Radio Shack Mobile Robot manual Finishing Up

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Finishing Up

You’re almost finished building ARobot. Finish up by doing these things:

￿￿ Route the steering motor cable up though the rectangular hole in the robot body. Connect the steering motor cable to the 3 pin connector on the controller board near the

body connector (see the controller drawing). Align the white (sometimes yellow) wire to pin 1. Installing this cable backwards will not harm the motor or controller, but it will not work.

￿￿ Use the plastic wire ties to attach the body cable to the robot body.

Use any unused holes in the body. You can also attach the steering motor and the battery cable if you want.

￿￿ Route the drive motor cable up through the rectangular opening in the body and attach it to the motor connector on the controller board. It will only plug in one way.

Steering Motor

Drive Motor

Connector

Connector

Feel Free to Celebrate!

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Contents Assembly and User Guide ARobot Mobile Robot Connectors Introduction About ARobotBasic Stamp II Control Computer What You’ll Need Feature ListTechnical Specifications Precautions Controller Component LocatorGlossary of Terms Glossary of Terms Glossary of Terms Assembly Overview Parts Quantity Description Used ForAbout Screw, nut, and washer sizes Parts Motor Brackets Finish Coat PaintingSanding Paint PrimerWhiskers SummaryHow it Works Whisker Detail Full Scale Whisker Wire Pattern Drive Motor and Brackets Encoder Sensor Front Wheel Assembly Steering Motor and Rear Wheels Steering Motor Mounting Wheel and Axle Steering System Controller Board Battery Pack Don’t install batteries yetSummary Don’t install batteries yet Body Cable Finishing Up Basic Stamp II Installation About the Controller BoardProgramming Programming Note Cable to your PCPC Editor/Downloader Software USB PortWander Program WANDER.BS2 Steering Adjustment Program STRAIGHT.BS2Programs Test Program TEST.BS2About the Controller Board Power On/Off Switch Reset ButtonBatteries Speaker LED indicatorsDrive Motor and Encoder Push Buttons and Jumpers switchesSteering Motor Example !1M11200E7 Coprocessor Command SummaryCoprocessor Communication Rules RC Servo Motor and Steering Motor ControlHexadecimal, Binary, Bytes, Words, etc Pinout Battery Connector J9Body Connector J8 Serial Port J12Voltage 12 volts Maximum Current 500ma Pinout RC Servo Motor Connectors J2-J5Drive Motor Connector J10 Powerful Connector J11Expansion Port RC Servo Motor Signals Expansion Connector J1Expansion Port Circuit Examples Sensor Input Example Switch Input ExampleDigital/Power Output Digital InputsBasic Stamp II light sensor example code Analog InputsCommunications Coprocessor Network ExpansionUsing Other Controllers Using ARobot’s controller as a coprocessorCabling between ARobot’s controller and another controller Suggested Reading Component Suppliers SuperCircuits Sava IndustriesSmall Parts Stock Drive ProductsWeb Sites Internet Robot ResourcesNewsgroup NameDescription Internet News GroupsTroubleshooting Arrick Robotics Warranty InformationRobotics.com