Electronics and Robotics II Curriculum

Introduction:

The course focuses on integrated circuits, including op amps, 555 timers, logic gates, PIC16F88 microcontroller, H-bridges, and sensors. The students design and build an autonomous robotic car and use a microcontroller for control of their robotic car. Different sensors are mounted to the robotic car as they are introduced. We use the 16F88-I/P microcontroller manufactured by Microchip Technology. The 16F88 microcontroller is programmed in PicBasic Pro using a complier by microEngineering Labs, Inc. MicroEngineering Labs has excellent and timely support on the phone and email. For the course descriptionas as .doc file, see Electronics Technology and Robotics II Course Description

Again, the class is a three hour lab, one time a week. The lab fee for year two is $200 to defray the cost for parts and lab manual. For the parts list as a .pdf file, see Electronics Technology and Robotics II Parts List. Aluminum wheels are turned on a bench lathe, see Making Small Robotic Wheels.

The PicBasic Pro programs and electronic schematics used in year two may be found in PicBasic Programs under the PicBasic Programs tab.

Note: The Class Notes in PDF format download much more quickly than the Microsoft Word format.

Electronics and Robotics II Curriculum: