BB8 ESP32 Motherboard
Whilst printing is going slowly (currently got 5 frame pieces done, and printing the first circle) I got the latest version of the BB8 motherboard delivered this morning. I soldered…
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October 17, 2022
Simplifying the dome electronics with the ReelTwo library
Whilst doing the write up of my NeoPixelPSI boards I mentioned the ReelTwo library by Mimir a few times and thought I'd do a post about how I've been finding…
October 6, 2021
Software mixing
Currently, my PS3 controller code uses the channel mixing built into the Sabertooth speed controller. This means that I send it speed and turn commands, and the speed controller mixes…
August 30, 2019
Inside Out
Most people start by building their droid, then doing the electronics. I'm pretty much doing it all in reverse. Here you can see all the electronics for R2. The left…
August 28, 2019
Stealthy control
For a long time I've wanted to make a much more stealthy method of control. When I first started R2, I'd considered using a Wii remote and nunchuck, but I…
September 24, 2018
Code refactor
The last few days have been spent doing some fairly major refactoring and other code improvements. I wanted to add functionality for the FlthyMcNasty HP control systems and realised as…
July 10, 2018
Release 1.0 of r2_control
After a few false starts and more or less total rewrites, I have decided that the core functionality of r2_control deserves a 1.0 release. https://github.com/dpoulson/r2_control/releases/tag/1.0 The last few updates have…
January 31, 2018
Weekend of code enhancements
The temperature is getting low, and after spending most of saturday getting numb fingers and feet whilst working on R2's center foot, I decided to do some much warmer work…
November 27, 2017
Electrics Overview
After a recent discussion on the facebook group, I thought it was time to finally document the internals of R2 as best I could. Not the most elegant of diagrams,…
September 18, 2017