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...
by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 3, 2023 | Computers, Hardware
Raspberry Pi 4 is a very popular microcomputer that can serve many different functions from a desktop computer and to an intelligent equipment controller to a robot STEM kit. The small board includes USB-C power input, dual video output that can run 4K monitors, a...
by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 1, 2023 | Part 1 - Kit Purchase, STEM Kits
Amblit Technologies purchased the all inclusive Elegoo Tumbller Self-Balancing Robot Car Kit from Amazon in February 2022 for $85. A description of the kit can be found here. Unlike other kits everything was included to build and initially operate the robot. The...
by Bill Sumerlin | Mar 1, 2023 | Part 1 - Kit Purchase, STEM Kits
The SunFounder 4-DOF Dancing Sloth was purchased from Amazon on February 25, 2022 for $59.99. Amazon’s description of the kit can be found here. A promotional video demonstrating the movement of the robot is here. Watch the shuffling and dancing movement...
by Bill Sumerlin | Feb 28, 2023 | Part 1 - Kit Purchase, STEM Kits
The Yahboom Jetson Nano Robotic (JetBot) Developer Kit was purchased from Amazon on April 1, 2022 for $278.99. The kit does NOT include the Jetson Nano computer so the Yahboom Jetson Nano 4GB SUB Developer Kit was purchased at the same time from Amazon for $298.00...
