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EmbeddedWorkshop 05 Mechanical Assembly

The document provides step-by-step instructions for assembling a basic robot chassis including attaching motors, wheels, and boards. Key steps include soldering motor wires of different colors, testing that the motors spin correctly, screwing the motor mount and wheel onto the motor, running wires through the chassis, and mounting the Arduino board and prototype board to the chassis. The wiring of the motor controller chip to the motors and Arduino is outlined, and a two-power source system using batteries for the Arduino and an external battery pack for the motors is described.

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EmbeddedWorkshop 05 Mechanical Assembly

The document provides step-by-step instructions for assembling a basic robot chassis including attaching motors, wheels, and boards. Key steps include soldering motor wires of different colors, testing that the motors spin correctly, screwing the motor mount and wheel onto the motor, running wires through the chassis, and mounting the Arduino board and prototype board to the chassis. The wiring of the motor controller chip to the motors and Arduino is outlined, and a two-power source system using batteries for the Arduino and an external battery pack for the motors is described.

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Embedded Programming and

Robotics
Lesson 6
Mechanical Assembly

Mechanical Assembly 1
Robot Assembly
Were finally ready to put together the basic robot chassis, motors,
and boards
Please follow along, and dont get ahead of me

Mechanical Assembly 2
Robot Assembly
The chassis and motors are easy to assemble even though the
instructions are in Chinese
Youll need four pieces of wire about 20cm long with about 8mm of
the insulation stripped from each end
Use different colors
Carefully solder the wires to the motor leads
The motor leads are fragile

Mechanical Assembly 3
Motor Wiring
Test the motor: Connect one lead
to +5 and the other to ground on a
battery, or on your Arduino board
Do not connect to 9v
The motor should spin

Mechanical Assembly 4
Robot Assembly
Attach the motor mount (metal block) to the motor with two screws
Attach the motor mount to the chassis with two screws
Attach the wheel to the motor
Attach the caster (small nylon wheel) to the front of the chassis

Mechanical Assembly 5
Robot Assembly
Run the motor wires
through the large hole in
the chassis, as shown

Mechanical Assembly 6
Robot Assembly
Use a piece of tape to keep
the wires in place
Remember, the motor
leads are fragile

Mechanical Assembly 7
Robot Assembly
Use small pieces of wire
to attach the Arduino
board to the back of the
chassis, as shown

Mechanical Assembly 8
Robot Assembly
Mount the prototype board between the wheels, but NOT as shown;
turn it 90 degrees
This will be better for leaving room for batteries and sensors
Do NOT peel the sticky backing off the prototype board
Attach it using a small piece of double-sided tape

Mechanical Assembly 9
Wiring the Motor
Mount the L293D chip in the
center of the prototype board
Make sure the semicircular
cut-out in the chip faces the
rear of the chassis
Put the front pins into row 11

Mechanical Assembly 10
Power
Well use two different power sources
The Arduino will be powered using 9V batteries
The motors will be powered from a 5V cell-phone external battery
pack
The motors draw quite a bit of current and will wear out 9V batteries
very quickly
This also makes the voltage regulator unnecessary for this
configuration (but well need it later)

Mechanical Assembly 11
Motor Control
The next sequence shows how to connect the L293D chip to the
motors and the Arduino

Mechanical Assembly 12

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