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(Legacy Version) Propeller C Programming with the ActivityBot

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  • (Legacy Version) Propeller C Programming with the ActivityBot
    48
    • 1.1
      Mechanical Assembly
    • 1.2
      Check your Hardware
    • 1.3
      Step 1 – Prepare your Encoders
    • 1.4
      Step 2 – Prepare the Tires
    • 1.5
      Step 3 – Prepare the Chassis
    • 1.6
      Step 4 – Prepare the Servos
    • 1.7
      Step 5 – Mount the Right Servo
    • 1.8
      Step 6 – Mount the Left Servo
    • 1.9
      Step 7 – Mount the Right Encoder
    • 1.10
      Step 8 – Mount the Left Encoder
    • 1.11
      Step 9 – Mount the Battery Pack
    • 1.12
      Step 10 – Mount the Tail Wheel
    • 1.13
      Step 11 – Mount the Drive Wheels
    • 1.14
      Step 12 – Mount the Activity Board
    • 1.15
      Electrical Connections
    • 1.16
      Software and Programming
    • 1.17
      Circuit Practice
    • 1.18
      Powering & Connecting Circuits
    • 1.19
      Blinks
    • 1.20
      Beeps
    • 1.21
      Navigation Basics
    • 1.22
      Test Feedback 360° Servos
    • 1.23
      Calibrate Feedback 360° Encoders
    • 1.24
      Test the External Encoders
    • 1.25
      Calibrate External Encoders
    • 1.26
      Go Certain Distances
    • 1.27
      Set Certain Speeds
    • 1.28
      Navigate by Touch
    • 1.29
      Build the Whiskers
    • 1.30
      Test the Whiskers
    • 1.31
      Inside the Whisker Circuit (Optional)
    • 1.32
      Add Whisker Indicator Lights
    • 1.33
      Whisker-Wheel Response
    • 1.34
      Roaming with Whiskers
    • 1.35
      Navigate by Ultrasound
    • 1.36
      Build and Test the Ping))) Sensor Circuit
    • 1.37
      Roaming with Ultrasound
    • 1.38
      Follow Objects with Ultrasound
    • 1.39
      Navigate by Visible Light
    • 1.40
      Build the Light Sensor Circuits
    • 1.41
      Using the Measurements
    • 1.42
      Roaming with Light Sensors
    • 1.43
      Navigate by Infrared Flashlights
    • 1.44
      Build the IR Sensor Circuits
    • 1.45
      Test the IR Sensor Circuits
    • 1.46
      Roaming with Infrared Flashlights
    • 1.47
      Extras
    • 1.48
      Troubleshooting

Step 12 – Mount the Activity Board

Mounting the Propeller Activity Board WX

For all ActivityBot robot kits.

Parts for this step:

  • Propeller Activity Board WX (#32912) or original (#32910)
  • (2) 1/4-inch pan-head screws (##700-00028)
  • (2) 7/8-inch pan-head screws (#710-00007)
  • (2) white Nylon washers (#700-00015)
  • (2) 1/2-inch round alumninum spacers (#713-00007)

  • Rest the Propeller Activity Board over the robot chassis on top of the four standoffs, aligning its corner mounting holes with the standoffs.
  • The white breadboard should be near the front of the ActivityBot, NOT over the tail wheel ball at the rear.
  • Put a 1/4-inch screw through the each of the board’s rear mounting holes, and secure to the rear standoffs.
  • Slip a white Nylon washer over two of the 7/8-inch screws.
  • Slip a 1/2-inch metal spacer over each of those same 7/8-inch screws.

  • Secure the Activity Boards’ two front mounting holes to the front standoffs with those same 7/8-inch screws.

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