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Hafiz Jaafar
Hafiz Jaafar

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Tech stack for DIY robotics project

Physical materials

  1. Arduino starter kit:
    • Arduino board
    • Breadboard
    • Jumper wires
    • USB cable
  2. Servo motor(s)
  3. Optional:
    • Popsicle sticks
    • LEGO pieces
  4. PC

Software and frameworks

  1. OS:
    • Ubuntu (Linux), or
    • Debian (Linux), or
    • Windows (experimental)
  2. ROS (Robot Operating System)
  3. Qt library
  4. Essential IDE:
    • Eclipse: extended with the plugin PyDev
    • PyCharm
    • Qt Creator - in Qt installation
    • Qt Designer - in Qt installation
  5. Git
  6. Arduino library
  7. Programming languages
    • Python
    • C++
    • C
  8. PyQt: Qt library wrapped in Python

Optionals

  1. Redmine: a web application for project management (open source and free)
  2. GitLab or GitHub

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