Robots - Notes
CC5X and PARTS Mark III Controller - Describes installing and using the free evaluation version of B Knudsen Data's CC5X C Compiler for PICmicro Devices, Version 3.2 along with the latest Microchip MPLAB IDE v7.31, to program the PARTS Mark III controller.
Solarbotics GM8 Motor Shaft Encoder - Describes construction and performance of a encoder disk attached to the shaft of a Solarbotics GM8, gear motor.
Solarbotics Compact L298 Motor Driver Kit - Experiments with using the CMD with a set of GM2 and GM8 motors controlled by PARTS Mark III controller, JAL language and Encoders by Dafydd Walters of SRS. Motor speeds using 4, 6, and 8, AA 1.2V 2100mAh NiMH batteries
One Pin Switch and LED Circuit - This Circuit is devised to allow a single microcontroller pin to be attached a push button and LED. After which the pin can be used as an input, via the switch, or as an output, via the LED, with out having to rewire the circuit.
gumstix - Small fast single board computer.
Do It Yourself Printed Circuit Boards
Wheel Encoder Bracket
Mark Gross's servo control code in Jal for Mark III's deconstructed
Hack of Echo Toys Power Trakk, $9.99 at K B Toys, for radio data transmitter.
Small DC Motor Control: Part 1, Uncontrolled Speed (open loop) - using PARTS Mark III controller, PARTS Mark III Sensor Board with H-Bridge Kit and JAL language.
Small DC Motor Control: Part 2, Controlled Speed (closed loop) - using PARTS Mark III controller, JAL language and Encoders by Dafydd Walters of SRS.
Odometry using PARTS Mark III controller, JAL language and Encoders by Dafydd Walters of SRS.
Table Top Competition Design Notes
What to Document - Quick notes on what to document for robot modules and components. What to document for projects (complete robot systems) is a bigger issue and will come later.
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