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DFRobot Maqueen Mechanic-Beetle Tutorial

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Maqueen Mechanic - Beetle
[ROB0156-B]
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  • Page 1 Tutorial of Maqueen Mechanic - Beetle [ROB0156-B] www.DFRobot.com...
  • Page 2: Installation Diagram

    Installation Diagram...
  • Page 3 Method to Control 1. Wiring Plug the 3pin servo wire into port S1 or S2 of Maqueen, shown as below:  Brown wire to Black pin Red wire to Red pin  Orange wire to Green pin  2. Makecode Tutorial 1.
  • Page 4 Import extensions for Maqueen: 1) Click More 2) Click Extensions 3) Search dfrobot 4) Click to select Maqueen As shown in the figure: 3. Examples 1. Make the beetle pincers to grasp and release 1) The example will use a servo to make the pincers grasp and...
  • Page 5 2) Connect the micro: bit to the computer via a USB cable. Meanwhile, a new “MICROBIT” disk will show in the computer. Click the "Download" button to download the code to MICROBIT disk. As shown in the figure: 3) Turn Maqueen on when the example code is downloaded, then the beetle pincers will constantly grasp and release.
  • Page 6 2. IR Remote control of the beetle This example uses the infrared remote control to make the beetle pincers to grasp and release. Each button of the infrared remote control is corresponding to one key value. Key Value ( Decimal ) Red Key VOL+ FUNC/STOP...
  • Page 7 After the code is downloaded to micro: bit, pointing the infrared remote control to the infrared receiver of Maqueen, holding the Up Triangle and the Down Triangle respectively, and the beetle pincers will grasp and release continuously. 3. IR Remote control of the Maqueen Mechanic- Beetle In the two programs above, we have controlled the movement of the beetle pincers separately.
  • Page 8 In this example, Keys 2, 8, 4, 6, 5 are used to control Maqueen to move forward, move backward, turn left, turn right and stop; Using the Up and Down Triangles to make the beetle pincers release and grasp respectively.

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