Ultimate Palm Robot

Name: Ultimate Palm Robot
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ISBN: 9780072252842

ISBN-10: 0072252847

ISBN-13: 9780072252842

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Authors: Kevin Mukhar, Dave Johnson

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Recorded too many addresses you'll never need? Can't remember how the make a question mark in Graffiti? Recycle your old handheld and build your own Palm-powered robot. Complete with proprietary software designed specially for Osborne to assist with robot operation.

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List price: $29.99
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 1/1/2003
Binding: E-Book
Language: English

Kevin Mukhar is a software developer in Colorado Springs, Colorado. For the past seven years, he has worked on various software systems using different Java Enterprise technologies. He has coauthored several books, including Beginning Java Databases and The Ultimate Palm Robot. In addition to developing software during the day, he is working on a master's degree in computer science. Learn more about him on his web page .

Dave Johnson is an experienced software developer, technology enthusiast, and expert in blog technologies. He started blogging in 2002 using Java-based bloggingsoftware that he developed called Roller. Roller now drives the ground-breaking employee blogs at Sun Microsystems, is used by thousands of bloggers on JRoller.com and other sites, and is a successful open source project. Dave nowworks at Sun where developing Roller and promoting blog technologies is his fulltime job. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Meeting the Palm Robot	p. 1
What Is a Robot, Exactly?	p. 2
The Essence of a Robot	p. 3
The Wide, Wide Worlds of Robots	p. 4
BEAM Robotics	p. 4
Stiquito	p. 5
Project Timber	p. 5
The Palm Pilot Robot Kit	p. 6
The PPRK	p. 7
The Rise (but Not Fall) of the Palm Empire	p. 8
The Palm: A Good Robot Brain	p. 10
Size	p. 10
CPU	p. 11
Communication	p. 11
Easy to Program	p. 12
Palm OS Devices from A to Z (or 1000 to VIIx)	p. 12
The Pilot 1000 and Pilot 5000	p. 13
PalmPilot Personal/Professional	p. 13
Palm III	p. 14
Palm V	p. 15
Palm VII	p. 15
Other Palm Models	p. 16
Handspring Visor	p. 17
The Other Guys: Pocket PC	p. 18
Where to Find New and Used PDAs	p. 19
Your Friend the Gadget Freak	p. 20
The Local Recycled Electronics Store	p. 21
Pawnshops	p. 21
Online Sellers	p. 21
Stuff to Come	p. 22
Getting the Parts	p. 25
Getting the Kit	p. 26
Getting Parts from Other Sources	p. 29
If You Only Had a Brain	p. 30
See Me, Feel Me	p. 32
Motor City Madhouse	p. 33
Under My Wheels	p. 34
Talk to Me	p. 36
Odd Ones	p. 37
Carry On	p. 39
Where in the World	p. 41
Building the Robot	p. 43
Building the PPRK with the Pontech Controller	p. 44
The Batteries	p. 45
Wiring the Battery Pack	p. 45
Modifying the Servos	p. 47
Assembling the Wheels	p. 49
Attaching the Palm Connector to the Deck	p. 50
Building the Frame	p. 51
The Controller and the Deck	p. 53
Attaching the Deck to the Frame	p. 54
Completing the Wiring	p. 55
Attaching the Palm Connector and the Wheels	p. 58
What's Next?	p. 59
Building the PPRK with the BrainStem Controller	p. 60
The Batteries	p. 60
Building the Frame	p. 61
The Controller and the Deck	p. 62
Completing the Wiring	p. 64
Attaching the Deck to the Frame	p. 69
Attaching the Wheels	p. 70
Attaching the Palm	p. 70
What's Next?	p. 71
Using Palm VIIs and Handspring Visors	p. 73
Using a Handspring Visor with the BrainStem	p. 74
Parts List	p. 75
Soldering the Connector and Printed Circuit Board	p. 75
Connecting the Cable	p. 77
Assembling the Visor's Connector	p. 79
Using a Handspring Visor with the PPRK	p. 81
Parts List	p. 82
Building a Cable	p. 82
Modifying the Pontech SV203	p. 86
Using a Palm VII with the PPRK	p. 88
Changing the Baud Rate	p. 89
Restoring the Default Value	p. 92
Finishing Up	p. 92
Checking Out the Robot	p. 93
Software for the PPRK	p. 94
Software from Carnegie Mellon	p. 94
Other Software from Carnegie Mellon	p. 97
Using a BASIC Program with the Robot	p. 99
Using a PocketC Program with the Robot	p. 100
Software for the BrainStem	p. 101
Working with the Robot	p. 104
Config	p. 104
GP	p. 106
The Console	p. 110
Now What?	p. 118
The Palm Robot Programmer (PRP)	p. 119
Installing the Palm Robot Programmer	p. 122
Using the PRP	p. 126
The PRP Window	p. 127
Making Your First Program	p. 128
The PRP in Detail	p. 132
Adding a Component	p. 141
Deleting and Pasting Components	p. 141
Creating a Subroutine, Function, or Method	p. 142
Saving and Loading Programs	p. 143
Saving	p. 143
Loading	p. 144
Converting the Program to Source Code	p. 144
Loading Source Code to the Host	p. 145
Advanced Topic: Adding New Languages	p. 148
How the PRP Converts a Program to Source Language	p. 149
How to Write Your Own Converter	p. 149
Updates to the PRP	p. 153
Where to Go from Here	p. 153
Essential Robot Programming Strategies	p. 155
Programming the PPRK in BASIC	p. 157
HotPaw Basic	p. 157
PPRK Programming with HotPaw Basic	p. 164
NS Basic	p. 168
PPRK Programming with NS Basic	p. 180
Other Tools	p. 187
Programming the PPRK with C	p. 187
PocketC	p. 187
PPRK Programming with PocketC	p. 191
Taking Control of the BrainStem Robot	p. 199
Programming the BrainStem Using TEA	p. 201
BrainStem Modes	p. 201
Installing Acroname Software	p. 202
Writing TEA Programs	p. 202
Steeping a Steaming Cup of TEA	p. 210
Downloading and Launching Programs	p. 212
Program the BrainStem Using Reflexes	p. 215
How Reflexes Work	p. 216
A Simple Reflex Program	p. 216
Programming the BrainStem Using Java	p. 223
Getting the Java Communications API	p. 224
Java and the BrainStem	p. 225
Sensors and Enhancements	p. 231
Adding Sensors or Input Devices to the PPRK	p. 235
Adding Sensors to the Pontech SV203	p. 236
Adding Sensors to the BrainStem	p. 239
Using a Line Detecting Sensor	p. 240
Using a Temperature Sensor	p. 245
Other Sensors	p. 245
Adding Output Devices to the PPRK	p. 246
Adding Output Devices to the Pontech SV203	p. 246
Adding Sensors to the BrainStem	p. 247
LEDs	p. 248
Making Noise with Sound Devices	p. 249
Other Output Devices	p. 249
Using Digital Components with the BrainStem	p. 249
Where to Go From Here	p. 250
Having Fun with Your Robot	p. 251
Installing Palm Programs	p. 252
Mindstorms from Your Palm	p. 254
FIRST Scoring	p. 256
Play a Few Games	p. 257
Flying Robots	p. 257
Welded Warriors	p. 258
Botz	p. 258
Nanobots	p. 259
YADaleks+	p. 260
Minebot	p. 261
Iron Strategy	p. 262
On the PC	p. 262
AT-Robots3	p. 262
MindRover	p. 265
Where To Go From Here	p. 268
About the CD	p. 271
What's on the CD	p. 272
How to Use the CD	p. 272
The Palm Robot Programmer Folder	p. 273
Inside the Other Applications Folder	p. 273
Working with the BrainStem	p. 275
Installing Palm Applications	p. 275
Inside the PPRK Folder	p. 276
Index	p. 277
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