makezine.com — Here's how to make a serial cable to control a Roomba with your Mac/PC. When you're done making this cable/board you can download free software to control the Roomba. Feb 15, 2006 View in Crawl 4
Closed AccountFeb 15, 2006
Neat idea, but I stopped building circuit boards back when I built my aApple ][ in 1980.<a class="user" href="http://www.gfx.com">http://www.gfx.com</a>
lydonFeb 15, 2006
@john72carter: At the bottom of the page there is a link to "HOW TO: Make a Roomba BlueTooth Interface."<a class="user" href="http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/how_to_roomba_bluetooth_interf.html">http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/how_to_roomba_bluetooth_interf.html</a>Enjoy.
amigiacFeb 15, 2006
/Now drive your Roomba around like a little tank and play music on it! /Until the cable runs out, make you wonder why he bothered if it has bluetooth.
digg a+ this is great
bluntfxMar 6, 2006
I might be wrong, and correct me if I am, but wasn't the purpose of the roomba to vacuum automatically, so you don't have to control it?
mijadeusMay 9, 2006
Hey guys, if you would like a C# program to drive your roomba around I have a "Poomba Terminal" project on Sourceforge.. I haven't tested it on anything except my newly minted todbot-serial cable, but I invite any extra testing.<a class="user" href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/roomba-term/">https://sourceforge.net/projects/roomba-term/</a> Kevin
:D that's Roomba Terminal.. :D
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Closed AccountFeb 15, 2006
Neat idea, but I stopped building circuit boards back when I built my aApple ][ in 1980.<a class="user" href="http://www.gfx.com">http://www.gfx.com</a>
lydonFeb 15, 2006
@john72carter: At the bottom of the page there is a link to "HOW TO: Make a Roomba BlueTooth Interface."<a class="user" href="http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/how_to_roomba_bluetooth_interf.html">http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/how_to_roomba_bluetooth_interf.html</a>Enjoy.
amigiacFeb 15, 2006
/Now drive your Roomba around like a little tank and play music on it! /Until the cable runs out, make you wonder why he bothered if it has bluetooth.
Closed AccountFeb 15, 2006
digg a+ this is great
bluntfxMar 6, 2006
I might be wrong, and correct me if I am, but wasn't the purpose of the roomba to vacuum automatically, so you don't have to control it?
mijadeusMay 9, 2006
Hey guys, if you would like a C# program to drive your roomba around I have a "Poomba Terminal" project on Sourceforge.. I haven't tested it on anything except my newly minted todbot-serial cable, but I invite any extra testing.<a class="user" href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/roomba-term/">https://sourceforge.net/projects/roomba-term/</a> Kevin
mijadeusMay 9, 2006
:D that's Roomba Terminal.. :D