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Issue #200 March 2007
Inertial Rolling Robot
by Jeff Bingham & Lee Magnusson
Start | Electronics | Drive Motor | Servo Motor | Pressure Sensor | Software | DC Drive Motor Control | Servo Motor Control | Mechanical Components | Manufacturing | Assembly | Findings | Sources & PDF
SOURCES & PDF
Download the PDF of this article.
Jeff Bingham (bingjeff@gmail.com)
has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Idaho State University and is
pursuing his Ph.D. in the same field at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. In his spare time, he likes to build things, such as small
autonomous rolling spheres.
Lee Magnusson (leem@alum.rpi.edu) has a B.S. in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His interests include electromechanical modeling and design. Lee currently works in the MIT Biomechatronics Lab (http://biomech.media.mit.edu), where he designs the latest in active powered prosthetics.
PROJECT FILES
To download the code and additional files, go to ftp://ftp.circuitcellar.com/
pub/Circuit_Cellar/2007/200.
RESOURCE
Freescale Semiconductor,“MPX5100A Datasheet,” 2005, www.freescale.com
/files/sensors/doc/data_sheet/MPX5100.pdf.
SOURCES
ACS706 Linear current sensor
Allegro Microsystems, Inc.
www.allegromicro.com
MPX5100A Absolute pressure sensor
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
www.freescale.com
IR2184 and IRL3103 Half-bridges
International Rectifier
www.irf.com
H8/3664 Microcontroller
Renesas Technology Corp.
www.renesas.com
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