Control your iRobot Create with a Palm Pilot

Step 3 Put everything together

The physical assembly of this robot is pretty simple, as we aren't adding any robotics or sensors. The assembly basically consists of stuffing all of the cables into the convenient space left in the back of the iRobot Create, and making a simple cover to add professionalism (the next step). I happen to have 2 Palm Pilot dock's, so I can dedicate one to the robot. If you only have one you might want to first install the iRobot program onto the Palm Pilot (step 5).

Right now you should have the Palm dock, the Create Robot Serial Cable, and your null modem. It's a good idea to bundle up the wires with twist-ties (or string/elastics/etc.) so we don't have a big mess of wire. The Serial Cable should be plugged into the create and the Null Modem. The other end of the Null modem should be plugged into the Palm dock (if you need to use a 9-pin gender-changer to make things fit then do so).

When your finished you should have something that resembles the picture below. With just this you can communicate with your robot using your Palm Pilot; you might want to test everything now in case something isn't working. If everything works congrats, you can move on to the next step.