Society of Robots - Robot Forum
Mechanics and Construction => Mechanics and Construction => Topic started by: Robomac on November 03, 2006, 08:22:21 AM
-
Well hello all. I have just recenlty rediscovered robotcis, after doing it with my brothers when i was small. But I need some help. Im going to start out with a basic kit, the solar speeder kit. Once I get better im gonna try and work out programming my robot. Well I have a cart of itmes that can build several photovores and a walker, and mayybe some other stuff
K SS - Kit #5 - SolarSpeeder 2 Kit: Quantity: 1
SCC3733 - 37 x 33mm Polycrystalline Solar Cell Quantity: 4
TR3904 - 2N3904 NPN Transistor Quantity: 10
TR3906 - 2N3906 PNP Transistor Quantity: 10
GM10 - Gear Motor 10 - Geared pager motor Quantity: 2
FLED - Flashing LED Quantity: 4
CP1000uF - 1000µF Electrolytic Capacitor Quantity: 5
CP3300uF - 3300µF Electrolytic Capacitor Quantity: 5
CP4700uF - 4700µF Electrolytic Capacitor Quantity: 5
RB1 - Resistor Bundle Set 1: 100ohm, 470ohm, 1k, 2.2k Quantity: 3
RB2 - Resistor Bundle Set 2: 4.7k, 47k, 100k, 220k Quantity: 3
JBB - Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels Quantity: 1
IR1 - Infrared Optical Sensor Quantity: 8
CDS - CdS Light Sensitive Resistor Quantity: 8
CP0.22uF - 0.22µF Monolithic Capacitor Quantity: 8
RT100k - 100k Multi-turn Trimpot Quantity: 4
RPM2 - Regular Pager Motor 2 Quantity: 4
MMFC - Fuse Clip Motor Mounts Quantity: 8
im also getting parralex's basic stamp 2 module: http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=BS2-IC
so are these all good things to get? Also can you program the controllers on a mac cause that is all I have? And i have some experience in programming languages such as a lttle Java and applescript, actionscript. And a little python.
Thanks!!
-
Welcome back to robotics.
You might want to just start with one and get used to the stamp controller. then move on to the others.
This following link has a Mac Basic Stamp Editor. http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/software/software_basic_stamp.asp
Stamps are good because they are relatively easy to learn and can be used for servo control easily.
-
The problem with solar based robots is that solar power does not provide enough current to run complex robots, such as those that use a stamp controller . . . so basically I am saying you must use batteries if you want to add additional features. :P
-
Thanks for that link SDK, oh and admin yes I know that there is not enoguh power for more complex ones, i have one battery that ifound somewhere, im gonna get some more. Bu I just want to make one of these little solar ones, cause they will teach me about basic scymatics and ssoldering and those things, plus they are fun :P. Also does that book, bugbots and solarbots, and whatever teach about microcontroller programming, if not could you recommend a good book? Thanks!!
-
The books I recommend:
http://www.societyofrobots.com/robot_books.shtml
The top one will probably be best for you. Its what I used as a beginner, and I recommend it to anyone.
I need to go to barnes & noble and check out the latest . . .
-
Hmmm, robot builders bonanza ill look into that.