Michael 2727
Senior Member
I have just assembled a Line Tracking Mouse Kit
purchased from Dick Smith, # K1235, < $20.00 AUD
As Robotics can be a very expensive hobby I thought this may get a few of the younger or
like myself poorer people interested at a rock
bottom level.
Now as it is this is not Picaxe driven
project,
<b>But It Will Be ~ ;o) </b>
For your $20.00 Bucks you get -
Wooden Ply base 3.5mm thick.
Blow Moulded clear thin Mouse shaped cover.
2 x 6V motor/gearbox/wheel assys - L & R.
3 x Photo Interrupter sets, IR LED, TX & RX (PCB and 3 x status LEDs)
Main PCB houses the OTP (once only programmable)
ELAN - EM78P156EP 8 bit Micro pre-programmed.
Motor driver transistors 2 L and 2 R.
Microphone & input circuit, 1 transistor.
4 x AA Cell Battery pack.
Assorted jumper leads plugs, PCB pins, screws etc.
The pre-programmed micro can be swapped for
a Picaxe 18?
The Supply and motor driver will work as is,
but the 3 Status LED lines and 3 IR Eyes (on
their own PCB with 5 pin plug) would need to
be swapped e.g. input pins to output pins to be used with an Picaxe 18? chip.
Everything needs to be self assembled, gearboxes
PCBs and all screwed together took me 3 hrs
to get mine up and running.
I'm sure these things are available world wide
and for the price you can't go wrong.
With a little imagination these units could
be modified and pimp, sorry Picaxed out
fairly easily without breaking the bank.
Edited by - Michael 2727 on 08/05/2007 15:27:40
purchased from Dick Smith, # K1235, < $20.00 AUD
As Robotics can be a very expensive hobby I thought this may get a few of the younger or
like myself poorer people interested at a rock
bottom level.
Now as it is this is not Picaxe driven
project,
<b>But It Will Be ~ ;o) </b>
For your $20.00 Bucks you get -
Wooden Ply base 3.5mm thick.
Blow Moulded clear thin Mouse shaped cover.
2 x 6V motor/gearbox/wheel assys - L & R.
3 x Photo Interrupter sets, IR LED, TX & RX (PCB and 3 x status LEDs)
Main PCB houses the OTP (once only programmable)
ELAN - EM78P156EP 8 bit Micro pre-programmed.
Motor driver transistors 2 L and 2 R.
Microphone & input circuit, 1 transistor.
4 x AA Cell Battery pack.
Assorted jumper leads plugs, PCB pins, screws etc.
The pre-programmed micro can be swapped for
a Picaxe 18?
The Supply and motor driver will work as is,
but the 3 Status LED lines and 3 IR Eyes (on
their own PCB with 5 pin plug) would need to
be swapped e.g. input pins to output pins to be used with an Picaxe 18? chip.
Everything needs to be self assembled, gearboxes
PCBs and all screwed together took me 3 hrs
to get mine up and running.
I'm sure these things are available world wide
and for the price you can't go wrong.
With a little imagination these units could
be modified and pimp, sorry Picaxed out
fairly easily without breaking the bank.
Edited by - Michael 2727 on 08/05/2007 15:27:40
