Red Box Robot Hookup Guide
Contributors:
Nick Poole
Resources and Going Further
Your robot is movin' and groovin'... but don't stop there! You can still add more parts, more code, more personality! Check out the RedBot Experiment Guide for some ideas about what you can do with a simple two-wheeled robot.
Also, if you pimped your bot with some cool googly eyes or glitter, let's see it! Take a picture and tweet it to @sparkfun
For more robotic fun, check out these other great SparkFun tutorials:
Hackers In Residence - The Tethered Quad
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Actobotics Basic Differential Platform
Get started with Actobotics with this simple vehicle. Then expand and customize it for your own evil robot empire.
SparkFun Inventor's Kit Experiment Guide - v4.0
The SparkFun Inventor's Kit (SIK) Experiment Guide contains all of the information needed to build all five projects, encompassing 16 circuits, in the latest version of the kit, v4.0a.
SparkFun ProDriver and Mini Stepper Motor Driver Hookup Guide
The SparkFun ProDriver and Mini Stepper Motor Driver boards utilize Toshiba's TC78H670FTG stepper motor driver. The ProDriver features latch pin terminals, which are easier to connect than the "Easy" Drivers. Meanwhile, the Mini Stepper Motor Driver come in smaller PCB footprint, that is pin compatible with breadboards. To get started, follow this hookup guide and you will be spinning stepper motors, in no time.