This is the Revision A verion of the IRBeacon8 RoboBrick. The status of this project is work in progress.

IRBeacon8 Robobrick (Revision A)

Table of Contents

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1. Introduction

The IRBeacon8 RoboBrick is used to provide an IR beacon that RoboBricks can home in on. It is designed for both stand alone operation and to work in a RoboBrick setting.

2. Programming

{To be done}

3. Hardware

The hardware consists of a circuit schematic and a printed circuit board.

3.1 Circuit Schematic

The Irbeacon8 RoboBrick schematic is shown below:

Irbeacon8 RoboBrick Schematic

The parts list kept in a separate file -- irbeacon8.ptl.

3.2 Printed Circuit Board

The available printed circuit boards are listed below:

irbeacon8_back.png
The solder side layer.
irbeacon8_front.png
The component side layer.
irbeacon8_artwork.png
The artwork layer.
irbeacon8.gbl
The RS-274X "Gerber" back (solder side) layer.
irbeacon8.gtl
The RS-274X "Gerber" top (component side) layer.
irbeacon8.gal
The RS-274X "Gerber" artwork layer.
irbeacon8.drl
The "Excellon" NC drill file.
irbeacon8.tol
The "Excellon" NC drill rack file.

4. Software

The IRBeacon8 software is available as one of:

irbeacon8.ucl
The µCL source file.
irbeacon8.asm
The resulting human readable PIC assembly file.
irbeacon8.lst
The resulting human readable PIC listing file.
irbeacon8.hex
The resulting Intel® Hex file that can be fed into a PIC12C5xx programmer.

5. Issues

The following fabrication issues came up:


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