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360 Part III — More Complex Interfacing
FIGURE 15-19: Measuring current of the webcam taking pictures to flash drive, with Internet
access
If at some point you end up with a project that draws too much power for Roomba or a small
battery pack, one solution is to use a small lead-acid battery. These have high charge ratings, are
rechargeable, and can take high current demands.
Assembling the Roomba Command Center
You have the makings of a Roomba command center: a video panel showing live images from
Roomba and a control panel to tell Roomba what to do. To combine these two browser windows
into one, use an HTML frameset. Call it roombapanel.html and put it in the same directory
as the other two pages:
<html>
<title> Roomba Command Center </title>
<frameset cols=”50%,50%”>
<frame src=”roombacam.html”>
<frame src=”roombapanel.cgi”>
</frameset>
</html>
