Controllers

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