Connecting the Driving Motors to the Motor Control Shield of the Kuman Robot

Recently I received this cool robot from Kuman donated for the Visuino development :-).
It has Remote WiFi control module, Camera, and 4 servos Manipulator.

The robot has 4 main parts that need to come together:

1. The Chassis
2. The Control and Wi-Fi boards
3. The Camera with its Pan and Tilt mount
4. The Manipulator

I already posted Unboxing video - showing the robot coming out of the box, how to assemble the Pan and Tilt Camera Mount, and how to install the Arduino, Motor Shield and the Servo Control Boards.

Here is the next Assembly video, showing how to connect the Driving Motors to the Motor Control Shield:

I am processing the recorded videos of the rest of the assembly, and will post them soon :-). After that, I will start working on programming the robot with Visuino.

Cheers,

  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino

And my gift for the Chinese New year from Makerfabs - Combined GPS and GSM/GPRS Shield!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

This week I received from Makerfabs my Arduino Nano and NodeMCU IoT Starter Kit for Visuino for the upcoming IoT Bootcamp organized by Mitov Software and Embarcadero.

The great folks from Makerfabs did not miss the opportunity to surprise me with additional gift, just for the Chinese New Year! In the box was included one of their best products! A combined GPS and GSM/GPRS Shield!

As you can see from the pictures, as it has always been my experience with Makerfabs, the Shield is of a superb quality!

As all shields and modules manufactured by Makerfabs, the Shield came with QC sticker.

And with the GPS and the GSM antennas:

The Shield came well packaged, and with cushioning protection for all connector pins:

I am very thankful to my friends from Makerfabs, and wish them all, and all of you Happy Chinese New Year!

Boian

#Visuino #Arduino

Just received my Arduino Nano and NodeMCU IoT Starter Kit for Visuino development

Today I received my Arduino Nano and NodeMCU IoT Starter Kit for Visuino development from the great folks at Makerfabs!
The inspection revealed that the components in the KIT are as promised of great quality! Thank you Makerfabs . The kit looks great! Will start using it right away, and recording the videos for the IoT Boot Camp .
As you can see from the pictures, the packaging is superb, and the main boards (controllers and OLED display ) are carefully protected from damage including with cushioning on the pins.

The controllers and the OLED Display module came well packaged and with cushioning to prevent damage to the pins (I have tried to lighten the image, so you can see the cushioning more clear ):

The kit also comes with what is probably the smallest form factor NodeMCU module. Will post more individually on this module in the coming days.

Hope to post more about the KIT and the included modules soon, as well as building instructions for number of cool projects that I have planned :-)

Cheers,

  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino

My 3rd "Artificial Intelligence with Delphi" article in the Blaise Pascal Magazine is published

My 3rd Artificial Intelligence article is now published in the latest Blaise Pascal Magazine. In the article I used the latest IntelligenceLab features, added recently. They are not available in the official IntelligenceLab release, so if you want to follow the article, you should download and install the latest prerelease that I posted recently here:
http://labpacks.blogspot.com/2017/01/partial-port-of-most-of-mitov-software.html

You can get the magazine from the Blaise Pascal Magazine web site here.

I am already working on the 4th Artificial Intelligence article, and hope to have it available in the next issue :-)

#Delphi #OpenWire

Installing the Arduino, Motor control, Servo control, and Wi-Fi Boards of the Kuman Robot

Recently I received this cool robot from Kuman donated for the Visuino development :-).
It has Remote WiFi control module, Camera, and 4 servos Manipulator.

The robot has 4 main parts that need to come together:

1. The Chassis
2. The Control and Wi-Fi boards
3. The Camera with its Pan and Tilt mount
4. The Manipulator

I already posted Unboxing video - showing the robot coming out of the box, and how to assemble the Pan and Tilt Camera Mount.

Here is the next Assembly video, showing how to install the Arduino, Motor Control, Servo Control, and the Wi-Fi boards on the Chassis:

I am processing the recorded videos of the rest of the assembly, and will post them soon :-). Then will start working on programming the robot with Visuino.

Cheers,

  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino

The first Arduino and NodeMCU Starter kit specifically designed for Visuino IoT development

The first Arduino and NodeMCU Starter kit specifically designed for Visuino IoT development is now available as result of the collaboration with the great folks at Makerfabs.

You can see or order the kit by clicking on this link!

http://www.makerfabs.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=311

The kit is now available for limited time for $38

The kit includes:

1 x Arduino Nano v3

1 x NodeMCU Mini

1 x HC-05 Serial Bluetooth Module

1 x IR receiver

1 x IR Transmitter

1 x Infrared Remote Controller

1 x 28BYJ-48 Stepper motor-5V

1 x ULN2003 Stepper Motor Driver

1 x Tower Pro 9g SG-90 Mini Servo

1 x MPU6050 3-Axis Acceleration Gyroscope 6DOF Module

1 x HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Range Measurement Module

1 x DHT11 Temperature & Humidity Module

1 x Light Sensor Module

1 x EC11 Encoder

1 x 1-Channel Relay Module-10A

1 x Analog 2-axis Thumb Joystick with Select Button

2 x Hat Button Module

1 x 10mm RGB LED Module

1 x Sealed Membrane 4X4 Button Pad With Sticker

1 x 0.96" I2C OLED 128x64- Blue

1 x Breadboard- 8.3x5.5cm

1 x 40 pin dual male splittable jumper wire - 20cm

1 x 40 pin dual female splittable jumper wire- 20cm

1 x 40 pin male female splittable jumper wire - 20cm

1 x Micro USB cable

Packaged in a nice box :-)

The kit includes the NodeMCU Mini from Makerfabs - a very nice small factor NodeMCU ESP8266 board designed and manufactured by Makerfabs. I am expecting to receive my kit soon, but judging by the other boards manufactured by Makerfabs, that I have received, it should be of the highest quality :-) . Although most of the other components are not manufactured by Makerfabs, they have assured me that everything will be of a good quality.

The component from kit also will be used for the upcoming Embarcadero IoT Boot Camp.

You also should be able to implement with it, quite a number of my Visuino tutorials at the Instructables:
http://www.instructables.com/member/BoianM/instructables/

and Hackster.IO
https://www.hackster.io/mitov/projects

Special thanks to the great people from Makerfabs for creating the kit! I hope you will really enjoy it :-)

Cheers,
  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino #ESP8266 #NodeMCU

Partial port of most of the Mitov Software components to MAC and Android is now available

  Hello all of you Delphi fans out there,

Over the last 2 weeks, I was able to finally repackage almost all of the libraries, so they can be compiled for MAC and Android.
Please note that I have updated the links to the latest versions of the libraries!

Not all components are ported yet, and some of the ported components are not yet fully functional in MAC and Android, but this is the very first version that really brings the libraries to multiple platforms.
In the coming months, the porting effort will continue until all parts that can be made cross platform are ported and fully operational. I will also work to make the libraries available under Linux, since they have already been made platform independent.
Here is updated set of installs for 10.1 Berlin, that has the new MAC/Android support. This is a very early version so it is expected to have a lot of problems, but you can start doing some experimenting with them:

http://labpacks.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-first-delphi-102-tokyo-compatible.html

The installers are only for 10.1 Berlin, and for now have been tested only with Delphi. I will be doing more tests in the coming days with C++ Builder, and will be doing further improvements. I will also see to post installers for XE8 and 10 Seattle as well.

The only library that is not at least partially ported for now is InstrumentLab. I need to figure out a way to make an equivalent of the GDI+ rendering for MAC and Android, before it is also ported.

Cheers,

  Boian

#Delphi #OpenWire

Assembling the Tilt and Pan Camera mount of the Kuman robot

Last week I received this cool robot from Kuman donated for the Visuino development :-).
It has Remote WiFi control module, Camera, and 4 servos Manipulator.

I already posted my first ever Unboxing video - showing the robot coming out of the box :-)
The robot has 4 main parts that need to come together:

1. The Chassis
2. The control and Wi-Fi boards
3. The Camera with its Pan and Tilt mount
4. The Manipulator

The Manipulator and the Chassis are preassembled.
The Pan and Tilt mount however needs to be assembled. It is a popular type of mount, so I decided to make a video of assembling it first, and show how to mount it on the chassis in following videos.

And it became my first ever Assembly video:

I completely assembled the robot already. Here are some pictures of it:

I am processing the recorded videos of the entire assembly, and will post them soon :-)

Then start working to program the robot with Visuino and control it with VideoLab, VisionLab, IntelligenceLab, and CommunicationLab :-)

Cheers,

  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino

Received a really cool Remote WiFi Robot with Camera and 4 servos Manipulator from Kuman for the Visuino development :-)

This week I received this cool robot from Kuman donated for the Visuino development :-).
It has Remote WiFi control module, Camera, and 4 servos Manipulator.
I will be posting assembly instructions soon, but here is a short unboxing video, and some pictures from the parts :-)

Looking forward to assemble it and start programming it with Visuino :-) . Since it has Wi-Fi camera, I also probably will be able to use it in combination with VideoLab, VisionLab, IntelligenceLab, and CommunicationLab so some fun time is ahead :-)

Cheers,

  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino

Just received a Maduino, a ESP8266 WiFi Shield and 2 RFM95W LoRa Shields from Makerfabs donated for the Visuino development, and the Tutorials :-)

Just received another great surprize :-)
A Maduino UNO, one ESP8266 WIFI Shield, and two RFM95W LoRa Radio Shields(868MHz) donated by Makerfabs for the Visuino development, and the Tutorials :-)
As you can see from the pictures, the modules are of exceptionally good quality! This matches my experience with the Arduino GPS Shield previously donated by Makerfabs . So far my experience with their products has been great!

Looking forward to add the support for the RFM95W and do some planned improvements in the ESP8266 WiFi support, then onto some more Tutorials :-)

#Visuino #Arduino

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone :-)

I hope it will be joyful, exciting, and successful for all of you!

Cheers,
  Boian

A great gift for my Birthday! Shield Buddy, and Papilio DUO-2MB for the Visuino development :-)

And a fantastic Gift for my Birthday yesterday!
2 great boards donated by Michael Himmelsbach for the Visuino development :-)

• Shield Buddy - http://www.hitex.co.uk/index.php?id=3650
• Papilio DUO-2MB - https://www.seeedstudio.com/Papilio-DUO-2MB-p-2329.html

Both are fantastic boards opening new exciting opportunities for the Visuino development. The Shield Buddy has parallel execution capabilities, and the Papilio comes with built-in FPGA. I have considered OpenWire based FPGA development for some years, and this is the best opportunity to actually try it :-) . Exciting time ahead for sure... :-)
Thank you Michael Himmelsbach for your generosity! Have Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

#Visuino #Arduino #OpenWire

Cheers,
  Boian

Just received a GPS Shield from Makerfabs donated for the Visuino development, and the Tutorials :-)

An Arduino GPS Shield donated by Makerfabs for the Visuino development, and the Tutorials :-)
I also noticed that Makerfabs has 31% off sale on the Shield at the moment, so check it out ;-)

Since the GPS is already available in Visuino, and I was planning a new Tutorial on GPS, it will give me the opportunity to make one with the Shield in the following days :-) .

#Visuino #Arduino

Hackaday LA December Meetup Last Night

Last night I attended the Hackaday LA December Meetup organized by Dan Hienzsch and Shulie  from Rheingold Heavy. It was a great event with 2 very good speakers, including Steve Collins from the JPL Mars Roboticist team.
The hosts also provided very tasty treats for all of us :-) .
Here are some pictures from the event:

Naturally no event is complete without really good food, and boy was it really good! :-)

Some of the gathering crowd:

Dan Hienzsch one of the event organizers:

And Shulie the other organizer announcing the raffle prizes:

Dave Johnson from Leaf Cutter Studio introducing us to the Magic of Neon Art:

And Steve Collins from JPL introducing us to he Magic of Landing on Mars:

The dazzled crowd in the room:

Me, Shulie and my Elegoo robot:

And some more pictures of me and the robot :-) :

Looking forward to more great events organized by Dan Hienzsch and Shulie :-)

Source code for the "Artificial Intelligence with Delphi & C++Builder" session from CodeRage XI

Here is the source code for the "Artificial Intelligence with Delphi & C++Builder" session from CodeRage XI:

http://www.mitov.com/CodeRageXIArtificialIntelligenceSources.zip

And video replay of the session:

In the session I used updated versions of the libraries. Here are prereleases of the libraries with the latest features included:

http://www.mitov.com/AnimationLab_VCL_7.8.2.53.zip
http://www.mitov.com/CommunicationLab_VCL_7.8.2.53.zip
http://www.mitov.com/LogicLab_VCL_7.8.2.53.zip
http://www.mitov.com/PlotLab_VCL_7.8.2.53.zip
http://www.mitov.com/InstrumentLab_VCL_7.8.2.53.zip
http://www.mitov.com/IntelligenceLab_VCL_7.8.2.53.zip
http://www.mitov.com/SignalLab_VCL_7.8.2.53.zip
http://www.mitov.com/AudioLab_VCL_7.8.2.53.zip
http://www.mitov.com/VisionLab_VCL_7.8.2.53.zip
http://www.mitov.com/VideoLab_VCL_7.8.2.53.zip

The installs are only for RAD Studio/Delphi/C++ Builder 10.1 Berlin!

The installs also include the new MQTT component in CommunicationLab that was demonstrated in another CodeRage XI session.

Cheers,

  Boian

#Delphi #OpenWire

Just received 2 color sensors for the Visuino development gift from one of the Visuino users :-)

Just received these 2 color sensors donated for the Visuino development :-).
Looking forward to work on the support for them ASAP. Couple of other components are at the moment in the queue, but these should also happens in few days :-)

#Visuino #Arduino