Robot Building for Beginners, Third Edition

■ INDEX

power switches, 6
robot’s body, 10
sensors
cadmium-sulide sensor, 7
heavy-duty power switch, 6
pushbuttons, 7
Hook adaptors, multimeter, 42–43
Hook clips, 92
Houseplant-watering robot, 422

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Inductance measurement, multimeter, 38
Infrared remote control, 414

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Jumper lead/clip test jumper, 91
Jumpers, 411

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Laying out components
bending component leads, 338
circuit breadboard, 335
DAP clear silicone, 338
DIP IC sockets, 337
helping-hand tool, 335
IC Socket, 336
Molex KK headers, 337
LEGO bricks, 348
LEGO cross axles, 288
Light-controlled circuit, 181
Light emitting diodes (LEDs), 9, 109
anatomy, 116
assortments, 122
bicolor, 117
bond wire, 117
brightness, 114
brighter-side indicators, 70
bulbs, 30
colors
CIE colorimetric system, 114
wavelength, 113
eiciency, 115
forward voltage drop, 122
full-color, 118
leads, 115
lens clarities
color-difused, 112
viewing angels, 113
water-clear, 112
white-difused, 112

multimeter, testing, 119

relector cup and die, 116

schematic indicator, 176

shapes, 110

sizes, 109

tricolor/tri-state, 117

variable brightness, 177

Light line, 383

Linear regulators, 406

Line-following circuit

cadmium-sulide photoresistors, 342

cleaning circuit board, 343

components, 341

diagram, 330

identiiable modules, 330

laying out components, 334

loops atop breadboard, 340

methodology, 331

Molex KK connector, 340

point-to-point soldering vs. printed circuit

board, 333

power distribution buses, 339

p-voltage distribution, 341

soldering practice, 334

solderless breadboard, 333

tin-coated copper wire, 339

tweaking circuit performance, 331

wire snips, 342

Line-following robot, 373. See also Correcting and

tweaking; Sandwich robot

maiden voyage, 384

potential improvements, 386t

robot building, 391

Line-following switch, 67, 320

Liquid crystal displays (LCDs), 420–421

Lithium batteries, 84

Lithium-polymer (Li-poly) rechargeable batteries, 83

LM393 pinout

comparators, 193

power supply pins, 193

Locking tang, 318

Logic chips, 403

Logic inverter chip, 404

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Magnesium-carbon battery, 85

Maiden voyage

battery voltage, 385

cruel course designer, 385

masking tape, 384

potential solution, 385

steering problems, 385

wheel size, 385

Homemade robot (cont.)