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Intermediate robot building
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Publisher
Apress
Publication Date
[2004]
Language
English
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ISBN
9781590593738
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Regular Print
Volatile Parts xxi --
Safety Rules xxi --
Preferring the Metric System xxii --
Getting Updates and Seeing What's New xxii --
Chapter 1 Assembling a Modular Robot 1 --
Building Modules 1 --
Getting Comfortable with Machining 3 --
Applying Parts and Techniques to Other Robots 9 --
Chapter 2 Comparing Two Types of Homemade Motor Couplers and Common Errors to Avoid 11 --
Comparing Two Homemade Coupler Technologies 12 --
Identifying Desired Results in Coupler Drill Holes, Along with Common Errors and Their Effects 14 --
Getting Ready to Make a Solid-Rod Coupler 20 --
Chapter 3 Making a Fixture and Drilling Solid Rods for a Coupler 21 --
Gathering Tools and Parts 21 --
Preparing Lengths of Solid Rod for the Couplers 22 --
Making a Coupler Fixture 27 --
Getting the Money Shot 37 --
Drilling the Motor-Shaft and LEGO Axle Coupler Holes 38 --
Examining the Coupler So Far 42 --
Chapter 4 Finishing the Solid-Rod Motor Coupler 43 --
Installing the Coupler Setscrew 43 --
Adding the LEGO Axle 48 --
Chapter 5 Building a Motor Inside a Wheel 51 --
Encountering Danger: Bent Shafts Ahead 52 --
Making a Hub-Adapter Coupler 54 --
Chapter 6 Understanding the Standards and Setup for Electronic Experiments 73 --
Reading Schematics 73 --
Using Solderless Breadboards 84 --
Understanding Oscilloscope Traces 89 --
Riding the Bandwagon of Modern Electronics 89 --
Chapter 7 Creating a Linear Voltage-Regulated Power Supply 95 --
Understanding Voltage Regulators 95 --
Understanding Linear Voltage-Regulated Power Supplies 96 --
Heading into Optimizations 119 --
Chapter 8 Making Robot Power Supply Improvements 121 --
Bulking Up the Input and Output Capacitors 122 --
Adding Voodoo Capacitors 127 --
Sprinkling with Bypass/Decoupling Capacitors 128 --
Preventing Damage from Short Circuits or Overcurrent 131 --
Preventing Damage from Overvoltage in a Regulated Circuit 136 --
Putting It All Together for a Robust Robot Power Supply 140 --
Chapter 9 Driving Miss Motor 143 --
Why a Motor Driver? 143 --
Demonstrating the Four Modes of a Motor 146 --
Driving Simply with a Single Transistor 149 --
Putting the NPN and PNP Motor Drivers Together 156 --
Classic Bipolar H-Bridge 158 --
Interfacing with the High Side 163 --
Mastering Motor Control 171 --
Chapter 10 Driving Mister Motor 173 --
Driving Motors with MOSFETs 173 --
Driving Motors with Chips 194 --
Evaluating Motor Drivers 206 --
Chapter 11 Creating an Infrared Modulated Obstacle, Opponent, and Wall Detector 213 --
Detecting Modulated Infrared with a Popular Module, or, Another Reason to Hog the Remote Control 214 --
Expanding the Detection Circuit to Include an LED Indicator 218 --
Completing the Reflector Detector Circuit 222 --
Making It Work 231 --
Chapter 12 Fine-Tuning the Reflector Detector 233 --
Tuning In 38 KHz 233 --
Limitations of the Reflector Detector 242 --
Getting Ready for a Practical Robot Application 246 --
Chapter 13 Roundabout Robot! 247 --
Roundabout's Circuitry 250 --
Building Roundabout's Body 254 --
Summarizing Roundabout 282 --
Chapter 14 Test Driving Roundabout 285 --
Preparing for the Test Drive 285 --
Preparing the Robot and Correcting Minor Glitches 291 --
Evaluating Roundabout's Performance 293 --
Getting Stuck 300 --
Chapter 15 If I Only Had a Brain 309 --
Considering the Motorola KX8 Microcontroller As an Example 310 --
Comparing a Microcontroller to a Logic Chip 310 --
Programming a Microcontroller 313 --
Exploring Common Microcontroller Features 320 --
Choosing a Microcontroller 335 --
Graduating Your Robot 340 --
Chapter 16 Building Roundabout's Daughterboard 341 --
Converting to a Two-Story Configuration 342 --
Intercepting Signals: Meeting the New Boss 358 --
Expanding Functionality 360 --
Upgrading a Robot 368 --
Chapter 17 Adding the Floor Sensor Module 369 --
Sensing Brightness with Photoresistors 370 --
Sensing Brightness with a Photodiode IC 378 --
Following a Line 386 --
Competing in Robot Sumo 389 --
Expanding Possibilities 392 --
Chapter 18 Cooking Up Some Robot Stew 393 --
Making Music 393 --
Scaling Up 399 --
Mounting Motors 403 --
Roaming the Solar Terrain 412 --
Standing in a Robot's Shoes for a While 418.
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