README.md

Hexbug spider library for Arduino

This library uses an IR LED to send codes that can be understood by an Hexbug Spider.

If this is the first time you visit this repo I suggest you reading How to control your Hexbug Spider with Arduino.

Wiring everything together

To build this project you'll need:

1. And Arduino board.
2. An IR LED.
3. A red LED (optional).
4. A 200 to 1000 ohm resistor.

Wire one of the PWN pins of the Arduino board (this example uses pin 3) to the largest leg of the IR LED, the second leg goes to the longest leg of the red LED via the resistor, the second leg of the red LED goes to ground.

Should look like this:

Here's an schematic view of the same setup:

Minimal code example

1. Install the IRDump.h library.
2. Include the hexbug_spider.h file into your main Arduino code, for instance #include <hexbug_spider.h>.

// Channel the Hexbug Spider is listenning to ('A' or 'B'), must be defined
// before including hexbug-spider.h.
#define HEXBUG_SPIDER_CHANNEL 'A'

#include <hexbug_spider.h>

// Pin the IR LED is wired to. Must be a PWM pin.
#define PIN_IR_OUTPUT    3

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("Point your IR LED to an Hexbug spider.");

  hexbug_spider_setup_pin(PIN_IR_OUTPUT);
}

void loop()
{
  hexbug_spider_left();
  delay(100);
}

Here's a full example.

License

Copyright (c) 2014-today José Carlos Nieto, https://menteslibres.net/xiam

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