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Hi everyone! I purchased the Basic Atom Pro 28 pin IC and the Lynxmotion Bot Board II and I've made a quadruped spider robot which I have named NEXUS! Check out the full project at Lynxmotion: http://lynxmotion.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7632

or visit my site (it's only got photos and a video of the finished robot):
https://sites.google.com/site/kaizokurobots/

Also, could anyone direct me to a post which has a general circuit board for the Basic Atom Pro 40 pin so that it can be used to control servos (I'm new to the forum so I have no idea where to look ).

Thank you!

Don't know any good boards for pro 40, but you might consider Arc32

Kurt

Ok, thanks!

I've finished designing a basic board for the Atom Pro 40 pin and I was wondering if Basic Micro offered a board or something similar that one could use to make a robot remote controlled or Bluetooth controlled?

Thank you!

We dont currently have sell our own blutooth board. We've thought about it but its still up in the air. I'd recommend the blusmurf board. You can get it at sparkfun. We have a Wifi module in the works as well but it isn't available yet. We are using the RN-51 module, IIRC. They are pretty simple to use(async serial) and have a reasonable range. If you want something long range you may want to look at the XBee 417mhz or 900mhz. Not sure which is legal in the US. They have a very good range. Outside of that there are some very long range systems but they are pretty specialized.

Thanks!

Hi everyone! I've finished making NEXUS completely now (I finally managed to buy a battery pack, design a new body and a container for the battery and put it all together whilst also adding another D.O.F to the head so it can now pan LEFT/RIGHT and UP/DOWN)!

Here's a photo of the completed robot - ENJOY!

P.S. I should be posting a video of it soon so stay tuned in for that!

Yo everyone! Here's the video of the completed NEXUS!
ENJOY!

Fixed your video link. Don't include the &feature= part at the end and it works fine.

Thank you!

Hi everyone, it's been quite a while!
During this massive gap, I have given NEXUS an upgrade and it is now at Version 6 (for more details/photos on the previous versions visit: http://kaizoku-robots.co.uk/Updates/Entries/2012/5/25_Upgrade_COMPLETE!_NEXUS_V.6!.html).

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Robots and Humans, I present to you NEXUS Version 6!

The new features include:

•New ABS servo brackets for the leg and foot servos.
•New ABS Head plate and ABS abdomen.
•Battery now contained within the robot so the battery container is no longer required making the top of the robot more aesthetically pleasing (i.e. the slimmer body looks so much better that the body with a chunky battery container on it ^___^).
•The head now has a 3rd D.O.F so it can move left/right, up/down and in a circle.
•The abdomen now has a 2nd D.O.F so it can now move right/left and up/down.
•Total D.O.F = 19. 12 for all the legs; 3 for the head; 2 for the mandibles and 2 for the abdomen.

Hi everyone! Here's a video of the new NEXUS' basic actions (I'm still writing the code for the fancy actions ) - ENJOY! ^____^