itp this place is amazing

momo got a domain name this weekend

http://momobots.com

momo in ArtBots 2008 Dublin!

“Greetings from Dublin! We received an overwhelming number of submissions for the ArtBots show this year, and choosing the participants has been a difficult and complex endeavor. We are delighted to tell you that we have selected your work: “momo: a haptic navigation device” for participation the 2008 show.”

momo’s nest

momo documentation (in progress)

http://www.kofriel.com/momo/

parse GPS $GPRMC string and return lat lon

I was asked for this code yesterday so thought I should post it.
The code reads in GPS data from the serial port and parses out the $GPRMC string returning the latitude and longitude values.
import processing.serial.*;

LatLon ll; //latlon object
Serial myPort; // The serial port

void setup() {
size(400,400);
//LatLon object
ll = new […]

ETEK EB-85A GPS configuration

Tom Igoe just rocked my world.
Check out this processing code that enables the sending of commands to the Etek EB-85A GPS module.
Note: The carriage return and line feed <CR><LF> need to be denoted as:  “\r\n” or  “\r”+”\n”;
MTK-packet_user-manual.pdf
EB-85A_catalog.pdf
/*
ETEK EB-85A GPS reader test
Tom Igoe <http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/code>
November 2007
*/
import processing.serial.*;
Serial myPort;
void setup(){
[…]

read EB-85A GPS data in terminal

Pololu Device Specifications :: EB-85A GPS pin specification

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TERMINAL
list serial ports: ls /dev/tty.*
read serial port data: screen /dev/tty.Pololu 4800

kill process: ctrl A ctrl \

U-Ram Choe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DIzM5Vzr5c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP2cqiB536Q&feature=related
Hideki KOZIMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPdP1jBfxzo