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2025-04-04 6:36 pm
Hey everyone!
Glad to be here! I’ve been into electronics and robotics for a while, always tinkering with microcontrollers and different hardware. Lately, I’ve been diving deeper into embedded systems and motor control.
Looking forward to learning, sharing ideas, and chatting with like-minded folks. What projects are you all working on?
THRandell reacted
2025-04-04 9:24 pm
What projects are you all working on?
Hi Aria,
I’m glad you decided to join us here at the Droning Lot Forums. I look forward to hearing about some of your experiences with robots.
My workshop is in a bit of a mess these days, so I’ve been working on software. I made the switch from Arduino based robots to using the Raspberry Pi Pico (W) for robot control/sensor data collection a few years ago. Currently I’m investigating the use of MQTT to report program status and debugging information. Apparently their 3rd party TCP/IP library is not reentrant so there are a lot of things in play to help ensure that the work is performed asynchronously. More stuff to learn, but it should make debugging code easier.
Have you ever looked into using FreeRTOS on your projects?
Tom
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To really foul up, use a computer.
Topic starter
2025-04-08 5:42 pm
Hey, thanks for the warm welcome! Sounds like you’re doing some really cool work
I haven’t used FreeRTOS yet, but it’s been on my radar for a while, especially as projects get more complex and real-time performance starts to matter more. I’ve mostly stuck with bare-metal or simple loop-based logic so far, but I can see how FreeRTOS would make task management a lot cleaner. I might give it a go on my next project maybe something with multi-sensor fusion or motor coordination. Appreciate the suggestion!