Xbox Controller Hack

Here's the XBugBot Robot as featured in Robot Magazine:

This is an autonomous robot made by hacking an Xbox controller!

Here is the PDF of the article

Here are the Project Files and Manual

MIDI to Ruby to MIDI

New -  the Ruby module in FlowStone now supports MIDI in and out. This allows you to make accurate timing for things like sequencers etc.

New Audio to Ruby & Ruby to Audio Modules in FlowStone

Yes you can now analyse or create audio inside the FlowStone Ruby Module.

This simple project creates a sine wave inside Ruby and sends it to a real time scope and out to the sound card running at 44.1Khz

New Owl Energy Meter Suport

FlowStone now supports the Owl range of USB energy meters!

 Owl USB with LCD Display

OR

Owl USB Without Display

Simply connect the wireless current sensor to your incoming mains cable and the Owl usb device to your PC and read the data directly inside FlowStone:

DSPRobotics on the RubyShow

Check out the 'Ruby Show' Pod cast 200:

http://rubyshow.com/episodes/200

The FlowStone bit is at arounf 17.26

DSPRobotics Sponsor BotBraw Ccompetition

DSPRobotics are the Platinum Sponsors of the 2012 BotBraw Robot competition in the US!

There are eight events during the completion where team get to compete against each other:

• RC Combat – 1lb Antweights
• RC Combat – 3lb Beetleweights
• Autonomous Sumo – 3kg
• Autonomous Sumo – 500g
• Line Following
• Line Maze
• Checkers on a Sumo Ring
• Best In Show

All of the winners will receive a copy of FlowStone Pro and all of the runners up will get a copy of FlowStone Enterprise.


www.dsprobotics.com

FlowStone V2.01 Released

Earlier today the new FlowStone V2.01 was released. This new version builds on the success of the new Ruby programming components by adding several new Ruby based GUI elements.

for more information visit: http://www.dsprobotics.com/flowstone.html