Download
Share
Print this page
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Firmtech Manuals
  4. Toy
  5. FBS100BC
  6. Quick manual

Firmtech FBS100BC Quick Manual

For start kit, toy car test board
Hide thumbs Also See for FBS100BC:

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
FBS100BC
Quick Guide
(Toy Car Test Board)

Advertisement

loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the FBS100BC and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Related Manuals for Firmtech FBS100BC

Summary of Contents for Firmtech FBS100BC

  • Page 1 FBS100BC Quick Guide (Toy Car Test Board)
  • Page 2 Category Toy Car control using FBS100BC Practice to utilize 7 bits of the PIOs [PIO6-PIO0] as output Front Motor PIO 0 Output PIO 1 Output Rear Motor PIO 2 Output PIO 3 Output Rear LED PIO 4 Output Front LED...
  • Page 3 Please download the Firmtech app from our mounted and removed with no soldering process in company’s homepage and install it yourself. order to allow users to conveniently practice control (Name of the file to be downloaded : of the toy carsors connected to the FBS100BC. FBS100BC_start.apk)
  • Page 4 Chapter 1 Car Test Board Overview...
  • Page 5 It is configured as a test board so that it can be freely mounted and removed with no soldering process in order to allow users to conveniently practice control of the toy carsors connected to the FBS100BC. Photos showing the FBS100BC...
  • Page 6 2. Toy Car Board - Hardware layout drawing and description of functions Type Description USB Connector It is used for power supply (5V). ① Status LED Shows the operating status of the FBS100BC. ② ⑬ Show the status of the power supplied to the Power LED ③ board.
  • Page 7 3. Toy Car Board - PIO pin settings for FBS100BC Front Motor PIO 0 Output ① PIO 1 Output Rear Motor ③ ④ PIO 2 Output ② ⑦ ⑧ PIO 3 Output ② ① Rear LED ③ PIO 4 Output ⑤...
  • Page 8 4. Toy Car Board - Detail hardware configuration (Basic configuration) Left motor PIO 0 Output driving circuit PIO 1 Output Right motor PIO 2 Output driving circuit PIO 3 Output backward PIO 4 Output movement LED driving circuit, Forward movement LED driving circuit, PIO 5 Output Melody IC...
  • Page 9 Toy Car Board - Detail hardware configuration (Option) Options – Circuits for the front and rear obstacle surveillance sensor have to be ordered separately. Infrared sensor photo- sensing circuit (front ADC 0 Input wall sensing result ) Infrared sensor photo- sensing circuit (Rear ADC 1 Input...
  • Page 10 6. Toy Car Test Board - Schematic (Car body)
  • Page 11 Toy Car Board - Schematic (Front and rear obstacle detection sensor)
  • Page 12 Chapter 2 Toy Car Board Control Practice...
  • Page 13 This is a practice to learn how to use all 7 bits of PIO6-PIO0 as output. In this practice users can control the car connected to the output of the FBS100BC by moving the smartphone. (See the picture below.) Front Motor...
  • Page 14 2. Outline of the control practice for the DC motor (1) Outline of the control practice for the front DC motor (for left turn, right turn) Understanding of the DC motor driving Understanding of the DC motor driving circuit during the car’s right turn circuit during the car’s left turn High Front wheel’s moving direction after left turn command...
  • Page 15 2. Outline of the control practice for the DC motor (2) Outline of the control practice for the rear DC motor (for forward and reverse movement) Understanding of DC motor driving Understanding of DC motor driving circuit when the car moves forward circuit when the car moves reverse Rear wheels’...
  • Page 16 2. Outline of the control practice for the DC motor (3) Table of car operation according to the PIO’s output values Rear DC Motor Front DC Motor The PIO3-PIO0 are used for driving the motor. Type PIO 7 PIO 6 PIO 5 PIO 4 PIO 3...
  • Page 17 3. Outline of the Melody IC control practice The Melody IC is configured to play a familiar melody "Für Elise" from a mini speaker from when the car moves in reverse. The control method of this Melody IC is quite simple. This Melody IC plays the melody stored in the IC in analog form when power is supplied to it.
  • Page 18 4. Outline of the Front LED and Brake LED The front LED is turned on when the car moves forward and the brake LED is turned on when the car moves in reverse. LED is off when the output of the PIO5 Front LED is High.
  • Page 19 FBS100BC makes the car move in the instructed direction by operating PIO6-PIO0 to High or Low.
  • Page 20 6. Explanation of the steps for car operation control practice (1) Outline  At the Step ①, the Master starts inquiry and the Slave starts scanning.  Proceed with the Bluetooth connection between the Master and Slave devices after the pairing process. Master Slave...
  • Page 21 ① Detail explanation (2) The FBS100BC starts the Bluetooth scanning as the Slave.  The main power is supplied from the car body to the Car Test Board.  When the main power is turned ON, the power for the LED is ON.
  • Page 22 (3) Check the arrangements before using the smartphone (Android) for practice. ◆ Click the Firmtech Icon on the smartphone. ◆ Please download the Firmtech app from our company’s homepage and install it yourself. (Name of the file to be downloaded: FBS100BC_start.apk)
  • Page 23 6. Explanation of the Car control Practice ① Detail explanation (4) Start screen when running the Firmtech App.  Click the Car Test Board.  Click the Smartphone Menu button in the activated window.
  • Page 24 ◆ Start the Bluetooth connection by clicking the FBS100 found in the Inquiry process. (Remarks: The MAC address found on the practice screen is 00:19:01:37:F4:CE. All the MAC addresses are unique and each MAC address for each FBS100BC is different. )
  • Page 25 6. Explanation of the Car control Practice ① Detail explanation (6) To enter the pin code  Pin code entry is required when the Bluetooth connection between the smartphone and FBS100BC is made normally.  Enter “0000” or “1234” as the pin code.
  • Page 26 6. Explanation of the Car control Practice ① Detail explanation (7) The Bluetooth connection between the smartphone and FBS100BC is completed. The screen that appears when the Bluetooth connection between the smartphone and FBS100BC is normally made.
  • Page 27 When a driving command to move the car forward, in reverse or to the left or right is delivered reflecting the tilting status of the smartphone after running the dedicated app, the FBS100BC makes the car move in the instructed direction by operating PIO6-PIO0 to High or Low.
  • Page 28 7. Explanation of the Car control Practice ② Detail explanation (2) Initial status after running the app 90º  If you set the smartphone at an angle of 90º from the bottom surface, the car remains in a stopped position.
  • Page 29 7. Explanation of the Car control Practice ② Detail explanation (3) Forward, Reverse drive  Control method for forward drive  If you lean the smartphone forward, the car drives in the forward direction.  The car’s headlight LED is on when the car drives in the forward direction. Control method for reverse drive ...
  • Page 30 7. Explanation of the Car control Practice ② Detail explanation (4) Left, Right turn Control method for left turn  If you lean the smartphone to the left, the front wheels of the car move in the left direction. Control method for right turn ...