Radio Shack Mobile Robot - Manual (Page 2)

Revision D
11/17/2005
ARobot Mobile Robot
Table of Contents
Introduction
Introduction....................................................1
About ARobot................................................1
What You’ll Need ..........................................2
Feature List ....................................................2
Specifications.................................................3
Precautions.....................................................4
Component Locator .......................................5
Glossary of Terms..........................................6
Assembly
Assembly Overview.......................................9
Parts................................................................10
Painting ..........................................................13
Whiskers ........................................................14
Drive Motor and Brackets..............................16
Encoder Sensor ..............................................17
Front Wheel Assembly ..................................18
Steering Motor and Rear Wheels...................19
Controller Board ............................................21
Battery Pack ...................................................22
Body Cable.....................................................23
Finishing Up...................................................24
Usage
About the Controller ......................................25
Basic Stamp II Installation.............................25
Cable to your PC............................................26
PC Editor/Downloader...................................26
The Test Program...........................................27
Steering Straightening Steering .....................27
Wander Program ............................................27
Controller Schematic .....................................28
Batteries .........................................................29
Power On/Off Switch.....................................29
Reset Button...................................................29
Whiskers ........................................................30
Speaker...........................................................30
LED Indicators...............................................30
Push Buttons and Jumpers .............................31
Drive Motor and Encoder ..............................31
Steering Motor ...............................................32
Coprocessor Command Summary .................33
Hexadecimal, Binary, Bytes, Words..............35