Tuesday, October 2, 2012

some references and help

1. Charles Platt’s Make: Electronics (O’Reilly, http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596153748)

2. Getting Started with Arduino, 2nd Edition (http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920021414.do)

3. Multisim from N.I. for circuit simulation

To build and construct chassis for the robot, use household items or lego or anything that is easily and cheaply available. Computer DVD drives and hard drives can make great frames for robots, be-
cause their covers are often made of lightweight, easily drillable, and sturdy material. You can also remove DC (direct current) motors and gears from DVD drives.

Scavenge a vibration motor from an old cell phone or video game controller with force feedback.

Open an old, broken hard drive for creating chassis for a moving vehicle. It is easy to make holes in the front plate of it:



Some online stores

Maker SHED
MAKE Magazine’s store can be found online at http://www.makershed.com/ and in real life at Maker Faire (http://makerfaire.com/).

Adafruit Industries
http://www.adafruit.com


SparkFun Electronics
http://www.sparkfun.com

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