IR Helicopter + Arduino + Python
For my birthday in November, my girlfriend bought me one of those small IR helicopters, akin to
http://www.chinatopwin.com/3-channel-ir-helicopter-with-gyro-1589.html
A little information about these types of helicopters. They generally run on one of three different channels (a/b/c), and contain a flybar for stability. The control is done via an Infrared Transmitter controller, which contains thrust, elevator (forward/back), yaw and yaw adjustment.
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Compiling OpenCV on OSX 10.7 Lion
edit: The below turned out to not be very helpful – after many issues with the correct version of Python vs other compilation issues, I’ve gone back to trying to use the precompiled frameworks for OSX. It is available here: http://wiki.nuigroup.com/Installing_OpenCV_on_Mac_OS_X
I’ve been compiling OpenCV today for some face tracking software builds and ran into a few problems getting it to compile.
Required:
- XCode installed
- MacPorts installed
Christmas goodies!
Ah! Christmas has come and gone once more. I’m still recovering from the food intake, though no hangover for boxing day which is a great thing.
Two items from the Christmas goodies I’m looking forward to :
a) BigTrak Jr – it’s a small tank from the 80s that you can use a keypad on its back to program movements and tank fire. It comes with a 3.5 audio jack that is used for accessories that trigger 5v when the tank is fired. I’m thinking an arduino powered accessory for the top, or carefully putting a micro in the device in parallel so it can run off normal controller or be swapped to remote control via a cheap radio link.
b) a mini cooper rc car – this is just begging to have the controller messed with. It’s a nice simple job of some transistors to act as relays and boxing it back up again.
Just wish I had gotten myself a new soldering iron.
“Fusce sapien elit Nulla at eros ligula. Phasellus non felis sapien. Nulla at eros ligula. Phasellus non felis sapien.”
