Robot building for beginners
"Robot Building for Beginners [2nd ed.] is an update of David Cook's best-selling Robot Building for Beginners. This book continues its aim at teenagers and adults who have an avid interest in science and dream of building household explorers. No formal engineering education is assumed&quo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, CA
Apress
2009
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
| Series: | Technology in action
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Welcome robot inventor!
- Where to obtain tools and parts
- Safety
- Digital multimeter
- Numbers and units
- Robot line-following
- Nine-volt batteries
- Clips and test leads
- Resistors
- LEDs
- Power on!
- Solderless prototyping
- Solderless breadboard setup
- Variable resistors
- Comparators
- Transistor switches
- DC motors
- Adding gearhead motors
- Wheels
- Coupler
- Soldering equipment
- Soldering and connecting
- The motherboard
- Body building
- Launching the line-follower
- Encore