I am looking for Schematics and/or Partlists for Microcontrollers. I am planning on building a Explorer type Robot that will be able roam over rough terrain. All I need is the Sechamtics and some help programming the controllers
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Hi, Val. Microcontrollers are pretty much one part now. You get the IC, plug it into a protoboard with an oscillator (some even have that built in), and you're good to go.
For a newbie, you can't to better than the BASIC Stamp. It's based on the PIC, the world's most common microcontroller IC. You can program it in a simple interpreted BASIC which is incredibly easy for a newbie to learn. You just load the programming software into your PC, plug the Stamp into your serial port, and you're good to go.
If you've got a few bucks for your project, get the BASIC Stamp Board of Education project kit. It has a Stamp, an interface board with a small protoboard, and just about everything you'll need (including software) to get a small robot going. Actually, they also make a robot kit called the BOE-bot, a small rolling robot that carries the B of E onboard. It's kind of cute.
Feel free to provide more information or post again if you've got a more specific question. BASIC Stamps do have limitations, especially limited program space.
Good luck Chris
Hi, Val. Microcontrollers are pretty much one part now. You get the IC, plug it into a protoboard with an oscillator (some even have that built in), and you're good to go.
For a newbie, you can't do better than the BASIC Stamp. It's based on the PIC, the world's most common microcontroller IC. You can program it in a simple interpreted BASIC which is incredibly easy for a newbie to learn. You just load the programming software into your PC, plug the Stamp into your serial port, and you're good to go.
If you've got a few bucks for your project, get the BASIC Stamp Board of Education project kit. It has a Stamp, an interface board with a small protoboard, and just about everything you'll need (including software) to get a small robot going. Actually, they also make a robot kit called the BOE-bot, a small rolling robot that carries the B of E onboard. It's kind of cute.
Feel free to provide more information or post again if you've got a more specific question. BASIC Stamps do have limitations, especially limited program space.
Good luck Chris
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