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DFRobot Light Chaser Manual

Beginner soldering kit
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Beginner Soldering Kit

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  • Page 1 Light Chaser Beginner Soldering Kit...
  • Page 2 Coin Cell Battery The 4-Soldering Light Chaser Kit is an introductory electronic kit designed to help kids or electronic, enthusiasts, and novices learn about electronic basics like soldering and simple circuits. Mr. NEON Vibration Motor is designed to look like a three-leg monster whose eyes or tentacles Photodiode glow and dim depending on surrounding light.
  • Page 3 These working principles are illustrated in the diagram below. 1. The water in the pool flows downward, first through the thick pipe, then the thin pipe. 2. Strobe A, located in the thick pipe, is controlled by the water flow in the thin pipe;...
  • Page 4 Step1 Step3 Bend the legs Pull the soldering wire downward and insert away first, then the them into the board. soldering iron. Step2 Flip the board over. Place Step4 the soldering iron’s ”sweet spot ” (shown in diagram) Your solder joints and make sure it touches should look like this: a tiny volcano.
  • Page 5 Making the head Step5 Clip off all excess wire 1. Solder the resistors so that only the tiny After soldering, cut off the solder joints remain. remaining length of the wire. Step6 20K Ohm Resistor Resistance soldering completed. Used for limiting current or dividing voltage, a resistor is a common component within circuits.
  • Page 6 2. Solder the switch 3. Solder the transistors After soldering, cut off the After soldering, cut off the 4-Soldering Light 4-Soldering Light Chaser Kit V1 Chaser Kit V1 remaining length of the wire. remaining length of the wire. Transistor Switch The transistor is a powerful component.
  • Page 7 4. Solder the photodiodes After soldering, cut off the 4-Soldering Light remaining length of the wire. Chaser Kit V1 Photodiode(S8050) The photodiode is a component that changes a light signal into a Place the photodiode into the front side of the board. Then, current or voltage signal.
  • Page 8 5. Solder the 6. Solder the 4-Soldering Light Battery Clip vibration motors 4-Soldering Light Chaser Kit V1 Chaser Kit V1 After soldering, cut off the remaining length of the wire. Battery Clip Vibration Motor The battery clip is for holding the coin cell battery. Set the battery The vibration motor provides the power source that enables Mr.
  • Page 9 Making the Base Step1 Take out the plastic paper and the sticker with a printed triangle. Mr. Neon should at this point look like the above picture.
  • Page 10 Step2 Step3 Unpeel the triangle Cut the plastic paper with sticker and place it atop a scissor along the edge the plastic paper. of the triangle.
  • Page 11 Step4 Step5 Trim the sharp corners Bend three small triangles of the triangle. into 90 degrees along dotted lines.
  • Page 12 Step6 Step8 Place the adhesive Stick the two vibration against the body as motors against Mr. shown. NEON’s legs. Step7 Step9 Put the head on the body. Place the plastic tubing over the photodiodes; this prevents electric interference with the exposed probe.

  • Page 13: Shipping List

    Plastic paper Plastic Tubing Adhesive Sticker Base Sticker A step-by-step video walkthrough showing the assembly of Mr. Face Sticker Neon is available online — to view it, please go to the DFRobot Mr. Neon product page.
  • Page 14 Made in China Designed by...