Finally better

I am finally over the strep, man alive that is some bad bad mojo. I did get a chance to do quite a bit of reading between naps(about 20+) because my schedule was wake up, take antibiotic, take cough meds, pass out, repeat. I did get a chance to re-read a lot of the bot stuff though, and have decided to make a small change in plans. I was going to make a freeduiono board with screw terminal blocks becuase I get tired of when Leo hits a bump or rolls over that a wire somewhere on the arduino comes loose.

The change is that there is going to be two boards, one to control Leo's body and one to do mapping, read sensors, make decisions, etc. The first board will control the drive motors, the neck and head position motors, and monitor their position and state sensors. I should be getting the parts in the next few days for both boards. It will be fun putting them together and then getting them to talk to each other. Leo will go from one MCU to two and will have two L293D chips. I'll be ordering the better motors for him this Thursday. Only a few things left to get for Leo. Need to find a sonic ranger, a PIR sensor, a mini servo.