Driving I-robot using C#

I will be more specific and focussed in this post! no no to all the philosophy and lectures! :D

If you don't have a i-robot, not a problem! You can learn serial port programming using C# in this tutorial, You can implement it for your own device if you know the hardware specifications.

Requirements :

• I-Robot Create
• Microsoft Visual C# Express Edition (free)
• A laptop or a Desktop Computer with Serial Port *
  

Procedure :

• Connect your I-robot to the serial port of your comp. and go to device manager click on Ports and know the port number (eg :COM9, COM11....)
• Open Visual C# Express Edition/Visual Studio , Start>New Project>Windows forms application
• Drag and drop two buttons from toolbox window, Name them "Sing" and Square".
• Double Click on sing, write the following event handler code
• In the code "COM11" , key in your COM#.
  

//
SerialPort robotport = new SerialPort("COM11",57600, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
robotport.Open();
robotport.Write(new byte[] {128, 132},0,2);
robotport.Write(new byte[] {140, 0, 4, 62, 12, 66, 12, 69, 12, 74, 36},0,11);
robotport.Write(new byte[] {141,0},0,2);
robotport.Close();
//

• Double Click on Square, key in the following C# event handler code

//
SerialPort robotport = new SerialPort("COM11", 57600, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
robotport.Open();
robotport.Write(new byte[] { 152, 17, 137, 1, 44, 128, 0, 156, 1, 144, 137, 1, 44, 0, 1, 157, 0, 90, 153 }, 0, 19);
robotport.Write(new byte[] { 153},0,1);
robotport.Close();
//

• Save all and build the solution.
• Run
• Click on Sing/square and see how the i-robot responds!

Check out the videos and see how my i-robot responded!


DEMO


CODING/SCREENCAST


*If your laptop doesn't support Serial Port, Buy a USB to Serial converter!
*If you have any queries please add a comment, I shall reply to your queries asap.