Building the Electronics Inside an Antweight Combat Robot

Hi!

I am going to be showing you today how to build the electronics inside an Antweight Combat Robot. All of this is pretty simple, especially if you use parts from Fingertech Robotics, which all work together very easily. I am going to be working on a spinner combat robot, so if you want to build a simple pushbot, you can skip over the steps that involve attaching a motor or connecting a larger battery.

- A LiPoly battery (7.4V would work, but if you're using a weapon go with 11.1V for the extra power)

- Two SilverSpark motors

- Two-Three speed controllers (Two for the SilverSpark motors, and one for the weapon motor if you're using one)

- A transmitter and receiver

- A power jack

- A brushless weapon motor (optional)

- Male battery connector (optional)

All of these materials can be easily found on the website https://www.fingertechrobotics.com/categories.php

If you're using fingertech speed controllers and motors, the ends of the wires should clip on to the end of the motors. For the left motor, connect the blue wire to the spot with the red dot. For the right motor, connect the purple wire to the side with the red dot. If the clips seem loose, use wire strippers to strip off the protective plastic and solder them to their respective clips.

The weapon motor should have three poles connected to the poles, and the speed controllers should have spots for those to slot in. Slot the poles into the speed controller to connect them.

Push all of the loose red cords into the red block and all of the loose black cords into the black block (from the speed controllers). Slide each wire into the hole and push them in until they can't be removed with a light tug. If you need to remove a wire, slide a thin object into the slot above the hole and push it down. If one of your wires gets too flexible or bends too easily, cut the tip off, strip it, and try again.

Connected to each speed controller should be a mall block connected to multiple wires. In the first channel of the receiver, plug in the block for the right motor, with the brown wire on the edge of the receiver. Do the same with the left motor in channel two. In the third channel plug in the block for the weapon motor (if you are using one).

Attached to the power jack there should be a plug-in spot for your battery. If you are using a 7.4V battery (without a weapon motor) it should fit in fine. You can just plug it in. However, if you are using a 11.1V battery (with a weapon motor) you will need to attach a different connector to plug in the battery. Cut off the battery connector connected to the power jack. Then, solder the wires onto the new battery connector (the one that can connect with the 11.1V battery. You should be able to simply plug it in from there.

Make sure the power jack is plugged in to it's connector. Turn your transmitter one, then remove the power jack. You should be able to use the transmitter to move the motors. If not, make sure everything is connected properly, anything that needed to be soldered was soldered correctly, and that everything is plugged into the receiver the right way.