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123 Robotic Experiments for the Evil Genius by Myke Predko

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Picture of product123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius
Author: Myke Predko



This book provides an amazingly comprehensive education in robotics in a relatively short number of pages. The book is organized into 123 experiments that cover almost every aspect of hobby robotics including mechanics, electronics and microcontroller programming using the Parallax Basic Stamp. Each experiment is 1-3 pages long including a tutorial and a lab experiment involving construction of a device or circuit and exercices exploring its operation and use.

The book takes a very practical, hands-on approach to its subjects. Only a handful of pages include any math and that doesn't get any more complex than middle school pre-algebra. The book is very readable but very dense. If you read it cover to cover you will have been exposed to almost all the skills and components used in hobby robotics. If you work your way through all the experiments you will create several simple robots and will develop an comprehensive working knowledge of robotics. The material in this book will be challenging for most adults but can be handled by motivated high school students. Catalog number: 19323. Brand: Tab Books. Brand's Part Number: 0-07-141358-8. 355 pages. ISBN: 0-07-141358-8.

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Parts Kits

One of the challenges you will face before doing the experiments is locating the materials. While you will eventually have to learn advanced electronics shopping skills, you may want to put that off until you have a better idea what you need. We have assembled several parts kits that let you jump right into the experiments. These parts kits do not include tools or items that are stocked by local hardware stores.

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Table of Contents

Section 1Introduction to Robotics
 Experiment 1Toilet Paper Roll Mandroid
 Experiment 2Pipe cleaner Insect
 Experiment 3LEGO Mobile Robots
 Experiment 4Cardboard Arm
Section 2Robot Structures
 Experiment 5Cutting Plywood
 Experiment 6Strengthening Structures
 Experiment 7Finishing Wood
 Experiment 8A gaggle of Glues
 Experiment 9Nuts and Bolts
 Experiment 10Soldering and Splicing Wires
 Experiment 11Assembling the Included PCB
Section 3Basic Electrical Theory
 Experiment 12Electrical Circuits and Switches
 Experiment 13Electrical Circuits and Switches
 Experiment 14Voltage Measurement
 Experiment 15Resistors and Voltage Drops
 Experiment 16Current Measurements and Ohm's Law
 Experiment 17Kirchoff's Voltage Law and Series Loads
 Experiment 18Variable Resistors
 Experiment 19Kirchoff's Current Law and Parallel Loads
 Experiment 20Thevinin's Equivalency
 Experiment 21Power
 Experiment 22Batteries
Section 4Magnetic Devices
 Experiment 23Electromagnets
 Experiment 24Relays
 Experiment 25Measuring the Earth's Magnetic Field
 Experiment 26Direct Current (DC) Motors
Section 5Drivetrains
 Experiment 27Motor-Driven Crane
 Experiment 28Pulleys Added to Crane
 Experiment 29Switch DC Motor "H-Bridge"
 Experiment 30Differential Drive Robot Chassis
 Experiment 31Stepper Motors
 Experiment 32Muscle Wire
Section 6Semiconductors
 Experiment 33Diodes
 Experiment 34Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
 Experiment 35NPN Transistor and Two LED Lighting Control
 Experiment 36Driving a Motor with a Transistor
 Experiment 37Bipolar PNP Transistor Motor Control
 Experiment 38Transistor Motor H-Bridge
Section 7Our Friend the 555 Chip
 Experiment 39Blinking LEDs
 Experiment 40555 Button Debounce
 Experiment 41R/C Servo Control
 Experiment 42Light-Seeking Robot
Section 8Optoelectronics
 Experiment 43Different Color LEDs
 Experiment 44Changing an LEDs Brightness
 Experiment 45Multisegment LEDs
 Experiment 46Optoisolator Lock and Key
 Experiment 47White/Black Surface Sensor
 Experiment 48Line-Following Robot
Section 9Audio Electronics
 Experiment 49Buzzers
 Experiment 50Basic Transistor Oscillator Code Practice Tool
 Experiment 51Electronic Stethoscope
 Experiment 52Sound-Level Meter
Section 10Digital Logic
 Experiment 53Basic Gate Operation
 Experiment 54CMOS Touch Switch
 Experiment 55Bipolar Transistor-Based TTL "NOT" Gate
 Experiment 56Sum of Product Circuits
 Experiment 57Common Logic Built from the NOR Gate
 Experiment 58XORs and Adders
 Experiment 59Pull-Ups/Pull-Downs
 Experiment 60Mickey Mouse Logic
Section 11Power Supplies
 Experiment 61Zener Diodes
 Experiment 62Linear Power Supply
 Experiment 63Switch Mode Power Supply
Section 12Sequential Logic Circuits
 Experiment 64RS Flip Flops
 Experiment 65Edge-Triggered Flip Flops
 Experiment 66Full D Flip Flops
 Experiment 67Flip Flop Reset
 Experiment 68Parallel Data
 Experiment 69Traffic Lights
 Experiment 70Shift Registers
 Experiment 71Christmas Decoration
 Experiment 72Random Movement Robot
 Experiment 73Counters
 Experiment 74Schmitt Trigger Inputs and Button Debounce
 Experiment 75PWM Generation
Section 13Learning to Program Using the Parallax Basic Stamp 2
 Experiment 76Loading BASIC Stamp Windows Editor Software on your PC
 Experiment 77Connecting the PCB and BS2 to Your PC and Running Your First Application
 Experiment 78Saving Your Applications on Your PC
 Experiment 79The "Hello World!" Application Explained
 Experiment 80Variables and Data Types
 Experiment 81Number Data Formats
 Experiment 82ASCII Characters
 Experiment 83Variable Arrays
 Experiment 84Using Mathematical Operators in the Assignment Statement
 Experiment 85Creating Simple Program Loops
 Experiment 86Conditionally Looping
 Experiment 87Power Off Application
 Experiment 88Conditionally Executing Code
 Experiment 89Advanced Conditional Execution
 Experiment 90Using the "for" Loop in Your Application
 Experiment 91Saving Code Space Using Subroutines
Section 14Interfacing Hardware to the Basic Stamp
 Experiment 92Controlling and LED
 Experiment 93Cylon Eye
 Experiment 94Hitachi 4478-Controlled Liquid Crystal Display
 Experiment 95Musical Tone Output
 Experiment 96Electronic Dice
 Experiment 97Keypad Input
 Experiment 98Reistance Measurement
 Experiment 99PWM Analog Voltage Output
 Experiment 100R-2R Digital Analog Converter
Section 15Sensors
 Experiment 101bLiza, the Snarky Computer
 Experiment 102Multiple Seven-segment Displays
 Experiment 103RCtime Light Sensors
 Experiment 104Differential Light Sensors
 Experiment 105Sound Control
 Experiment 106Robot "Whiskers"
 Experiment 107IR Object Sensors
Section 16Mobile Robots
 Experiment 108DC Motor Control Base with H-Bridge Drivers
 Experiment 109State Machine Programming
 Experiment 110Robot Moth Example
 Experiment 111Random Movement Explained
 Experiment 112Remote-Control Car Robot Base
 Experiment 113R/C Servo Setup
 Experiment 114Controlling Multiple Servos
 Experiment 115Robot Artist
 Experiment 116Parallax's "GUI-Bot" Programming Interface
 Experiment 117Stepper Motor Control
 Experiment 118Infrared Two-Way Communications
Section 17Navigation
 Experiment 119Line-Following Robot
 Experiment 120Wall-Following Robot
 Experiment 121Ultrasonic Distance Measurement
 Experiment 122Hall Effect Compass
 Experiment 123NMEA GPS Interface

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