topic suggestion: "LEGO NXT Wiimote Segway"

[ub3rgeek]

Keep up the good work, HAK5 is now a weekly discussion in my computer repair and Cisco networking classes.

Keep up the microcontroller stuff, it adds a nice mix to the SW / HW hacks. If you are looking for any topics, the Lego mindstorms NXT community has a few really cool projects.

I'm currently playing with these two projects on creating an 'inverted pendulum' (aka Lego "Segway"). One uses NI Labview, but the other uses a really cool Bluetooth to Wiimote link that requires Cygwin, Ubuntu and python to control the link and interface the NXT controller, with the Wiimote.

Wiimote controlled Segway

http://hackaday.com/2009/04/21/wii-control...-style-nxt-bot/

WiiNXTbalance

http://www.epokh.org/blog/index.php

NXT Standalone

http://www.brumann-art-production.ch/NXT_Standalone/ - Labview powered (German site)

</tech teacher geek rant>

- ub3rgeek

[LinuxOne]

Cool, but why would you need cygwin AND Ubuntu... Cygwin is just a Linux terminal emulator... is ther proprietary SW you kneed, cause if there is I'd but there is a Linux alternative.