg Reverse on bus 1 address 44
Found a device at 44, but it is not a PicoBorg Reverse (ID 00 instead of 15)
PicoBorg Reverse was not found
Trying bus 0 instead
Loading PicoBorg Reverse on bus 0, address 44
Traceback (most recent call last):
and so on..

Hi,

I have built and setup my DiddyBorg v2 and all of the example programs work fine, however when I write my own code in python, and run simple functions, I am getting 'Failed sending motors off command!', etc. Could someone shed some light on this issue please as I am using this as part of my A-Level coursework! I feel as though this is something to do with the fact that I am writing .py files, and executing them using sudo python filename.py in the terminal, as using IDLE throws up completely different errors.

Thanks!

Henry

I have a final year project student working with a diddyborg red this year. He's got quite a sophisticated setup doing shape and colour recognition and voice control. These have both been tested independently using a standalone raspberry pi, but he's just tried to move it to the diddyborg so that he can get it to go one step further and actually sort the shapes (by pushing them about) and discovered that he's not getting a feed from the camera.

Hi,

There's already a few people that have already said they've ported the python code to C# but I could not find any complete examples so I've started one here:

https://github.com/johnkattenhorn/picoborgrev

Hi i teach in a primary school and one of the projects the kids in my code club want to do is make a lego compatible kit with motors etc. Anyway as i have a diddy borg i figured using the reverse with the battborg and the pi zero w would be a great way to control it all due to only needing one battery supplyand being able to control the voltages to the motor etc. Anyway i need simple code to teach the kids eg
Motor1 forwards ()
Motor2 forwards ()
MotorsStop ()
That sort of thing. Just wondered if someone coukd tell me what tbe basic commands are.

Firstly thanks for all the help you guys have given. I've a couple of questions I hope you can answer
1 Can a piborg reverse be located remotely from the raspberry pi? If so what is the max distance and what limits this distance

2 With your diddyborg what amperage where the motors drawing ? And where and what size fuses should I use to protect the piborg reverse and battery

3 Would it be possible to put a keyword search on the forum I'm sure a lot of my questions have been covered I just don't know where to look.

Thanks again

Hello guys,

I've recently been playing around with my new diddyborg and encountered a problem. I quickly threw together some code so that I can drive it - I use input() to drive it (ie. python asks for input, I type PerformDrive(+0.5).
It usually freezes when driving into an obstacle, but sometimes also freezes just randomly. I usually have to reboot my diddyborg to make in functional again (SSH, VNC stop responding alltogether). Any idea what could cause this, and how to solve it?

Hi!

Due to loss of internet for a short period of time I've made use of an ZTE MF65 LTE/3G mobile data wifi router. I have managed to succesfully connect my Raspberry to the router's wifi, however when I try to connect to the RPi IP adress to get to the robot control panel I get the browser ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT error. The Raspberry Pi 3 is connected and I have the correct IP adress (I got it using the hostname -I command).

Hello guys,

I've recently put together my diddyborg. After setting it up, I tried launching the example script (diddySequence.py), but it didn't work. It says: