Category Archives: Micromouse

All America Micromouse Contest – May 26th, 2013

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Peter Harrison

The annual event All America Micromouse Competition is taking place on Sunday, May 26th, 2013, from 9AM to 5PM at Engineering IV building room 53-125(tesla room) at UCLA campus. Entries are open to all college students, including both graduate and undergraduate … Continue reading →

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APEC 2013

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Peter Harrison

On Monday, March 18th 2013, the 27th APEC micromouse contest was held in Long Beach, California. This mid-winter break, to what is frequently a warm, sunny location, is another chance to catch up with some of the best micromouse builders … Continue reading →

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The effect of speed on micromouse smooth turn

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Peter Harrison

A little while ago, I came across a Japanese micromouse web site where the author had taken long-exposure pictures while his micromouse smooth turns. I decided to do some experiments of my own and test the effect of speed on … Continue reading →

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Four wheels – good in a straight line, not so good in corners

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Peter Harrison

Decimus 4 is a four wheel micromouse in the same style as so many others that you see now. Until building it I thought I had a good idea what some of the problems might be. I was partly right… … Continue reading →

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Quadrature encoders with the STM32F4

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Peter Harrison

Most commonly, the speed and direction of the motors in a micromouse or other small robot will be read from quadrature encoders connected to the drive train. One of the great things about the STM32F4 processor is that it can … Continue reading →

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Micromouse sensors aligned the easy way

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Peter Harrison

An essential part of setting up a new mouse is the proper alignment of the sensors.  You micromouse sensors must have the emitters pointing exactly where you want them to and the detectors have to be aligned to get the … Continue reading →

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Flexible shields for micromouse sensors

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Peter Harrison

Micromouse sensors need shielding to work at their best. Here we are going to show you how to make a simple, flexible light shield for your micromouse sensors that will cut down the effect of ambient light and reduce leakage … Continue reading →

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Easier Statistics for your Sensor Data

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Peter Harrison

Learn how you can calculate the standard deviation, or spread, of your sensor readings on-the-fly while collecting data without having to first record all the values and then do the statistics. Incoming search terms:micromouse software (1)

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An Improved Bit Banding Approach

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Harjit Singh

The commonly published approach to using the bit banding feature of the Cortex Mx family of processors is to use macros – see Bit Banding in the STM32. This post describes an alternate implementation that uses a dedicated RAM section … Continue reading →

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Solver References

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Harjit Singh

The first article that I used as a reference for Zeetah I’s solver was published in Byte Magazine back in 1987. Fortunately for me, this article was printed right around the time we were making Zeetah I. Stephen E. Belter, … Continue reading →

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