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Marcus Eliasson
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Crazycar

Use your Crazyflie 2.0 to control a Skeleton bot

IntermediateFull instructions provided2 hours5,137
Crazycar

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Crazyflie 2.0
Bitcraze Crazyflie 2.0
×1
Prototyping deck
Bitcraze Prototyping deck
×1
Seeed Studio Skeleton Bot - 4WD Hercules Mobile Robotic Platform
×1
Seeed Studio Grove - Universal 4 Pin Buckled 20cm Cable
×1
Seeed Studio Grove - Universal 4 pin connector 90°
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
Bitcraze VM
Bitcraze VM

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)

Story

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Schematics

Crazycar deck schematic

Connect the Groove connector on the prototyping board according to the following schematic.

Code

Crazycar deck source

C/C++
The source file for the Crazycar deck.

Add this to the build by adding the following to the Makefile:
PROJ_OBJ_CF2 += crazycar.o
CFLAGS += -DDECK_FORCE=bcCrazycar
/**
 *    ||          ____  _ __
 * +------+      / __ )(_) /_______________ _____  ___
 * | 0xBC |     / __  / / __/ ___/ ___/ __ `/_  / / _ \
 * +------+    / /_/ / / /_/ /__/ /  / /_/ / / /_/  __/
 *  ||  ||    /_____/_/\__/\___/_/   \__,_/ /___/\___/
 *
 * Crazyflie control firmware
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2016 Bitcraze AB
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, in version 3.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * crazycar.c - Deck driver for the Crazyflie 2.0 Crazycar deck
 */

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "stm32fxxx.h"

#include "deck.h"

#include "FreeRTOS.h"
#include "timers.h"
#include "uart2.h"
#include "debug.h"
#include "log.h"

static int logIdRoll;
static int logIdPitch;

/* Template data for controlling the Skeleton bot */
static char data[] = {'S', 'S', '0', '0', 0x0A};

/* Create output string for sending to the Skeleton bot */
void carSetControl(float roll, float pitch)
{
  float f = pitch / 30.0;
  float t = roll / 60.0;

  float m1 = f + t;
  float m2 = f - t;

  if (m1 > 1.0)
    m1 = 1.0;
  if (m1 < -1)
    m1 = -1;

  if (m2 > 1.0)
    m2 = 1.0;
  if (m2 < -1)
    m2 = -1;

  if (m1 > 0)
  {
    data[0] = 'F';
    data[2] = (int)(m1 * 10) + '0';
  } else {
    data[0] = 'B';
    data[2] = (int)(m1 * -10) + '0';
  }

  if (m2 > 0)
  {
    data[1] = 'F';
    data[3] = (int)(m2 * 10) + '0';
  } else {
    data[1] = 'B';
    data[3] = (int)(m2 * -10) + '0';
  }
}


/* Send commands to Skeleton bot at 10Hz */
static xTimerHandle timer;
static void ctrlTimer(xTimerHandle timer)
{
    carSetControl(logGetFloat(logIdRoll), logGetFloat(logIdPitch));
    uart2SendData(sizeof(data), (uint8_t*)data);
}

/* Initialize the deck driver */
static void crazycarDeckInit(DeckInfo *info)
{
    logIdRoll = logGetVarId("ctrltarget", "roll");
    logIdPitch = logGetVarId("ctrltarget", "pitch");

    uart2Init(19200);
    timer = xTimerCreate( "ctrlTimer", M2T(100),
                           pdTRUE, NULL, ctrlTimer );
    xTimerStart(timer, 100);
}

static const DeckDriver crazycar_deck = {
  .vid = 0xBC,
  .pid = 0x00,
  .name = "bcCrazycar",

  .usedPeriph = DECK_USING_UART2,
  .usedGpio = DECK_USING_TX2 | DECK_USING_RX2,

  .init = crazycarDeckInit
};

DECK_DRIVER(crazycar_deck);

Skeleton bot Arduino code

Arduino
Code that should be loaded onto the Skeleton bot Arduino
// pin ctrl
#define PINCS           6           // all mos cs
#define PINM1R          4
#define PINM1F          5
#define PINM2F          7
#define PINM2R          8
#define PINPWMA         9           // PWM channel A (motor A speed)
#define PINPWMB         10          // PWM channel B (motor B speed)

String txtMsg = "";
char s;
int motorSpeed = 0;

void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(19200);
    Serial.println("HERCULES 4WD TEST");

    pinMode(PINCS, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(PINM1F, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(PINM1R, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(PINM2F, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(PINM2R, OUTPUT);

    motorSetSpeed(255);
}


void loop()
{
    while (Serial.available() > 0)
    {
        s = (char)Serial.read();
        if (s == '\n')
        {
            Serial.print("Command: ");
            Serial.print(txtMsg);

            Serial.print(" Char: ");
            char charBuf[5];
            txtMsg.toCharArray(charBuf, 5);
            Serial.print(charBuf);
            
            Serial.print(" SpeedA: ");
            int speedA = charBuf[2];
            speedA = ( speedA - 48 ) * 28;
            Serial.print( speedA );
            
            Serial.print(" SpeedB: ");
            int speedB = charBuf[3];
            speedB = (speedB - 48) * 28;
            Serial.print( speedB );    
      
            analogWrite(PINPWMA, speedA);
            analogWrite(PINPWMB, speedB);      

            if ( charBuf[0] == 'S' && charBuf[1] == 'S')
            {
                motorStop(0);
                Serial.print(" Action: Stop");
            }

            if ( charBuf[0] == 'F' && charBuf[1] == 'F')
            {
                motorForward(0);
                Serial.print(" Action: Forward");
            }

            if ( charBuf[0] == 'B' && charBuf[1] == 'B')
            {
                motorReverse(0);
                Serial.print(" Action: Reverse");
            }

            if ( charBuf[0] == 'B' && charBuf[1] == 'F')
            {
                motorTurnLeft(0);
                Serial.print(" Action: Left");
            }

            if ( charBuf[0] == 'F' && charBuf[1] == 'B')
            {
                motorTurnRight(0);
                Serial.print(" Action: Right");
            }

            Serial.println(";");
            txtMsg = "";
        }
        else
        {
            txtMsg += s;
        }
    }
}


void motorSetSpeed(int power)
{
    motorSpeed = power;
    analogWrite(PINPWMA, motorSpeed);
    analogWrite(PINPWMB, motorSpeed);
}

void motorStop(int duration)
{
    digitalWrite(PINCS, LOW);
    digitalWrite(PINM1F, LOW);

    digitalWrite(PINM1R, LOW);
    digitalWrite(PINM2F, LOW);

    digitalWrite(PINM2R, LOW);
    delay(duration);
}

void motorForward(int duration)
{
    digitalWrite(PINM1R, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(PINM1F, LOW);

    digitalWrite(PINM2R, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(PINM2F, LOW);

    digitalWrite(PINCS, HIGH);
    delay(duration);
}

void motorReverse(int duration)
{
    digitalWrite(PINM1R, LOW);
    digitalWrite(PINM1F, HIGH);

    digitalWrite(PINM2R, LOW);
    digitalWrite(PINM2F, HIGH);

    digitalWrite(PINCS, HIGH);
    delay(duration);
}

void motorTurnLeft(int duration)
{
    digitalWrite(PINM1R, LOW);
    digitalWrite(PINM1F, HIGH);

    digitalWrite(PINM2R, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(PINM2F, LOW);

    digitalWrite(PINCS, HIGH);
    delay(duration);
}


void motorTurnRight(int duration)
{
    digitalWrite(PINM1R, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(PINM1F, LOW);

    digitalWrite(PINM2R, LOW);
    digitalWrite(PINM2F, HIGH);

    digitalWrite(PINCS, HIGH);
    delay(duration);
}

crazyflie-firmware

The main Crazyflie 2.0 firmware

Credits

Marcus Eliasson

Marcus Eliasson

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