I just finished writing an in-depth tutorial on how to make an Arduino-based robot. It's targeted towards beginners and should help someone completely new to robotics to build their first robot, but anyone making a robot with an Arduino will find it useful. Here's picture of the robot I make in the tutorial:
Link: How to make an Arduino Robot
Hopefully someone finds it helpful!
Thank you.
I already have my own (similar) components/parts so I don't need the kit, but the tutorial explanations and pictures are actually very helpful (especially since I am brand new to electronics).
Question, just how strong is that kind of tape? When you attach the Arduino to the tape, is there any risk that when you go to take it off the tape it breaks any of the solder connections on the underside of the Arduino?
I forgot to mention, the "Kill Switch" section seems to have the wrong code example posted. It's missing the While condition.
Glad you found it helpful!
The tape in the kit has a hold strength of 5 lbs, so it's pretty strong (the previous kit used 2 lbs tape, I think) when pulling from an orthogonal angle. However, I tested to make sure the Arduino could be taken off easily and found that as long as you pull it off at an angle, it comes off pretty easily. There shouldn't be any damage to the Arduino, especially not to the solder joints. If anything were going to be damaged it would be the silkscreen, but I haven't had that problem at all.
I really love this tape! It's very strong, but can still be taken off by pulling hard at an angle. It also doesn't leave any residue! You can buy it in pieces, but I would suggest buying a whole roll on Amazon since it's so useful (and much cheaper that way). There's a link on the product page: https://www.foxytronics.com/products/307-super-heavy-duty-double-sided-tape
I'm looking through the kill switch code and don't see the WHILE condition missing anywhere. Which section is it missing from?
Putting that into the above program, we have this:
The code box below this line. On my screen it's missing.
Oops, you're right. Thanks for pointing it out!