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I posted a full review of the Didacta Advance Pi-F5 interface board and its use with Node-RED last February 2020.
This comes after the fischertechnik-compatible interface board for the BBC micro:bit launched last year, reviewed in February 2019.

The BNO055 from Bosch is the all-in-one IMU I was referring to in my review. IMHO, there is no need for developing a CLI library, a driver based RoboPro handles I²C nicely. An exception would be time-critical calculations, like double-integrating acceleration to get distance. The data-sheet and appl...

For time-sensitive measures, I wouldn't use a Raspberry Pi but a micro-controller instead. The Raspberry Pi may be delayed by Linux-related tasks and provide readings on a regular period. Only a micro-controller can provide real-time processes. Option 1 The micro-controller would then perform data a...

I’ve posted several reviews of the interface boards from Didacta Advance: Didacta Advance interface board for BBC micro:bit Starter Set for micro:bit BBC micro:bit​ https://reivilofischertechnik.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/6/2/11622422/barrier-1-1_orig.jpg Didacta Advance interface board for Raspberry Pi...

Carel,

That is a very interesting program.

I've already installed Eclipse and the Linaro tool-chain, and started playing with the examples.

So the SLI extension is perfect.

See you at the broadcast!

After the fischertechnik-compatible interface board for the BBC micro:bit launched last year, Didacta Advance has announced three new interface boards. ​I've received the Didacta Advance Pi-F5 interface board for the Raspberry Pi and rushed to test it with a Raspberry Pi 3B and a Raspberry Pi Zero W...

there is a mechanism to set and to get more variables but step for step. Thank you for the clarification. Yes, SLI can handle multiple variables, but RoboPro can only read one or write one at a time. So sending a MQTT message requires two boxes: one to set the channel, another the set the value. Sa...

It seems the SLI libraries are limited to send or receive one value at a time. This is a serious limitation for building an interface to MQTT, with at least two values: one for the variable ( e.g. 1 for temperature) and another for the value ( e.g. 19,8 °C). Let's hope a next release of RoboPro will...

I discussed a similar solution on the Parallel Processing page and used it on Very Large Model: Defining the Processes.

I didn't flash 4.5.1 but tried 4.6.5 from the SD-card.

Although reported initially last 13 January 2016, I opened a thread at Board index > fischerwerke > Kontakt mit fischertechnik > I²C speed stuck at 400 MHz on Robotics TXT.

As per TXT and I2C bus speed , it looks like the issue I reported 13 January 2016 is still open. Running the exact same program on RoboPro but targeting RoboTX and then Robotics TXT Even when the speed is set to 100 kHz, the Robotics TXT I²C bus runs at 400 kHz on the Robotics TXT. image001.jpg On t...

Thank you Carel for the explanations and the references.

IMHO, you deserve to publish a whole technical article about I²C in the next issue of ft-pedia!

Contrary to the eLearning Portal page in German at https://www.fischertechnik.de/de-de/service/elearning/spielen, the page in English at https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/service/elearning/playing doesn't list the ROBOTICS TXT Smart Home and its link https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/service/elearning...

For the BBC micro:bit, you may want to have a look at the interface micro:bit IO F5 board by Didacta Advance specifically designed for fischertechnik models. Similarly, Michael Klein is sharing pxt-fischertechnik , an excellent Makecode extension for the fischertechnik microbit IO F5 board. barrier-...

At the Hannover Toy Fair 2019, fischertechnik presented the Starter Set for micro:bit on its Teaching range aimed at academia. This set leverages the hugely popular BBC micro:bit micro-controller with an interface board. barrier-3_orig.jpg The set is due to be launch later on 2019, but ​I managed to...

I'll do. Thanks!

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@Freeemind I've read your post Fischertechnik Fabrik mit Node-Red Programmieren about fischertechnik and Node-RED. Have you developed the Node-RED yourself, or is it a standard feature provided by fischertechnik? I've designed an extension for the Robo-TX and Robotics TXT controllers, the smartNode ...

Since ftDuino supports the Arduino standard, I've implemented support for this board on embedXcode , embedded computing on Xcode. embedXcode is a plug-in for Xcode, the free IDE from Apple. https://embedxcode.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/6/2/11624344/8556189_orig.png As a today, build and link against the...