PLEN Project PLEN:bit, Assembly Manual

Page 1: ...1 53 PLEN bit Assembly Manual PLEN Project Company 2019 9 25 ...

Page 2: ...vo motor set up 16 5 Assembling the Thighs 19 6 Attaching leg parts 23 7 Shoulder parts assembly 27 8 Arm parts assembly 31 9 Servo xer attachment 35 10 Control board wiring 38 11 Head part assembly 41 12 Chest assembly 46 5 Motion check 1 Let s walk the PLEN bit 51 2 How to adjust ServoMotor position 6 How to charge battery 52 7 How to BLE ver head board 8 Appendix 1 PLEN bit servo numbering 53 2...

Page 3: ...er program is found to have been written in the micro bit please follow the link below to install the appropriate program for use PLEN Basic https makecode microbit org _4e7MEqgEHaw5 PLEN bit Extensions https makecode microbit org _0960M8DsVKgc When assembling the servo motors the initial rotational position of the gear on the motors is important The assembly instructions includes initial position...

Page 4: ...rd PCB screw x2 5 Servo Motors x8 6 Head Board Cable 7 Power Cable 8 USB Cable 9 Head Parts top bottom 10 Chest Parts 11 Servo Bracket 12 Servo Fixer 13 Back Parts 14 Switch Board Holder 15 Shoulder Parts 16 Arm Parts 2 17 Thighs Parts 2 18 Legs Parts 2 19 Black Screw 20 Silver Screw 6 21 Servo Horn 6 22 Distance Sensor ...

Page 5: ...5 53 23 Sound Sensor 24 Label Sticker 25 head board 26 Connector tool 2 2 special kit 1 BLE ver head board 2 IR sensor 3 PIR sensor ...

Page 6: ...servo horn needs to be precisely adjusted If this adjustment is not successful you will not be able to walk or fall easily Here we will explain how to make this adjustment 2 The servo horn has a slight offset between the inner serration and the front cross Therefore when rotating the cross of the servo horn by 90 degrees there is a point where the cross is just horizontal Find this and fix the servo...

Page 7: ...7 53 servo horn fix image ...

Page 8: ...8 2 Label stickers or Circular Stickers 3 Pen Necessary items Procedure Fix the servo number stickers to each Servo motor cable Write the numbers 0 7 on eight stickers and place them Attach the sticker in a half folded form to the servo motor cable Sticker placement ...

Page 9: ...9 53 4 2 Switch board assembly Necessary items 1 switch board set switch board PCB switch board holder screw x2 Necessary items ...

Page 10: ...10 53 Procedure 1 Align the circuit board and plastic part 2 Screw in the circuit board using the two screws at the corners ...

Page 11: ...11 53 4 3 Circuit board and battery wiring Necessary items 1 back part 2 switch board 3 battery 4 control board 5 micro bit 6 power cable Necessary items ...

Page 12: ...2 53 Procedure 1 Connect the power cable to the switch board 2 Insert the switch board into the back plastic part with the switch and connector going through the appropriate holes as shown in the picture ...

Page 13: ...e the correct connector slides smoothly into the pins It is necessary to remove the power cable at the time of Control board wiring mentioned later In this case since it is hard to remove the cable from the connector for children and people with weak force use the supplied connector tool This is a tool to make it easy to remove by holding this tool between the power cable and the connector ...

Page 14: ...14 53 connector tool use example 5 Plug in the micro bit to the control board ...

Page 15: ...15 53 6 complete set of board assembly is seen below ...

Page 16: ...16 53 4 4 Servo motor set up Necessary items 1 Servo motors 4 numbers 0 1 4 and 5 2 Servo bracket Necessary items ...

Page 17: ...he part and concordantly the back of the robot Insert servo motor 0 into the servo bracket as shown This will be the robot s left arm Be careful not to have the cable of servo motor 0 pinched between the motor casing and plastic parts when assembling Have the servo motor cable come out the front side of the bracket 2 Insert servo motor 4 following the same procedure as 0 on the opposite side of th...

Page 18: ...vo motor 1 pinched between the motor casing and plastic parts when assembling 4 Insert servo motor 5 following the same procedure as 1 in the last available position in the bracket Ensure all servo motor cables are coming out the front face of the bracket ...

Page 19: ...ling the Thighs Necessary items 1 The previously assembled servo bracket with servo motors 2 The previously assembled control board battery switch board 3 Thigh plastic parts 2 4 Servo horn 2 5 Screws 2 Necessary items ...

Page 20: ...board pins as shown The servo motor pins numbering is given in the Appendix 5 2 picture When connect the motors into the pins ensure that the black ground cable is towards the outside of the control board Turn the switch on the switch board on 2 The servo motors should rotate automatically to their initial position ...

Page 21: ...cket such that the bar across the center of the bracket is horizontal and at the back of the assembly The orientation in the photo below shows the bracket such that the robot s front is being looked at and the head is on top Attach the plastic thigh parts onto the servo horns as shown such that the bump on the plastic parts are pointing in the same direction as the front of the servo bracket ...

Page 22: ...22 53 5 Fix the thigh parts to the horn with the screws 6 After fully screwing in each of the thigh screws remove the servo cables from the control board ...

Page 23: ...23 53 4 6 Attaching leg parts Necessary items 1 body sets 2 circuit sets 3 servo 2 3 7番 4 legs 2 5 servo horn 2 Necessary items ...

Page 24: ...ds the back of the robot 2 Connect the servo cables for motors 3 and 7 into the control board Servo motor number 3 is to be placed as the robot s left leg Motor number 3 is connected to the corresponding pin set 3 again with the black ground cable towards the outside of the control board Repeat for motor 7 Turn the switch board back on ...

Page 25: ...d rotate automatically to their initial position 4 Similar to servo motors 1 and 5 attach the servo horns to each servo motor such that the axis of the on the horn is aligned with the edges of the servo motors as closely as possible ...

Page 26: ... the outside of the robot Insert the side of the foot into the servo horn and then insert the opposite side of the foot into the bump on the front side of the thigh This may take some strength 6 After fixing the feet to the servo motors unplug the servo motors from the control board and turn the power switch off ...

Page 27: ...27 53 4 7 Shoulder parts assembly Necessary items 1 body sets 2 circuit sets 3 shoulder 2 4 screw 2 Necessary items ...

Page 28: ...cedure 1 Connect servo motors 0 and 4 from the servo bracket into their respective pins on the control board and turn the power switch on 2 The servo motors should rotate automatically to their initial position ...

Page 29: ...t the flat edges are aligned with the servo motor as closely as possible The wider side of the shoulder parts with the cut should be towards the back of the robot Screw in the plastic shoulder part into the servo motor 4 Repeat the previous step for the opposite shoulder ...

Page 30: ...30 53 5 Unplug the servo motors from the control board and turn the power switch off ...

Page 31: ...31 53 4 8 Arm parts assembly Necessary items 1 body sets 2 circuit sets 3 arm 2 4 servo 2 2 6番 5 servo horn 2 Necessary items ...

Page 32: ...1 Place the servo motors 2 and 6 into the plastic arm parts such that motor 2 is the robot s left arm 2 Directly connect servo motors 2 and 6 into their respective pins on the control board and turn the power switch on ...

Page 33: ...rvo motors should rotate automatically to their initial position 4 Attach the servo horns to each servo motor such that the axis of the on the horn is aligned with the edges of the servo motors as closely as possible ...

Page 34: ... the shoulder pieces lining up the servo horn with the cut shape on each shoulder Ensure the arms are inserted pointing down 6 After fixing the arms to the shoulder parts unplug the servo motors from the control board and turn the power switch off ...

Page 35: ...35 53 4 9 Servo fixer attachment Necessary items 1 Body assembly set 2 Servo fixer part Necessary items ...

Page 36: ...rocedure 1 Pass the cables of the eight servo motors through the servo bracket and through front as shown The cables of motors 3 and 7 are passed through the lower hole of the bracket and left there for later ...

Page 37: ... between the opening in the servo fixer while the remaining cables are temporarily wrapped up around the top ofthe body to keep them out of the way 3 Attach the servo fixer part so as to not catch and pinch any of the other servo motor cables ...

Page 38: ...38 53 4 10 Control board wiring Necessary items 1 Battery assembly 2 Control board assembly Necessary items ...

Page 39: ...he servo motor cables from the back side through the front hole in the body and reconnect the power cable to the control board again 2 Put the battery into the back plastic part on top of the switch board and keep the battery cable underneath the battery Attach the back plastic part to the back of the servo bracket ...

Page 40: ...40 53 3 Connect all servo motor cables following the appropriate order with servo motor number matching pin number ...

Page 41: ...41 53 4 11 Head part assembly Necessary items 1 body sets 2 head parts top bottom 3 head board 4 head board cable Necessary items ...

Page 42: ...42 53 Procedure 1 Take apart the top and bottom plastic parts of the head 2 Connect the final head board control cable to the head board ...

Page 43: ...43 53 3 Unscrew the nuts on each LED down about 3mm 4 Pass the head board cable through the hole in the bottom side of the head plastic part ...

Page 44: ... up and insert both LEDs into the semi circular grooves in the bottom plastic heat part such that the nuts on each LED are on the inside of the head 6 Align and place the top plastic head part onto the bottom part by first passing the LED bulbs through the top heat eye holes ...

Page 45: ...rd cable through the top hole in the servo bracket and pass through the front side of the body Insert the assembled head into the same hole to fix the head to the servo bracket 8 Connect the head board cable into the control board ...

Page 46: ...46 53 4 12 Chest assembly Necessary items 1 body sets 2 chest 3 micro bit 4 sound sensor distance sensor 5 screw 2 Necessary items ...

Page 47: ...47 53 Procedure 1 First slide the control board into the chest part from the front oriented as shown in the photo 2 Attach the control board and chest assembly to the servo bracket body ...

Page 48: ...48 53 3 Screw the control board into the chest through the two screw holes in the corners of the control board 4 Insert the micro bit ...

Page 49: ...49 53 5 Switch the robot on and confirm if all servo motors have rotated and initialized 6 Press the micro bit A and B buttons to check that the limbs work ...

Page 50: ...50 53 7 Plug the sound sensor and the distance sensor into the pin terminals on the front of the control board on PLEN bit ...

Page 51: ...es they may be downloaded directly to your computer as a hex file Simply move these files into the new PLEN bit drive that was created when it was plugged in and they will be uploaded into the micro bit 5 2 How to adjust ServoMotor position 1 Download this program https makecode microbit org _3crgeTemLVUY 2 Push A to start correction 3 Push A or B to move each servo 4 Push A B to switch to next serv...

Page 52: ...cable 2 Charging LED ON 3 Full charge LED OFF 7 How to BLE ver head board 1 change head board and BLE ver head board 2 You can control from PLEN Connect APP iPhone https itunes apple com jp app plen connect id990980940 mt 8 Android https play google com store apps details id jp plen plenconnect2 ...

Page 53: ...PLEN bit servo numbering 8 2 Control board terminal labelling PLEN bit Support If you have any questions please contact one of the following PLEN bit Slack community http u0u0 net YJzp PLEN Support https plen jp wp contact ...