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1. Part list
KidMotor V4i main controller board with plastic base plate,
nylon standoffs, nylon screws and USB-C data cable
Rover-X chassis
DC motor gearbox BO-1
Plastic wheel ATX with tire and
Ball caster 25mm.
ratio 48:1 x 2
Tapping-screw 2mm. x 2
ZX-03 Infrared Reflector mini-board
Metal right angle bracket
Motor mounting
Strip bracket
with JST3AA-8 cable x 2
2 x 3 holes x 2
plate x 4
5 holes x 2
M3 x 35mm. screw
M3 x 6mm. screw x 6
Nut 3mm. x 8
Metal standoffs 3 x 10mm. x 8
M3 x 30mm. screw x 4
Nylon standoffs 3 x 10mm. x 2
M3 x 10mm. screw x 10
M3 locknut
Metal standoffs 3 x 25 mm. x 2
Plastic nut driver 3mm.
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mikroRover
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Summary of Contents for Inex mikroRover
- Page 1 Metal standoffs 3 x 10mm. x 8 M3 x 30mm. screw x 4 Nylon standoffs 3 x 10mm. x 2 M3 x 10mm. screw x 10 M3 locknut Metal standoffs 3 x 25 mm. x 2 Plastic nut driver 3mm. mikroRover...
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Page 2: Assembly Step
(2.1.2) Insert the motor mounting plate into the slot on the chassis. Next insert the screw M3 x 30mm. through the mounting plate, holes of gearbox and tighten by the M3 nut following the Figure 1. Next, do same for the other DC motor gearbox. Figure 1 Fix the DC motor gearboxes with the chassis. mikroRover... - Page 3 Take the 2 x 3 holes metal bracket to fix at the front of chassis with M3 x 10mm. screws in the position as shown in Figure 2. Do it 2 sets. Figure 2 Fixing the metal bracket for mounting the ball caster as freewheel. mikroRover...
- Page 4 M3. Tighten by the nut driver following the figure 3 Figure 3 Assembly the ball caster of mikroRover. Step 2.4 Fix 4 pieces of the 3 x 10mm. metal standoffs with the chassis following the Figure 4 by using M3 x 6mm.
- Page 5 (2.5.2) Put the wheels with tires onto the DC motor gearbox’s shaft of both motors and then tighten the 2mm. self-tapping screws to fix them as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 Put on the wheels and screw them onto the shaft of the two DC motor gearboxes. mikroRover...
- Page 6 Mount the KidMotor V4i control board onto the metal standoffs and tighten with four of M3 x 6mm. screws to fix the controller board mount to the metal standoffs from step 2.5 according to Figure 6. Figure 6 KidMotor V4i control board mounting. mikroRover...
- Page 7 • Turn the wheel back, the LED glows blue as the wheel spins. If the test result is the opposite color, reverse the polarity of the motor connecting and test again. Figure 7 Motor connections on KidMotor V4i board. mikroRover...
- Page 8 3 x 25 mm. standoffs with M3 x 10mm. screws. Make 2 sets as shown in the Figure 9. Figure 9 Attach the metal 3 x 25mm. standoffs to the ZX-03 sensor mini-board. mikroRover...
- Page 9 Take the 5-hole strip bracket and fix it to the robot chassis at the position following in Figure 10 with M3 x 10mm. screws and M3 nuts. Figure 10 Fix the strip bracket with the robot chassis for fixing the ZX-03 sensor mini-board. mikroRover...
- Page 10 Take the ZX-03 mini-board with the metal standoffs from step 2.8 and attach them to the strip bracket that mounted to the robot chassis from step 2.9 at the locations in Figure 11 with the M3 x 10mm. screws. Figure 11 Installing the ZX-03 mini-board to the robot chassis. 10 mikroRover...
- Page 11 Connect the left ZX-03 board to the D2 port of KidMotor V4i and the right ZX-03 board to the D1 port as shown in Figure 12. Now the mikroRover robot - Lite version is ready for coding as shown in the Figure 13. Figure 12 Connect the sensor cables to the digital port of the KidMotor V4i controller board.
- Page 12 Figure 13 The mikroRover-Lite robot is assembled and ready for coding. 12 mikroRover...
- Page 13 M3 x 10mm. screws tighten to the threaded hole of the brackets. No need for using 3mm. nut to fix it. Fix 2 of brackets to ZX-SONAR1M module’s hole as shown in Figure 15. Figure 15 Mounting the metal bracket to the ZX-SONSR1M ultrasonic distance sensor mikroRover...
- Page 14 (3.3) Attach the ZX-SONAR1M module that fixed the metal bracket from step 3.2 to the front of the robot chassis with M3 x 10mm. screws and 3 x 10mm. nylon standoffs as shown in Figure 16. Figure 16 Attaching the ZX-SONSR1M ultrasonic distance sensor to the robot chassis. 14 mikroRover...
- Page 15 (3.4) Connect the ZX-SONAR1M’s signal cable to the D5/A1 port connector of the KidMotor V4i main controller board. Now the mikroRover robot is ready with line and object sensor as shown in Figure 17. Figure 17 A mikroRover robot is equipped with the Connect the ZX-SONAR1M’s...
- Page 16 Figure 20 Connect the servo motor cable to the mikroRover robot chassis. controller board. A mikroRover robot as shown in Figure 21 will be ready for learning computing practical through programming the robot. Figure 21 The mikroRover robot is ready for learning and competition activities.