McGraw Hill PIC Robotics A Beginners Guide to Robotics Projects Using the PIC Micro eBook-LiB Part 14 potx

... (EPIC) and a programming carrier board (hardware). The EPIC software package has two executable files, one for DOS and another version of the soft- ware for Windows. It is the EPIC hardware and ... offers an enhanced and richer basic command syntax than is available in the PicBasic compiler package. A few of the addition- al commands that can be found in the Pro version al...

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... wink.bas The compiler reads the text file and compiles two additional files, an .asm (assembly language) and a .hex (hexadecimal) file. The wink.asm file is the assembly language equivalent to the ... simple. To install, run the install.bat file on the 3.5-in EPIC diskette. The install.bat file exe- cutes the main self-extracting program that automatically creates a...

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... microcontroller installed onto the board. If you have an ac adapter for the EPIC programmer board, plug it into the board. If not, attach two fresh 9-V batteries. Connect the “battery on” jumper to apply ... disconnect the printer, if one is connected, and attach the EPIC programming board, using a 6-ft DB25 cable. When you connect the EPIC programming board to the...

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... command to communicate and output mes- sages to the LCD display. The PicBasic and PicBasic Pro compilers can send and receive serial information at 300, 1200, 2400, and 9600 Bd. Data are sent as ... breadboard area. gram, with the exception that we are only using one LED this time. The fol- lowing are a small PicBasic program and PicBasic Pro program to blink an LED on pi...

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... allow the robot to travel and move around the house in a random manner. The idea is that while traveling in a haphazard manner, it will eventually make its way throughout the rooms, cleaning the ... out- put pins and then access them in our programs. There are other commands you can use to accomplish the same thing. The PicBasic and PicBasic Pro compilers have two ba...

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... Building a Walter Tortoise We can imitate most functions in Walter’s famous tortoise. My adaptation of Walter’s tortoise is shown in Fig. 8.1. To fabricate the chassis, we need to do a little metalwork. ... Remove the bearing from the output gear (see Fig. 8.10). The bearing needs to be removed so that you can cut away the stop tab from the gear. Use a hobby knif...

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... also vary from one another and then are not as closely matched. Once you have a pair of CdS cells to use, they need to be attached to the robot. I soldered the CdS cells and capacitors to a ... first look at how the standard program functions. Fudge Factor The variable RV (range value) is the fudge factor. At the beginning of the pro- gram the variable RV is ass...

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... 9.9). The second gearbox motor is secured to the other side in a similar manner. Back wheels The shaft diameter of the gearbox motor is a little too small to make a good friction fit to the ... on the front and back legs. In the F position, the front and back legs are moved backward simultaneously, causing the robot to move forward. The walking cycle can...

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... Pressure is applied to bend the aluminum bar at a 90° angle. It’s best to apply pressure at the base of the aluminum bar close to the vise. This will bend the leg at a 90° angle, while keeping the ... Mounting the servomotors The back servomotors are attached to the aluminum body using plastic 6-32 machine screws and nuts. The reason I used plastic screw...

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... less than the interface board containing 10 relays. The advantage of the relay board is that the miniature power relays have enough current capacity to directly control small dc motors and other ... consideration was the type of output that the interface board should provide. Here was a tough choice. I had the option to make the output an active high signal that the...

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