Red Box Robot Hookup Guide

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Contributors: Nick Poole
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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:

Servo Trigger Hookup Guide

How to use the SparkFun Servo Trigger to control a vast array of Servo Motors, without any programming!

Wireless Motor Driver Shield Hookup Guide

Get started with the SparkFun Wireless Motor Driver Shield!

SparkFun Inventor's Kit Experiment Guide - v4.1

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, v4.1.2 and v4.1.

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.