Reading Time: 12 minutesIntroduction The following is Part 2, of a planned 12 part super series on the topic of components. We started with what components are – now we’re moving onto the topic of circuit component symbols and schematics. Later, we’ll progressively work through more topics and ideas of components, further advancing these ideas into a robot […]
Reading Time: 8 minutesIntroduction The following is Part 1, of a planned 12 part super series on the topic of components – starting with what components are, then progressively working through more topics and ideas of components, further advancing these ideas into a robot project to really get you to understand how they work together to create something […]
Reading Time: 11 minutesIntroduction If you’re of a generation born before the 21st century, you, like when most people of an age that’s been around longer than 30 years think about robots, you might imagine something straight out of a movie. For example, when I think of robots, I think of some of the most iconic ones from […]
Reading Time: 14 minutesIntroduction If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen and heard of the recent rapid increase of the field of robotics and its technology. Robots are no longer confined to science fiction – they’re already here, and doing things people of the past could only imagine in books, TV, and movies. Currently, […]
Reading Time: 30 minutesProject Name: OwlBot Project Description: In this section of Part 6, we begin to create the daughter board for the Arduino shield-board we made in Part 6, Section 1. Project Difficulty: Moderate Project Note: For this part of the project we will be using a soldering iron and heat-gun. Use caution when handling hot items. […]
Reading Time: 26 minutesProject Name: OwlBot Project Description: In this section of Part 6, we begin the process of transferring our components from the breadboard to the PCB. We also get into making our own wire connectors for this project. Project Difficulty: Moderate Project Note: For this part of the project we will be using a soldering iron […]
Reading Time: 23 minutesIntroduction Welcome! In the following parts of this series, our goal is to understand analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) of a PIC microcontroller, and how to program one to accept and convert an analog input. It is my personal goal to help guide you to do this in a way that I learned from a terrific book […]
Reading Time: 35 minutesProject Name: Introduction to PIC Programming Using C: Programming a Super Simple LED Switch – Part 3 Project Description: In Part 3, we get into the code for programming the PIC and discuss other topics of interest. Project Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Project Note: Attempting this project requires some hardware and software to program a […]
Reading Time: 20 minutesProject Name: Introduction to PIC Programming Using C: Programming a Super Simple LED Switch – Part 2 Project Description: In Part 2, we begin building our prototype circuit and will discuss other topics of interest. Project Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Project Note: Attempting this project requires some hardware and software to program a PIC microcontroller. […]
Reading Time: 22 minutesProject Name: Introduction to PIC Programming Using C: Programming a Super Simple LED Switch – Part 1 Project Description: In Part 1, we discuss the basics of a PICkit, MPLAB, C, and other topics of interest. Project Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Project Note: Attempting this project requires some hardware and software to program a PIC […]
