User manual
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Table of Contents
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1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
2. Intended use .............................................................................................................................................................................................5
3. Symbol explanation .................................................................................................................................................................................5
4. Safety instructions ...................................................................................................................................................................................6
5. General battery and rechargeable battery notes .................................................................................................................................. 7
6. System description ..................................................................................................................................................................................8
a) Performance specifications ................................................................................................................................................................... 8
b) Chassis and drive..................................................................................................................................................................................8
c) Sensors, actors and extensions ............................................................................................................................................................8
d) Control computer C-Control PRO 128................................................................................................................................................... 9
7. General information ...............................................................................................................................................................................10
a) Electrostatic discharges ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
b) Supply voltage.....................................................................................................................................................................................10
c) Replica ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
d) General information about the design of a circuit ................................................................................................................................ 10
e) Required Tools .................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
8. Preliminary mechanical work................................................................................................................................................................13
a) Engine pinion ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
b) Ping pong ball ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
c) Photo transistors and IR diodes ..........................................................................................................................................................14
d) Wheel sensors .................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
9. Soldering instructions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15
a) General information ............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
b) Producing a clean welding spot...........................................................................................................................................................16
c) Removing wrongly installed parts by means of soldering .................................................................................................................... 16
10. Assembly stage I: Installing the assembly elements on the circuit board ....................................................................................... 17
a) Soldering on the brass shafts .............................................................................................................................................................. 17
b) Resistors ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
c) Light-dependent resistors (LDR) ......................................................................................................................................................... 19
d) Capacitor....................................................................................................................
......................................................................... 19
e) Diode...................................................................................................................................................................................................20
f) LEDs and IR LEDs .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20
g) Photo transistors ................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
h) Choke..................................................................................................................................................................................................21
i) Infrared receiver ..................................................................................................................................................................................22
j) IC mounts ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
k) Integrated circuits ................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
l) Sound transducer ................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
m) Microphone capsule ............................................................................................................................................................................ 23
n) Buttons ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
o) Switch ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
p) Jumpers: ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
q) Socket board for C control PRO .......................................................................................................................................................... 24
r) Ribbon cables, pin plugs and pin header ............................................................................................................................................ 24
s) Assembly of the motors and the transmission ..................................................................................................................................... 26
t) Circuit board spacer and battery support ............................................................................................................................................ 27