hexabot

A custom firmware for the Wild Thumper Controller and an Android application to drive the controller. The Android app communicates with the controller using Bluetooth with a IOIO board

View the robot on youtube

Hardware Setup

Connect Pin7(UART TX) on the IOIO board to D0 pin (towards chip) on controller.
Connect any GND pin on the IOIO board to any GND pin on controller.

Compiling firmware

Compile the firmware by running make
Edit the Makefile and make sure the UARTPORT is set to the appropriate serial device
Flash the firmware by running make flash

Android application

Open with Android Studio and run as usual.
Portrait orientation will present the user with a Joystick
Landscape orientation will present the user with tank tracks