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   1 #+TITLE:hausner challenge-bot overview
   2 * videos for assembling the hardware
   3 * software
   4   software is available as nice neat installable packages for
   5   Mac OS X, GNU+Linux, and MS Windows.
   6
   7   it's also available in source code form, so you can compile it for
   8   other platforms.
   9
  10   all software used in this robot is available for you to use for any
  11   purpose, improve, and, share those improvements (if you want).
  12 ** arduino
  13 *** summary
  14     control how the robot gets information from sensors, and moves
  15     its motors.
  16 *** download
  17     https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
  18 ** openscad
  19 *** summary
  20     create robot parts!
  21
  22     use this program to view parts inside the "3d-printables"
  23     directory.  write code to modify the parts and create completely
  24     new ones.
  25 *** download
  26     http://www.openscad.org/downloads.html
  27 ** fritzing
  28 *** summary
  29     wire up components!
  30 *** download
  31     http://fritzing.org/download/?donation=0
  32 ** 7-zip
  33 *** summary
  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 *** download
  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.