Robot Building for Beginners, Third Edition

CHAPTER 12 ■ SOLDERLESS PROTOTYPING It’s named the bus because it’s long with many points along the way, like a real bus line. G ...

CHAPTER 23 ■ THE MOTHERBOARD All of the Molex connector headers are located at the rear of the board. This makes sense since all ...

CHAPTER 12 ■ SOLDERLESS PROTOTYPING Plastic caps insulate the binding posts. The caps are usually different colors. For consiste ...

CHAPTER 23 ■ THE MOTHERBOARD Notice the notch on one side of the DIP (dual inline package) socket. This corresponds to the notch ...

CHAPTER 12 ■ SOLDERLESS PROTOTYPING The “where to buy” lists that appear throughout this book serve as examples of the character ...

CHAPTER 23 ■ THE MOTHERBOARD I prefer clear silicone adhesive for gluing components to circuit boards (see Figure 23-8). Many ad ...

CHAPTER 12 ■ SOLDERLESS PROTOTYPING ■ Tip The holes in factory-fresh solderless breadboards tend to require a bit of exercising ...

CHAPTER 23 ■ THE MOTHERBOARD However, with long leads or nearby components, sometimes you can bend a lead enough to reach the le ...

CHAPTER 12 ■ SOLDERLESS PROTOTYPING Choosing Jumper Wire Jumper wires (see Figure 12-17) of various types connect components and ...

CHAPTER 23 ■ THE MOTHERBOARD Loop some bare wire starting at the positive pin on the Molex header that receives power from the ...

CHAPTER 12 ■ SOLDERLESS PROTOTYPING Obtaining Reinforced Jumper Wire Reinforced jumper wire has sturdy metal posts on both ends ...

CHAPTER 23 ■ THE MOTHERBOARD Now, whenever a module circuit needs access to positive power, simply solder a wire to the bare wi ...

CHAPTER 12 ■ SOLDERLESS PROTOTYPING Obtaining Flat, Ready-Made Jumper Wire Ready-made jumper wire kits contain a wide variety of ...

CHAPTER 23 ■ THE MOTHERBOARD Repeat steps 18 and 19 for the other end of the wire. Slowly, but surely, make your way through ea ...

CHAPTER 12 ■ SOLDERLESS PROTOTYPING Electronix Express has a nice combination package of 350 flat jumpers and 30 reinforced jump ...

CHAPTER 23 ■ THE MOTHERBOARD Cleaning the Board Depending on the flux in the solder you used, it may need to be cleaned from the ...

CHAPTER 12 ■ SOLDERLESS PROTOTYPING Cutting the Wire to Length After stripping off one end of the insulation, cut the wire to t ...

CHAPTER 23 ■ THE MOTHERBOARD The other pin of the power switch’s Molex connector should be wired to the positive voltage bus. Do ...

CHAPTER 12 ■ SOLDERLESS PROTOTYPING This bending trick also works well on component wires, such as resistors. That’s it. Your ju ...

CHAPTER 23 ■ THE MOTHERBOARD Turn on the multimeter. Toggle the robot’s power switch back and forth. In one direction, the resi ...