Robot building for beginners
Book - 2002
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- Published
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Berkeley, CA :
Apress
[2002]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- xv, 568 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781893115446
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Welcome Robot Inventor!
- Four Disciplines
- Anatomy of a Homemade Robot
- Building Up
- Onward and Upward
- Chapter 2. Where to Obtain Tools and Parts
- Ordering Free Information
- Discovering Hidden Messages
- Saving Money
- Chapter 3. Safety
- Benefiting from Age and Experience
- Following Instructions
- Donning Safety Glasses
- Wearing Other Safety Clothes
- Insuring Adequate Ventilation
- Storing Properly
- Washing Before Eating
- Avoiding Nasty Elements
- Shocking
- Steering Clear of Dangerous Robots
- Sizing Up Motors
- Lighting Up
- Staying Rested and Level-Headed
- Chapter 4. Digital Multimeter
- Must-Have Features
- Nice-To-Have Features
- Optional Features
- AC Features
- Obtaining Hook Probe Adaptors
- Comparing Basic Multimeter Ads
- Proceeding Without a Meter
- Chapter 5. Numbers and Units
- Choosing the Metric System
- Reducing Powers of a Thousand
- Abbreviating Units
- Too Little
- Base Subjects Covered
- Chapter 6. Robot Line-Following
- Defining the Course Conditions
- Picking the Robot's Size
- Seeing Sandwich
- Building Up
- Chapter 7. Nine-Volt Batteries
- Testing Battery Voltage
- 9 V Battery Characteristics
- 9 V Battery Recommendations
- Battery Brand Names
- Using 9 V Batteries In Robots
- Powering Forward
- Chapter 8. Clips and Test Leads
- The Gators Are Hungry Tonight
- Obtaining Hook Clips
- Testing Jumpers
- Discovering Unintended Connections
- Plumbing with Jumpers
- Chapter 9. Resistors
- Limiting Power With Resistors
- Obtaining a Resistor Variety Pack
- Understanding Size and Tolerance
- Cut It Out
- Resistance and Ohms
- Measuring Resistance
- Labeling and Storing
- Resisting the Temptation to Skip Ahead
- Chapter 10. LEDs
- Learning About LED Attributes
- Extreme Close Up of an LED
- Identifying Multicolor LEDs
- Testing an LED
- Variety Pack
- Brightening Your Way
- Chapter 11. Power Oh! Building and Testing a Power Indicator Circuit
- Introducing the Parts List
- Reading a Schematic
- Building the Power Indicator Circuit
- Understanding the Roles of Each Component
- Measuring the Power Indicator Circuit
- Measuring Current Flow
- Circuit Summary
- Chapter 12. Solderless Prototyping
- Needing a Better Way
- Solderless Breadboards
- Solderless Breadboard Wire
- Making Your Own Jumper Wire
- Making the Connection
- Chapter 13. Solderless Breadboard Setup
- Considering Power Sources
- Choosing a Power Switch
- Connecting Power Buses
- Installing a Power Indicator LED
- Demystifying the Robot's Power Switch
- Ready For More
- Chapter 14. Variable Resistors
- Potentiometers
- Variable Brightness LED Circuit
- Brightness Balancing Circuit
- Cadmium-Sulfide Photoresistors
- Light-Controlled Circuit
- Balanced Brightness-Sensing Circuit
- Chapter 15. Comparators
- Voltage Comparator
- Brightness Comparator Circuit
- Adding Headlights
- Appreciating a Simple Mind
- Chapter 16. Transistor Switches
- Defining Negative Power
- Testing Bipolar Transistors with a Multimeter
- Bipolar Transistor Test Circuits
- Brightness Comparator Circuit with Transistors
- Summarizing PNP and NPN Transistors
- Chapter 17. DC Motors
- How DC Motors Work
- Simple DC Motor Circuit
- Primary Characteristics of DC Motors
- DC Gearhead Motors
- Moving Forward
- Chapter 18. Adding Gearhead Motors
- Selecting Gearhead Motors
- Adding Motors to the Brightness Comparator Circuit
- Completing the Electronics
- Chapter 19. Wheels
- Anatomy of a Wheel
- Characteristics of Robot Wheels
- Wheel Choice for Sandwich
- Cleaning Tires
- Rolling Along
- Chapter 20. Coupler
- Tubing
- Measuring and Cutting the Tubing
- LEGO Cross Axles
- Gluing the Coupler Together
- Adding a Setscrew to the Coupler
- Admiring the Coupler
- Chapter 21. Soldering Equipment
- Solder Wire
- Flux
- Soldering Iron
- Soldering Stand
- Soldering Sponge
- Helping-Hand Tool
- Desoldering Vacuum Tools
- Steps of a Typical Soldering Session
- Get Ready to Solder
- Chapter 22. Soldering and Connecting
- Putting Together the Motors and Switches
- Soldering Experience
- Chapter 23. The Motherboard
- The Line-Following Circuit
- Testing the Robot's Electronics
- Holding Your Breath
- Chapter 24. Body Building
- Approaching Robot Bodies
- Transforming the Sandwich Container
- Ready to Roll
- Chapter 25. Launching the Line-Follower
- Correcting and Tweaking
- The Maiden Voyage
- Potential Improvements
- Final Bow
- Chapter 26. Encore
- Robot Components
- Everyday Challenges
- Contests
- The Great Wide Open
- Chapter 27. Appendix
- Magical Ohm's Law
- Things I've Accidentally Destroyed While Writing This Book
- Voltage's Real Name
- Index