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New Product Ideas / Ballo Project
« on: April 21, 2015, 09:04:14 AM »
Hi all,
I have an idea for an arduino project but, im struggling to find a arduino that I think will be small enough.
Our cat has to be a house cat for the next few months so iv been looking at toys and other stuff to keep her occupied, which is when I came across Sphero which, I really like the idea of and im pretty sure I could recreate a similar device using a Arduino Mini. The Sphero can be controlled via bluetooth via an app, I`m not too bothered about this (thankgod) but having it as a radio controlled vehicle would be nice.
The main things I want are two motors to drive it and id like it to be fairly quick, so i`m assuming a couple of DC motors would be the way to go.
accelerometer might not be needed but, would be nice.
Bluetooth communications.
also id like it to be run off a rechargeable battery some like a Lithium Ion
both the tinyduini and the tinylilly do everything I need but I want to be sure before I go off and buy everything, the plastic ball I want to use is 3" in diameter so it would need to fit inside that with the motors and whichever shields I need to run it.
i`v been messing around with raspberry pi's for a few years but this is my first venture into Arduino land so i`d love to hear any advice or guidance
I have an idea for an arduino project but, im struggling to find a arduino that I think will be small enough.
Our cat has to be a house cat for the next few months so iv been looking at toys and other stuff to keep her occupied, which is when I came across Sphero which, I really like the idea of and im pretty sure I could recreate a similar device using a Arduino Mini. The Sphero can be controlled via bluetooth via an app, I`m not too bothered about this (thankgod) but having it as a radio controlled vehicle would be nice.
The main things I want are two motors to drive it and id like it to be fairly quick, so i`m assuming a couple of DC motors would be the way to go.
accelerometer might not be needed but, would be nice.
Bluetooth communications.
also id like it to be run off a rechargeable battery some like a Lithium Ion
both the tinyduini and the tinylilly do everything I need but I want to be sure before I go off and buy everything, the plastic ball I want to use is 3" in diameter so it would need to fit inside that with the motors and whichever shields I need to run it.
i`v been messing around with raspberry pi's for a few years but this is my first venture into Arduino land so i`d love to hear any advice or guidance