Programming the Pi in Diddyborg

Submitted by sumitkm@gmail.com on Sun, 12/28/2014 - 16:30

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Hi,
I have setup the Raspberry Pi in my DiddyBorg with remote desktop and it has a WiFi adapter too. So I can remote into it when the Pi is on.

Question 1: If I unplug the DiddyBorg's battery unit and plug in a power adapter to the raspberry pi's power connector, will I be damaging the PicoBorg in any way?

Question 2: If the answer to Q1 is 'no', will I be able to access the PicoBorg programmatically in the above setup as well? Basically I am trying to make a controller program and it will be handy to program on the device :-).

Thanks for your help,

Cheers,
Sumit.
P.S. I am a PiBorg n00b so apologies if the questions seem a bit obvious.

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piborg

Sun, 12/28/2014 - 20:13

Sounds like a sensible plan for programming a DiddyBorg.

In answer to your questions:

  1. It is fine to unplug the batteries and power the Raspberry Pi from the USB instead, just make sure you do not accidently power from both batteries and the USB at the same time as that may cause damage.
  2. With no batteries attached you will still be able to talk to the PicoBorg Reverse normally, but the motors will not move.

sumitkm@gmail.com

Sun, 12/28/2014 - 20:37

Super cool! Thanks, will report back on any success!

Cheers,
Sumit.

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