 
							
					
															
					
					 by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 15, 2023 | Part 1 - Kit Purchase, STEM Kits
Amblit Technologies purchased the SunFounder Pico Robot Car Kit from Amazon in November 2022 for $89.99. A description of the kit can be found here. The kit includes a Raspberry Pi Pico controller and is programmed with MicroPython.  Two (2) rechargeable batteries...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 12, 2023 | Controllers
8051 Microcontroller Architecture Diagram According to Wikipedia a microcontroller is a small computer on single VLSI integrated circuit (IC) chip. It contains a one ore more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable input/output peripherals....				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 5, 2023 | Part 4 - Testing, STEM Kits
In part 3 we constructed the Elegoo Tumbller robot.  If you have not charged the battery, charge it now before continuing.  Use the USB Type C cable to charge the robot’s battery. The robot’s Arduino Nano microcontroller  is preloaded with a fully...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 5, 2023 | Part 3 - Kit Assembly, STEM Kits
Elegoo, the kit manufacturer, has placed a video on YouTube that shows how to build the robot (click here).  The video starts with a display on the parts included in the kit and then procedes step by step on the construction of the kit.  The video has background music...