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So, you're an evil Mad Scientist, building your latest destructo-bot. You have learned the painful lesson that, when foiled, it is best not to be onboard your creation in the flesh, with the burning and the handcuffs.
As your creation breaches the south wall of the first bank of YourTownVille, it continues northward towards the vault, when suddenly, your nemesis comes in from the east and shorts out your high-amperage H-Bridge with a hero-themed thrown metal projectile, frying the MCU with back-voltage and costing you thousands in robot parts and lost potential loot from the bank, while saving the day and getting the girl. Typical hero stuff.
If only you had had the foresight to install a vision system that could have panned with the extra analog stick on that gamepad you were driving the machine with from your yacht afloat in international waters...
Well, here is one way to build such a system. (I hope no one got tired of the evil mad scientist scenario above)
As your creation breaches the south wall of the first bank of YourTownVille, it continues northward towards the vault, when suddenly, your nemesis comes in from the east and shorts out your high-amperage H-Bridge with a hero-themed thrown metal projectile, frying the MCU with back-voltage and costing you thousands in robot parts and lost potential loot from the bank, while saving the day and getting the girl. Typical hero stuff.
If only you had had the foresight to install a vision system that could have panned with the extra analog stick on that gamepad you were driving the machine with from your yacht afloat in international waters...
Well, here is one way to build such a system. (I hope no one got tired of the evil mad scientist scenario above)
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Signing UpStep 1Parts and Tools
Hardware needed:
1/4-20 x 2" long Bolt, qty. 1
1/4-20 Hex Nut, qty. 3
1/4-20 Wing Nut, qty. 1
4-40 Machine Screw, qty. 12
4-40 Machine Nut, qty. 12
1/4" long #4 Spacers, qty. 12
Wood Screws, qty. 6
1/16" x 1.5" long Pin, qty. 1
2.5" Tension Spring, qty. 1
2-part epoxy
Thin Bailing Wire
22-AWG Insulated Wire
Salvaged Hardware:
discarded CD-ROM Media, qty. 2
GearBox salvaged from toy car, qty. 1
Timing belt with pulley, qty. 1
Piece of wood
thin scrap sheet metal
Electronic Components:
10k ohm Panel-Mount Potentiometer, qty. 1
1k ohm resistor, qty. 1
Assembled 2-amp H-Bridge PCBA, qty. 1
DC Motor with Gear, qty. 1
(Optional, but recommended)
MCU of choice, on a PCBA
0.1" spaced Pins for connections
Molex 2-pin, 3-pin, and 4-pin Wire Connectors
Molex crimp-on connection terminators
Tools:
#1 Philips Screwdriver
#2 Philips Screwdriver
Tin Snips
7/16" Wrenches
1/4" Nut Driver
Needle-Nose Pliers
Drill, with bits
1/4-20 Die (as in a Tap and Die set)
Sharpie Marker
Compass
Soldering Kit
Wire Strippers
Wood Saw
1/4-20 x 2" long Bolt, qty. 1
1/4-20 Hex Nut, qty. 3
1/4-20 Wing Nut, qty. 1
4-40 Machine Screw, qty. 12
4-40 Machine Nut, qty. 12
1/4" long #4 Spacers, qty. 12
Wood Screws, qty. 6
1/16" x 1.5" long Pin, qty. 1
2.5" Tension Spring, qty. 1
2-part epoxy
Thin Bailing Wire
22-AWG Insulated Wire
Salvaged Hardware:
discarded CD-ROM Media, qty. 2
GearBox salvaged from toy car, qty. 1
Timing belt with pulley, qty. 1
Piece of wood
thin scrap sheet metal
Electronic Components:
10k ohm Panel-Mount Potentiometer, qty. 1
1k ohm resistor, qty. 1
Assembled 2-amp H-Bridge PCBA, qty. 1
DC Motor with Gear, qty. 1
(Optional, but recommended)
MCU of choice, on a PCBA
0.1" spaced Pins for connections
Molex 2-pin, 3-pin, and 4-pin Wire Connectors
Molex crimp-on connection terminators
Tools:
#1 Philips Screwdriver
#2 Philips Screwdriver
Tin Snips
7/16" Wrenches
1/4" Nut Driver
Needle-Nose Pliers
Drill, with bits
1/4-20 Die (as in a Tap and Die set)
Sharpie Marker
Compass
Soldering Kit
Wire Strippers
Wood Saw
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