Radio Shack Mobile Robot manual Controller Board

Controller Board

ARobot’s controller board is the brains of the system. It accepts a Basic Stamp II controller chip which can be programmed from a personal computer. The controller board contains electronics used to drive the motors, sound the speaker, control the LEDs, read whiskers, etc. An expansion port allows addi- tional circuits to be added to the system.

The controller board is mounted to the robot body using 4) 1” plastic spacers and 4) 6-32 x 1/4 screws. Place the controller board on the robot body and find the 4 holes that match the 4 mounting holes on the corners of the controller board. There are 2 sets of mounting holes, select the set towards the robot©s rear. Install the 4 spacers in those holes. The controller board will simply snap onto these spacers and can be removed any time. The 9 pin serial port connector should point towards the rear of the robot, the expansion connector will be towards the front.

Summary:

￿￿ Find 4 mounting holes on robot body. There are 2 sets, select the set towards the rear.

￿￿ Mount 4 plastic spacers.

￿￿ Snap the controller board onto the spacers.

Controller Mounting Detail

Expansion
Connector	Body
Controller Board
	Connector

Power

Connector

LEDs

Basic Stamp

II

This side towards rear of Robot

Serial Port

Connector

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