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2) For the servos, the tutorial says that it should have come with "black box shaped rubber things that have holes in it" to mount them on their sides when, in fact, there were no such thing in the servos' boxes...The servos were the first items to arrive at my home and it even had a little bag of candy in it much to my surprise
Quote from: HDL_CinC_Dragon on May 30, 2007, 12:32:48 AM2) For the servos, the tutorial says that it should have come with "black box shaped rubber things that have holes in it" to mount them on their sides when, in fact, there were no such thing in the servos' boxes...The servos were the first items to arrive at my home and it even had a little bag of candy in it much to my surpriseThis seems to be quite true of a lot of servos, definitely all servos I've bought, they don't come with servo mounts. You can buy them separately but they tend to be expensive for what they are. Best bet is to make you own.
and perhaps one of the biggest problems is for the AVR ISPII Programmer it says that part number ATAVRISP2-ND
how did you spend $100.
Sorry to hear that you're having problems.Quoteand perhaps one of the biggest problems is for the AVR ISPII Programmer it says that part number ATAVRISP2-NDThis ISP is designed to work for the 3x2 header as you've found out the hard way but, if you have extra cables (I have jumper cables that fit standard pins perfectly) you can open up the ISP and directly wire the 3x2 header to the 5x2 header on the robot. You just have to know where to put the wires since the signals provided by the ISP are the same, they just have different headers.Also if you are having difficulty seeing the solder points verify with the solder against a wiring diagram. The tutorial has a simple wiring diagram (and it's color coded) that could be used as a reference.Good luck.- Rommel
1) For the battery, it says on OnlyBatteryPacks.com the part number 10403 is a 6v 2000mah NiHM battery pack when in fact it is a 1400mah NiMH pack... not too big a deal but still an inconsistency
2) For the servos, the tutorial says that it should have come with "black box shaped rubber things that have holes in it" to mount them on their sides when, in fact, there were no such thing in the servos' boxes...
it says that part number ATAVRISP2-ND should be perfectly compatible with the circuit and fit nicely to the 5x2 pin header group for programming the ATmega8 but what i received is the AVR ISP mkII In-System Programmer which has only a 3x2 head
translating the poorly angled pictures into an actual device
even if its not programmed, should the LED turn on as soon as you plug the 6v battery pack in? Mine doesnt...
It didnt come with the extra 5x2 cable to change it out... so unless you can point me to a tutorial to convert the thing to work with a 3x2 header I...
just opened the little box for the ISPII and theres only a header for the 3x2 cable. Just letting ya know
When I figure out or am told which pin is which on the ribbon and such based on the orientation set by the arrow im just soldering in an extra 3x2 header and leaving the 5x2 where it is just in case...
wow $23 for abatery pack. boy did you get ripped off. for $21 you can get 3 batteries
yeah, but still could have gotten a 4 AA battery holder at radioshack and 4 rechargable nimh batteries for cheaper.
Quote2) For the servos, the tutorial says that it should have come with "black box shaped rubber things that have holes in it" to mount them on their sides when, in fact, there were no such thing in the servos' boxes...hmmmm someone else said this too . . . not sure whats going on here cause some people got the mounts . . . well, another way to mount servos is to use industrial strength double sided sticky tape. it holds really well . . .sorry about this! its very inconsistant with what the servos come with, sometimes its missing servo horns for example . . . I have tons of servo mounts I dont use . . .
Quoteit says that part number ATAVRISP2-ND should be perfectly compatible with the circuit and fit nicely to the 5x2 pin header group for programming the ATmega8 but what i received is the AVR ISP mkII In-System Programmer which has only a 3x2 headDid it come with an extra 5x2 cable? Mine came with an extra cable but it wasnt installed - I had to open it up and plug it in.