Wiring and the Pololu 3pi library

[mga]

Hi

I want to use Wiring to program the Pololu 3pi robot (http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/975). This robot has a special library and I'd like to know what I need to do in order to use it from within Wiring (i.e. what folder I need to put it in). The URL of the library: http://www.pololu.com/docs/0J20

Thanks

[mga]

Hi

It seems the link I sent before is not immediately Wiring-friendly. I found they have an Arduino-compatible library set. Should I use these instead?

http://www.pololu.com/docs/0J17

Thanks

[mga]

Hi

I decided not going to program the robot from within Wiring but from the Atmel AVR IDE and send Rx/Tx messages to it from a Wiring S board. Here's a sample code to do that from Wiring using the slave program example in the Pololu documentation:

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/**
 * Pololu 3pi Control
 *
 * Assumes slave program in Pololu: http://www.pololu.com/docs/0J21/10.a
 */

char msg;  // command to send to 3pi
int statuspin = 15;

void setup()
{
  Serial1.begin(115200);
  pinMode(statuspin, OUTPUT);
}

void loop()
{
  /*
  if (Serial.available())   // if data available
  {
    val = Serial.read();    // read data
    Serial.print(val);      // print it back
  }
  */
  delay(100);
  digitalWrite(statuspin, HIGH);
  msg = '\xB7'; // clear screen
  Serial1.write(msg);
  msg = '\xBA'; // autocalibrate
  Serial1.write(msg);
  delay(1500);
  msg = '\xB8'; // print
  Serial1.write(msg);
  Serial1.write(8);
  Serial1.print("Wiring S");
  msg = '\xB9'; // next line
  Serial1.write(msg);
  Serial1.write(0);
  Serial1.write(1);
  msg = '\xB8'; // print
  Serial1.write(msg);
  Serial1.write(8);
  Serial1.print("PWNS 3pi");
  digitalWrite(statuspin, LOW);
  delay(5000); // wait 5s for next read
}