Roomba/Zaurus hack

"Steve \" 'dillo \" Okay (Roadknight Labs)" <armadilo-Jdk5b5y2+yhWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:14:15 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.handhelds.openzaurus.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hey gang,
I just thought I'd drop you a URL to point out the project that I've  
been working on for the past couple months.

http://www.roadknightlabs.com/Roomba/

I've got my Zaurus(Collie) running OZ 3.5.4 with a bunch of packages  
running off SD via cardfs.

The Z is being used as a controller host to send control commands  
from my laptop to the Roomba over the serial port via wireless.
The serial connection is via a CE-170 cable from the Zaurus into a  
Roo-232 level converter that plugs into the Roomba serial port.
There's a Linksys CF 802.11b card to connect the Zaurus into our  
house WLAN.
CalDAV records are retrieved w/ caDAVer and run through some Perl  
scripts to convert them from VCAL format into at(1) jobs.
This makes the Roomba schedulable via CalDAV-compliant calendaring  
apps like iCal or Sunbird.
I haven't posted any of the actual code yet 'cause it's all still  
pretty much POC spit-and-bailing-wire kind of stuff, but once I get it
more formalized, I'll let you know. Comments and questions are welcome.
Best,
----Steve


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