■ INDEX
Caliper, LED sizes, 109
Capacitance measurement, multimeter, 34
Capacitors
characteristics, 407
vital uses, 407
Carbon and zinc battery, 86
Central Illinois Robotics Club contest, 425
Chicago Area Robotics Group (Chibots) contest, 425
Chip
pin voltages, 433
unit price for, 17
CIE Standard Colorimetric System, 114
Circuit board
installation, 367
mounting hardware, 365
nickel-plated brass, 366
nutdriver tightening nuts, 369
shorter-length spacers, 366
spacers selection, 366
Circuit breaker, 26–27
Clips
alligator clips, 91
hook clips, 92
Color-difused LED lenses, 112
Common (ground), 433
Components. See Robot components
Compost cart robot, 422
Conformité Européenne (CE), 34
Connectors
crimp tool, 315
equipment, 315
locking tang, 318
male connector, 314
Molex KK Connectors, 313
Continuity measurement, multimeter, 34
Correcting and tweaking
acceptable ranges, 382
balance sensors, 374
dark line, 382
dim/bright, 379
drive straight, 382
headlights and sensors evaluation, 379
light and dark positions, 376
light line, 383
motors, 375
multimeter test, 380
power supply, 373
preliminary examination, 373
sensors, 374
straight line, 377
toggled-incorrect position, 378
voltage at sensor test points, 381
Coupled
cross axle, 290
epoxy resin, 290gluing, 290
handheld rotary tool, 279
Hsiang Neng motors, 279
LEGO cross axle, 288
tubing, 280
brass and aluminum, 281
cutter tool, 284
cutting, 284
LEGO axle, 283
measurement, 284
motor shaft, 283
rotary tool, 286
speciied sizes, 281
Swiss-pattern ile, 287
telescoping, 282
testing, 288
variable-speed rotary tool, 285
Coupler, 279
LEGO axle, 296
LEGO gears, 296
setscrew, 292
aluminum drill, 294
Dremel drill press, 293
panhead machine screws, 295
T-handle tap wrench, 294
Crimp tool, 315
Crystals, 415
Current-limiting resistor selection, 428
Current measurement,
multimeter, 33, 42D
Dallas Personal Robotics Group (DPRG)
Roborama, 425
Dark line, 382
Data-auto mode, multimeter, 40
DC servo motors, 418–419
Debouncing of switch, 411
Digital meters, 32
Digital multimeter. See Multimeter
Diode test mode, multimeter, 34
Direct current (DC), 25
Direct current(DC) motors, 223
audible noise, 243
battery, 231
brush motors, 230
coreless variation, 229
coreless vs. iron core, 229
current characteristics, 239
consumption, 242
load current, 242
no-load current, 241
stall current, 242
start-up current, 240