Easy Arduino Robot Tutorial - Part I

computerresearcher · July 23, 2009, 8:54pm

Does the arduino have pins
Does the arduino have pins in the bottom of it, or does it just have adhesive tape in the bottom like the breadboard has from the tutorial from node/596. So that the arduino would stick on to th breadboard.

ezekiel181 · July 23, 2009, 9:06pm

The stock standard Arduino
The stock standard Arduino has neither pins nor tape on the bottom. If you want one specifically for its ability to plug right onto a breadboard you could look at something like the boarduino from adafruit. Also protoshields are available which have space for mini breadboards on top, although the space is pretty limited. If that`s too small, you could make a giant breadboard shield

computerresearcher · July 25, 2009, 1:03am

Interesting… I’ll add
Interesting… I’ll add that to my researcher. lol

nathvi · August 10, 2009, 3:11pm

**I was wondering… **

instead of using the Arduino Diemicila, Can i use the Arduino Duemilanove?

and i have a hitec hs 311 servo… will that work for this project???

nathvi · August 10, 2009, 3:43pm

Just wondering…
Can i use a hitec hs 311 servo and an Arduino Duemilanove instead of the Diemicila?

captainobvious · August 10, 2009, 3:47pm

The Arduinos are 100%

The Arduinos are 100% compatible, only differences (I’m sure there’s a few more), they added the auto-power select, auto-reset when you’re uploading a sketch. And an upgraded chip (depending on how recent you got your Duemilanove), but as far as your servo goes, I’m not really sure on that one, I’ll leave that up to someone else!

Best of luck, and remember to post some pictures and info when you get it poppin!

computerresearcher · August 15, 2009, 2:19am

how can you upload the codes

how can you upload the codes from your computer to your robot if you bought an arduino with usb cable and no program editor.

captainobvious · August 15, 2009, 2:51am

Say

Say what?

Computerreasearcher… the whole Arduino software setup is free. You should have gotten that first, before you got your board.

http://arduino.cc

Then click download, then choose your operating system. Also, if this is your first board, I HIGHLY reccomend you start with all the tutorials on the Arduino website, before you start making the robot. Makes understanding things 94% easier.

Also here’s a good PDF for tutorials,

http://earthshinedesign.co.uk/ASKManual/Site/ASKManual.html

There’s also a few more links at the bottom of that page for more great tutorials.

computerresearcher · August 15, 2009, 4:38pm

I know the websites, i have

I know the websites, i have the book “Getting started wth arduino” i didn’t have the board yet. All i’m saying is that how can it be possible to have the program editor if people bought the arduino diecimila and duemilanove plus the usb cable. IF they don’t even know how to find the editor on the computer.

bmakins · November 24, 2009, 3:14am

Using cars turning mechanism

Hi, Inside the car I have taken apart there is a motor which controls the steering. Is it possible to wire this up in the same way as a servo ? There is only two wires coming out of it though … Obviously there is no data cable.

telefox · November 24, 2009, 3:37am

If there are only 2 wires it
If there are only 2 wires it can’t be a servo, at least not a normal one. Most likely a regular DC motor, perhaps a geared motor.

bmakins · November 24, 2009, 11:24am

DC motor

Hi, as far as I know it is just a regular DC motor but I was thinking that it might be possible to make a servo with that motor so I can keep the original motor. Does anyone have any experience with this or know how I can do it ?

Thanks

guibot · November 24, 2009, 2:27pm

making a servo from a

making a servo from a regular DC motor would be a bit hard to achieve, at least to a regular hobbyist… if you want the motor to just turn the wheel why not leaving it there making its function?

can you send us a picture?

bmakins · November 25, 2009, 3:09pm

Hi

Hi, thanks for the reply ! I think that it might be easier for me if I use a normal servo, but supposing I did try to use the motor how would I go about incorporating it into this robot to replace the servo ?? (I can’t post a picture as I don’t have a camera with me) Also in terms of the resistors I need will the ones in the image be okay (they are 1 ohm ) ?

Thanks,

Ben

guibot · November 25, 2009, 7:06pm

1 ohm resistor is ok to tune

1 ohm resistor is ok to tune the motor speed

I never tried to build a servo motor from scratch, mas someone did: https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/node/1524

charrito · December 28, 2009, 9:00am

Great tutorial

Awesome tutorial, it really helped me to build my first robot, Charruino 1.0 You can find a video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InTHxxQV_hg

As you may see, I used an H-bridge to control the front DC motor and re-use the car chasis.

guibot · December 28, 2009, 1:11pm

Awesome!! It’s so cool!!!

Awesome!! It’s so cool!!! Good work!!

Ought to post the Charruino as a robot!!!

samdaman · February 14, 2010, 12:40am

How did you

How did you connect the servo to the breadboard? What connnecters/cords?

Great tutorial, explains circuitry well.

guibot · February 14, 2010, 6:06am

I used 3 male pins to

I used 3 male pins to connect to the breadboard, and then 3 colored wires to connect to the arduino.

If you don’t have male pins you can only the wires:

red - +5v
black - ground
yellow - signal

samdaman · February 14, 2010, 1:02pm

One more
How do they plug into the servo?