| 1 | #+TITLE:hausner challenge-bot overview |
| 2 | * challenge-bot robot overview |
| 3 | ** videos for assembling the hardware |
| 4 | ** software |
| 5 | software is available as nice neat installable packages for |
| 6 | Mac OS X, GNU+Linux, and MS Windows. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | it's also available in source code form, so you can compile it for |
| 9 | other platforms. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | all software used in this robot is available for you to use for any |
| 12 | purpose, improve, and, share those improvements (if you want). |
| 13 | *** arduino |
| 14 | **** summary |
| 15 | control how the robot gets information from sensors, and moves |
| 16 | its motors. |
| 17 | **** download |
| 18 | https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software |
| 19 | *** openscad |
| 20 | **** summary |
| 21 | create robot parts! |
| 22 | |
| 23 | use this program to view parts inside the "3d-printables" |
| 24 | directory. write code to modify the parts and create completely |
| 25 | new ones. |
| 26 | **** download |
| 27 | http://www.openscad.org/downloads.html |
| 28 | *** fritzing |
| 29 | **** summary |
| 30 | wire up components! |
| 31 | **** download |
| 32 | http://fritzing.org/download/?donation=0 |
| 33 | *** 7-zip |
| 34 | **** summary |
| 35 | extract the contents of .tgz files, like the content of this class. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | this is needed on MS Windows(tm) only. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | if you are on Mac OS X, or GNU (on cygwin or linux), then you do |
| 40 | not need this. your software will be able to extract the |
| 41 | class content |
| 42 | **** download |
| 43 | http://7-zip.org/ |
| 44 | ** class content |
| 45 | all the source code for the class is available here: |
| 46 | |
| 47 | http://challenge-bot.com/repos/?p=challenge-bot;a=snapshot;h=232ff7a14f9d8be27362c268c6cdd1b67f59a24a;sf=tgz |
| 48 | |
| 49 | what follows is a high level description of the contents of the most |
| 50 | important top level directories in the class content. |
| 51 | *** 3d-printables |
| 52 | the parts of the robot that are 3d-printed are in this directory. |
| 53 | use openscad to open the parts in this directory. |
| 54 | *** build-stages |
| 55 | all the wiring diagrams and arduino code live in this directory. |
| 56 | |
| 57 | under this directory, there is one subdirectory for each |
| 58 | build stage. |
| 59 | each build stage is prefixed with a letter to make it appear in |
| 60 | order. |
| 61 | for example, =a_serial= contains the first build stage. |
| 62 | ** troubleshooting |
| 63 | to troubleshoot a misbehaving robot, go through these stages |
| 64 | in order until you find a stage that does not work correctly. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | first, in =a_serial=, you'll check whether the arduino can |
| 67 | communicate over the serial connection with the computer. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | in each stage, make sure the wires shown in the fritzing |
| 70 | diagram are correctly connected on your robot. |
| 71 | then load the corresponding arduino sketch to your robot |
| 72 | and either check the serial monitor, or turn on the motor battery. |
| 73 | |
| 74 | this will help you pinpoint exactly where the problem lies on your |
| 75 | robot. |