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