BeagleboneChallenge

Farnell organised a competition between Leeds Hackspace and Pumping Station One (Chicago). The challenge is to building something using a Beaglebone Black. We attempted to create a robotic foosball table player. We came second in the competition due to various reasons...

Code for the driver controller, PRU and OpenCV tracking is here: https://github.com/pbrook/beagle-football

Current progress:

• Acquired a football table
• Ordered a ps3 eye webcam (640x480 @ 75fps) for ball tracking
• pbrook has designed a mechanism in openscad to move the players

Wiring

Motor Choccy Block

Left to right, motor cables facing away.

1. Rod A Rotation
2. Rod A Rotation
3. Rod A Slide
4. Rod A Slide
5. Rod B Rotation
6. Rod B Rotation
7. Rod B Slide
8. Rod B Slide
9. Rod C Rotation
10. Rod C Rotation
11. Rod C Slide
12. Rod C Slide

Limit Switch Choccy Block

1. Rod A Inner Endstop
2. Rod A Inner Endstop
3. Rod A Outer Endstop
4. Rod A Outer Endstop
5. Rod A CW Endstop
6. Rod A CW Endstop
7. Rod A CCW Endstop
8. Rod A CCW Endstop