Chapter    31

Challenge 8: Examining the Hardware

Congratulations on making it this far into the book—you’re almost done! In this chapter, you’re going to learn about the basic hardware required to construct a robot that’s built on a chassis and has three wheels, two of which are controlled by 6V DC motors.

You’ll need to control the robot’s DC motors with an H-bridge, just as you did in Challenge 4. The only difference is that we’ll use both sides of the H-bridge this time, because we have two motors to control.

Robots are fun, aren’t they? Who hasn’t wanted to build his/her own? You’ll find building robots is a skill like any other. You begin simple, and you learn. Your hardware skills will improve. Your software skills will improve. After ...

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