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Handheld XV-11 LIDAR with STM32F429 and MATLAB
The XV-11 LIDAR unit
Throughout the years though Vacuum Clearner robots have evolved a lot, both in the algorithms gettings better but also in the use of more advanced sensors. Lately the Neato XV-11 All Floor Robotic Vacuum System included a small range (0.2m to 6m) LIDAR with 1 degree precision and a resolution of a couple of centimeters. As this vacuum cleaner only costs around 400ドル makes it a bargain to get hold of a LIDAR if just you could disassemble the robot and use just the LIDAR.
Luckily for us there was put up a bounty for people “hacking” the XV-11 LIDAR and a new hacking community had begun: xv11hacking – LIDAR Sensor (2019年11月17日 削除) http://xv11hacking.wikispaces.com/LIDAR+Sensor (削除ここまで)
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IoT featured soccer table
IoT table from top
To show the capabilities of custom IoT devices and to help a local LAN-event organisation, TheBlast, we offered the help to create an Internet enabled soccer table.
Thanks to generous donation by Tuborg Fonden we were able to buy a brand new soccer table for us to modify.
We modified the table by adding two touch displays for user interaction, a barcode scanner for user registration. Inside the table we installed two score detection IR sensors and a ball release system, made by using a motor/wheel from an old Roomba robot. Finally we installed 5 meter of RGB LED strip to light up the playfield.
When scores is detected they are immediately registered online, to be displayed on the LAN-event website, where score timetable and all previous matches can be found.
This post will describe the features of the final table and how it was developed.
STM32 Nucleo – a new mbed platform
A lot of you probably both know the STM32 devices maybe even from our blog as we tend to use it a lot. You probably also know the mbed board that started as an NXP LPC1768 equipped microprocessor development DIP-like module.
Now ST Microelectronics has decided to join the adventure of the mbed world by making their own mbed development board series and adding support for 4 different STM32 devices in the mbed online compiler environment!
STM32 Nucleo
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