if you are really into it you could use the wiimote camera that provide the 4 most visible ir source if you are even more into it using two of them and you could map in 3d the distance to thoses point using a parallax methode

thanks for your sugestion

so far it worked only on my esata port but so far all other usb port it does not

so i guess i'll have to test the internal usb since it's where it will end


what do you mean by a corporate computer?

here is my issue
i'm trying to create a project where my arduino board will remain connected to the computer permanently but when the arduino is connected on boot it won be reconised by the computer no mater what i do unless i disconect it and reconect it even the reset button does not make the arduino reconnect

is there a way i can work around this issue without having to reconect disconect each time?

yup i'd be interested in as step by step for several project i need to make my own pcb but all the DIY pcb methode just don't feel right

great very usefulll now how do i use my arduino if all my port are stuck begind the shield

http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoXbeeShield

this explain the jumper mode

also note that if you wan the data to come back to the computer throought the XBee well there is no reliable way of doing it without taking the arduino out

you can how ever send datas

te other possibilitie is that your Xbee are on diferent channel wih is wierd mine came on the default and i changed them to as custom in case i encounter an other Xbee user

(is you wanna try to run the sof you could try DarWine (Wine for mac os) i never tyed it can,t say if it works well or not)

X-ctu exist for linux to if i'm right

the last option is to write a code for arduino that have for only goal to change the setting of the Xbee

i got 2 Xbee pro and they are both working together no setup required

you don't need to take the atm micro controler out if you got a xbee shield on it there are jumpers that allow the xbe to talk to the computer not taking in account the arduino at all

youc an't stack anythin on the motors shield most don't have the stacking headers

yup but even once we are past the arming procedure how do we know if the signals we are sending mean 200 RPM or 10 000RPM

the servo lib is for servo exactly so the measurement is in degre not in power not in rpm

i guess we would need a clear documentation on how to drive ESC (maybe a dedicated library) cause for now how to do it is all but clear

i ordered a couple of turnigy ESC for my second project and yet there is no clear way on how to drive them or even if it will work at all and every one who get them to works seem to forget to say how they did

keep going this post is great and verry usefull i plan on making a quad copter and was wonderuing how i would do the self balancing function as i never messed around gyro and accelerometer so your explaination are quite a good start

and your on a forum for DIY you can never go to much in detail

keeep going this is quite interesting

that sound great i have a similar project on the long therm but i'll likely use bt instead of ethernet it's great

well m$oft seem to have gotten "self" aware of it's lack of inovation and began working on the problem aka window 7 era of sotware are quite an interesting turn

but EA ... EA is beyong recovery these bozzos should die