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how to control several motors with arduino and emotiv epoc?(i need immediate help plz!!!)

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hi everyone,

 

 

so basically the first thing im trying to do is connect the Emotiv epoc to an arduino,then connect the arduino to all the motors,someone told me that i have to add things to the arduino to make it work with all the motors,then a program called processing is used to send commands or whatever to the arduino,so what i know is i have to make a code so that the arduino can understand what is coming from processing.if someone out there knows how to work with the emotiv epoc then thatll be very useful.

 

the amount of motors and what i want them to do:

 

motor 1:  2 directions

motor 2:  1 direction

motor 3:  1 direction

servo  1:  1 direction

 

what i want to do/get help in:i want to get processing to work with arduino from the emotiv epoc,then possibly try and get the the arduino to work with those motors(someone told me id have to use more than 1 uno?)

 

anyway,so if someone undertands what i am trying to do then please help me because this is a project which i shall be entering into a competition,if you are good with hacking and coding the arduino then please contact me with your number os we may talk because sometimes i have problems understanding and getting other people to understand what i want to do.if you live anywhere in or near dallas then please contact me.

 

for those who dont know what the emotiv epoc is,it is a headset which reads your brainwaves.

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  • An uno has limited RAM and FLASH for programs to be stored in but can easily control 4 motors but to handle EPOCH may not be within its capabilities, An Arduino MEGA2560 though would be more capapable as it has way more RAM and FLASH as sell as IO

     

    If EPOCH runs on the PC then what is its method of interfacing to other apps / hardware, is it written in C, Java, other ??

     

    You dont need Processing...

     

    The Arduinos present them self to a PC/MAC/Linux sa a com port so you can use ANY language that can read and write to the com port to interact with the Arduino / chosen controller quite easily

     

    My advise is to decide what you want the various components to do, then how there going to communicate, then pick products that can help meet the needs, this way your less lightly to be boxed in by a bad choice

  • in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

    The Epoch has  a wireless interface to a USB dongle - it is very un-likely that you will be able to interface to the dongle from an Arduino. Talk to the people who make it and ask if they have drivers that work on any platform other than a PC - if not then you'll need to use a PC - which can with some extra hardware , control motors. Alternatively you might be able to get the Epoch people to document access to the wireless protocol but I wouldn't expect them to agree.

     

    MK

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  • in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

    The Epoch has  a wireless interface to a USB dongle - it is very un-likely that you will be able to interface to the dongle from an Arduino. Talk to the people who make it and ask if they have drivers that work on any platform other than a PC - if not then you'll need to use a PC - which can with some extra hardware , control motors. Alternatively you might be able to get the Epoch people to document access to the wireless protocol but I wouldn't expect them to agree.

     

    MK

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