So I finally found a programmer to program my "Orb Warriors" game idea I had posted on the original Sphero Dev forums a while back.
Since I know very little about programming, and will be doing the graphics part of the game, I was wondering will he actually need a Sphero to set up and use the SDK? Or will he be able to program and then send me test builds of the APK to test it with my Sphero? He does not have a Sphero yet, but hopes to get one soon.
He lives like 1200 miles away from me, so I guess if he needs it for programming I can mail him my Sphero for the time being, but I was trying to avoid that as I still use my Sphero. :)
Thanks.
Yes, he will need a Sphero to use the SDK.
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I was using app inventor to build an app for a school project. The problem is I can not find a single strong tutorial on the internet of how to use Bluetooth with app inventor. I do not no much and can't give too much detail because I have now information to start with. If someone could give an example program along with how it works of point me in a direction to find some good tutorials.
Note: This is between two phones.
After 2 minutes of searching on the net I have this:
http://appinventor.pevest.com/?p=520
http://puravidaapps.com/btchat.php
http://ai.kittywolf.net/index.php/BTChat
http://www.appinventor.org/Chapter12
Good luck.
Maybe I have't looked hard enough, but I spent yesterday googling for a bit and found no relevant projects on hacking the DJI Phantom Drone in order to create new coordinating apps. This is besides the app for coordination DJI currently uses for their drone. I'm trying to see if there's a way to communicate with the Drone with a specific protocol in order to accept a set of procedures.
Any help would be awesome,
Thanks.
Great News for you and all us Droneys! DJI has launched their SDK since you asked this question. They released it last November and you can now apply for a license and write your own apps for the Phantom2 Vision+ using their SDK.
Check it out at https://developer.dji.com/
I am already building a project using the SDK - you can follow my progress on my blog / product site. I will also try to update it with good DJI related development links and tips.
This post is old but I think it is good to leave a foot print for others :)
There is this new company called NVdrones, which created a peace of hardware that you can attach to any drone (you need physical access to the flight controller), and once you do that you can use their SDK (Arduino, Java, Android and Javascript) to write your app without the need of hacking, soldering or anything else. It is just plug and play.
Another benefit is that you are not locked with a specific drone (DJI SDK or 3DRobotics SDK), you can use the board on anything you want. Which gives lots of flexibility.
The developer site is http://developers.NVdrones.com
Hope this helps.
This is a great topic!
You could check how to hack your copter here: https://github.com/flyver/Flyver-SDK/wiki/-2.2--How-To:-Flyver-Hack-a-Copter
By opening the drone, taking out the original controller, soldering a few wires and sticking an Android phone to it, you will have the ability to program your Phantom in a modern manner with an open source SDK and application based development. This means that you could add computer vision to it, automation or additional hardware. You could also use smartphones, web and other interactive devices for remote controlling the copter instead of using the standard remote controls.
The Phantom, however, is offcenter balanced due to the fact that most people use gimbal with it. Without the gimbal is a lot less stable from my experiments so you will have to put some extra work in center balancing it.
I am just a beginner in developing windows phone 7 apps. Can you suggest some ideas or rather exercises that can get me started working on the platform and start building some real applications.
Will really appreciate the help.
Well, simple games like pong or breakout are always good ways to play around and get used to a new platform. You could also a try writing a simple notepad style app.
If those are more than you'd like to take on just yet, 'guess the number' and other similar games are always good too.
Maybe you could also Google for some simple tutorials and run through them? This one seems to be a good, if very basic, introduction.
I would like to be able to show whats happening on my phone, on a computer screen or projector.
This seems like it must be possible since Microsoft does it in all of their demos, but I can't seem to figure out how.
For example, I've build an app, and I want to demo it to a room of prospective clients. I can't really use the emulator very well during a presentation. I'd like the room to be able to see what I'm doing on a big screen instead of all huddling around my phone.
I've asked various people at Microsoft about this and, unfortunately, the response I always get is that Microsoft is not able to load to load the necessary "VGA Patch" externally.
Unless you can do your demo in the emulator, cameras are the only way to go at this point.
What you've seen was done with internal hardware. Perhaps you could approach Microsoft to see if they are willing to assist in any way.
Obviously it's early days, I do not know whether this is information that is in the public domain or not yet, but...
I have trawled through some of this site - http://www.windowsphone7series.com/ but I can't seem to find the answer.
Specifically will I be able to write an app on the phone that updates the cloud with the phones current GPS position in the background even when other apps are running in the foreground.
According to ZDNet's post yesterday, Windows Mobile 7 will support multitasking for things like having music playing while using an application, but as far as 3rd party it will most likely not be supported. Things like notifications however will be there, as to help with multitasking.
I hate to relieve myself on your bonfire Christopher but might I suggest that a background GPS process, might not be a good idea. You'd really run down the users battery performance, perhaps if you shared a little more about your idea we could suggest an alternative architecture that didn't require a constant gps post.