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Table of Contents
Preface.........................................................................................................................5
Foreword.........................................................................................................................5
Audience.........................................................................................................................6
Support and Discussion Groups .....................................................................................6
The Stamps in Class Curriculum ....................................................................................7
Foreign Translations .......................................................................................................8
Special Contributors .......................................................................................................8
Chapter 1: Your Boe-Bot’s Brain ..............................................................................1
Hardware and Software ..................................................................................................2
Activity #1: Getting the Software.....................................................................................4
Activity #2: Installing the Software ................................................................................10
Activity #3: Setting up the Hardware and Testing the System ......................................13
Activity #4: Your First Program .....................................................................................22
Activity #5: Looking up Answers ...................................................................................30
Activity #6: Introducing ASCII Code..............................................................................33
Activity #7: When You’re Done .....................................................................................35
Summary ......................................................................................................................37
Chapter 2: Your Boe-Bot’s Servo Motors ..............................................................41
Introducing the Continuous Rotation Servo ..................................................................41
Activity #1: How to Track Time and Repeat Actions .....................................................42
Activity #2: Tracking Time and Repeating Actions with a Circuit..................................45
Activity #3: Connecting the Servo Motors.....................................................................58
Activity #4: Centering the Servos..................................................................................66
Activity #5: How to Store Values and Count .................................................................71
Activity #6: Testing the Servos .....................................................................................75
Summary ......................................................................................................................86
Chapter 3: Assemble and Test Your Boe-Bot........................................................91
Activity #1: Assembling the Boe-Bot .............................................................................91
Activity #2: Re-Test the Servos ..................................................................................101
Activity #3: Start/Reset Indicator Circuit and Program................................................105
Activity #4: Testing Speed Control with the Debug Terminal......................................111
Summary ....................................................................................................................118
Chapter 4: Boe-Bot Navigation .............................................................................123
Activity #1: Basic Boe-Bot Maneuvers ........................................................................123
Activity #2: Tuning the Basic Maneuvers....................................................................129
Activity #3: Calculating Distances ...............................................................................132
Activity #4: Maneuvers – Ramping .............................................................................137
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