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Robot building in progress...
I will track my robot development here. I am just beginning to learn about electronics. I have built my first couple of circuits, and repaired a circuit for a lighted sign that was solar powered. Some work yet to do on that one...
To learn electronics, I have started with the Basic Stamp2. It is a microcontroller on a circuit board, with an attached breadboard for experiments. A serial cable connects it to your computer. I bought a serial to USB converter so that I could plug it into my laptop. The program on the laptop uses PBasic and then you download the program into the microcontroller’s memory over the serial cable.
I will update this as I make progress in building a robot.
[Jan 7, 2007] - Testing some circuits and getting started on the project.
Start of project pictures
My Solution to ESD (Electrostatic Discharge)
[Mar 18, 2007] - Started work on the DC motors. Trying to figure out how to attach the wheels -- what gear ratio to use? And how to configure the gears with the frame.
Also some sensors to attach to the robot, or use in other applications:
- PING Ultrasonic Distance Sensor -- measure up to 3 meters
- PIR Sensor -- Uses passive infrared and a Fresnel lens -- motion up to 20 feet
- QTI Sensor -- Infrared sensor detects differences in black and white
- Piezo Film Vibra Tab -- Vibration sensor or frequency response
- QT113-D Touch Sensor -- Touch activated control
Also, will be experimenting with another line of chips: SX28
- The SX28AC chip operates at up to 75Mhz with an optimized single cycle instruction set (read: it’s fast)
- Has a number of interrupts (helpful for real-time projects)
- Watchdog timer, sleep with wakeup
- In-system programming and debugging (slip a key onto the board and program the onboard flash
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