AVR GCC : Microcontrollers Port Management (Part 1)

December 28th, 2011 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics Articles

Management of the ports in the AVR GCC. Registers and DDRx PORTx.
FSE. Bitwise operations.
The function of delay. Unconditional jump in the program.

Ports of the microcontroller – this I / O devices, allowing the microcontroller to send or receive data. The default port of the AVR microcontroller has eight bits of data that can be transmitted or received simultaneously. Each grade (or bit) corresponds to the output (pin) microcontroller. The legs of the microcontroller is also called pins. To designate ports use letters A, B, C, etc. Number of I / O ports varies depending on the model of the microcontroller. Any port of the microcontroller can be configured as input or output.

To do this, you should write to the corresponding port register DDRx desired value. In addition, as an input or output can be configured separately, any output (pin) port. In any case, if  you want to configure all port or a single output, you will need to work with DDRx register.

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Ultra-realistic robot HRP-4C walks like a man (video)

December 7th, 2011 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics Articles, Robotics News

HRP-4C robotAs you know, most robots are made imitating man or other living creatures, because nature is much more talented designer than a man. But the man himself is the subject of the most frequently imitated in robotics, and the word “robot” we often imagine the sort of humanoid creature.

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Self balancing LEGO robot

October 5th, 2011 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics Articles

Legway robot ballancingThis Self balancing LEGO robot idea may be somewhat outdated, but I want to discuss it because the ideas are simple and easy to build using LEGO robots.

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BEAM robot types

September 11th, 2011 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics Articles

Solaroller

Here are some examples of the type of BEAM robots :

Solaroller – a small robot on wheels that moves through the energy produced by solar batteries. The functioning of the robot consists of two phases: phase accumulation of energy in a capacitor and a phase when the capacitor is rapidly discharged into the electric motor. Depending on the design, solarroller on a single charge can travel from a few millimeters to a few steps.

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Four words that make BEAM robots alive.

September 8th, 2011 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics Articles

BEAM roboticsBiology – the world around us, after 4 billion years of evolution is an excellent source of inspiration, especially when at our disposal modern materials, engines and electronics. BEAM-robots can borrow finds mother nature in order to best adapt to the real world.

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