• Hardware
  • my new project , a smart tank controlled by a computer

good idea , although i don't like the mess the water makes ! :) besides , have you heard of skid steer ? its the method my tank uses to turn and can be applied in water as well ;)
hey jad on what methode your tut will be made mekweye method or acid ?
yes skid steer can be used for inverse rotation of the axis which will give u total control for the tank in both ground and water
jadberro wrotenope , EKT does not print a quantity less that 200 boards.
i used to print my boards there, and never printed more than 2 boards at once...
but that was 4-5 years ago, things might have changed, but i don't see why they would not print small quantities, it's not rocket science, specially if you know them well.
very nice.. now try making something useful, like a big antenna to provide us with decent internet
it's nice, but who designed the boards ? for example the serial-to-relay interface ? it's not exactly how i would have done it, but it works :P
Keep the good work :)
:) aii.. nice :D keep it up !
Thanks euryale , Padre , Mir and Rita :)
Guys , its finally connected to the computer and functional ! , here is a pic of the interface coded in java , pressing the arrow buttons on the keyboard now move the tank !

Amazing. Time for another Video on Youtube :) and please. try your best jad to have a good quality camera.
Jad man you have good cameras ! Why do all your videos turn up with bad quality.

Ya good quality ya dnt tease us with 0.8 FPS footage :D
I have many good cameras , but not one single decent internet connection to upload a multi-megabyte video ;) , ill see what i can do this time .

Edit : work is being done at the moment to interface joystick control on the tank .
Nice Work ...
Thanks :)
again awesome work jad.. waiting for that youtube vid :)
Thanks again flak , ill try to do some video first thing tomorrow morning ! :)

Updates : software is now recognizing joysticks connected to the computer , whats left is some mathematical calculations to connect it to the program X,Y axis ! , and after that comes the implementation of some AI ! letting the tank roam on its own ! :)

the interface is being done by my two programing friends Ayman farhat and nader sleiman / Ayman will be working later on the Artificial intelligence .
This is some cool stuff you got there. Love the PC interaction part. You only need a camera in there, and you would be on the way to make an autonomous vehicle.