Step 6.
Here are some general guidelines when inserting
the wires into the SSC-32 and BotBoarduino. Use
a 2mm wide flat blade screw driver. Rotate the
screw both directions looking into the end of the
terminal. When you see it open up (moving
downwards), keep turning until it is open
completely. Wrap / twist the wires by hand to
ensure they are aligned as in Figure 5. Be sure
that the wires are fully inserted into the terminals
and that
no stray wires are able to touch
each other
as this is a short and can cause the
battery to discharge rapidly, causing heat and
possibly fire.
DOUBLE CHECK THE RED AND
BLACK WIRE CONNECTED TO THE SCREW
TERMINALS
- the red wire should go to (+) and
the black wire to (-), if they are reversed, the
servos and the board will be damaged.
Figure 6.
Step 7
SSC-32 + Bluetooth: This approach applies if you plan to control the robot from the computer
using a Bluetooth device (as is the case with FlowBotics Studio). Attach the power cables as
shown in Figure 7b. Install the SSC-32 onto the body using four 1/4" 4-40 hex screws. Connect
the serial to XBee breakout board's positive pin to pin C (+) on the SSC-32 and the negative pin
to pin D (-) on the SSC-32. Notice the Baud rate jumper is set to 9600. You can install the power
switch(es) to the body in the holes at the rear of the robot.
DOUBLE CHECK THE RED AND
BLACK WIRE CONNECTED TO THE SCREW TERMINALS
- the red wire should go to (+) and
the black wire to (-), if they are reversed, the servos and the board will be damaged.
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