Windows for Devices reports on a training robot named WINCETON
Bsquare recently added an unusual guest instructor to its five-day Windows CE 6.0 training classes. A robot named “WINCETON” gives students an opportunity to solve a hands-on, real-world problem using Windows CE 6.0, according to the company.
WINCETON debuted during a Windows CE 6.0 training class in Boston earlier this month. As a final project, students were able to build a Windows CE 6.0 image that programmed WINCETON’s servo-driven sensor head. The objective was to pan the head through 180 degrees, and determine the location of the nearest object within its field of view, which has a range of about 80 cm.
WINCETON is controlled by means of a USB Phidget servo controller, according to Bsquare. Phidgets are small, USB-interfaced modules that can be used in conjunction with a PC to implement low-cost sensing and control projects. A shared source Windows CE Phidgets driver is available from Microsoft’s CodePlex code-sharing site (”Windows Embedded MVP” Jim Wilson recently published an extensive tutorial focused on Phidgets).
WINCETON uses:
Phidget LCD with 8/8/8
Phidget 4 Servo Controller
(looks like) Lynxmotion Pan & Tilt Unit
