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Published inOct 2016

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ISBN-139781786467966

Edition3rd Edition

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Python

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Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi

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Robotics

Authors (2):

Richard Grimmett

Jon Witts

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Adding the electronics to your platform

The basic hardware platform is ready, and adding the Raspberry Pi is quite simple. You'll use the same RaspiRobot board that you used in Chapter 2, Building Your Own Futuristic Robot. Here is an image of the board mounted on the Raspberry Pi:

You'll need to connect the RaspiRobot to the DC motors. This is quite simple; you'll only use two of the six connectors on the motors. The rest are to power and read the encoders; you'll not use these on this project. Here is an image of the motor connector:

You'll need to connect the black connector to one of the L connectors on the RaspiRobot board, and the red connector to the L connector on the RaspiRobot board. Connect the second motor to the R connectors. Then connect a battery to the GND and +V connectors; you'll want to use a 3S LiPo battery that can supply 11.1 V. The next step is to start controlling the DC motors.

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Authors (2)

Richard Grimmett

Dr. Richard Grimmett has been fascinated by computers and electronics from his very first programming project, which used Fortran on punch cards. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering and a PhD in leadership studies. He also has 26 years of experience in the radar and telecommunications industries, and even has one of the original brick phones. He now teaches computer science and electrical engineering at Brigham Young University, Idaho, where his office is filled with his many robotics projects.
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Jon Witts

Jon Witts has been working within the IT industry since 2002 and specifically within Educational IT since 2004. He was introduced to Linux back in 2001 through his collaboration with two German artists who were visiting the arts organisation he was then working with. Having studied Fine Arts and Educational Technology and sought to innovate with open and accessible digital technologies within his creative practice, Jon is happiest when deconstructing technology and finding its limits. Jon has embedded within his school the use of Raspberry Pi computers, as an integral part of the delivery of the school's Computer Science curriculum as well as to run various school clubs and projects. Jon is a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator and also helps to organise and run the Hull Raspberry Jam events. I would like to thank my wife, Sally and our three daughters for putting up with all the cables and compoents around the house, and not least for being so tolerant of the need to dodge the robots racing round the kitchen floor!
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