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Thu, 16 Mar 2006
interfacing SRV-1 controller to Tamiya tracked vehicle chassis kit
The folks at Little Scientist in Toronto (www.littlescientist.net) use a lot of Tamiya robotics kits in their classes, and they asked if we could interface the SRV-1 controller to the Tamiya tracked base.
This particular kit had a plastic chassis with lots of mounting holes, so it was very easy to work with - maybe that's how they do things in Canada, as the US version has a wood base. Also, the standard Tamiya kit comes with a single gearmotor, and Little Scientist substituted the Tamiya twin-motor gearbox.
It was very easy to put it all together, just soldering the 4 motor leads to the JP1 contacts on the SRV-1 controller, raising the controller up on 2" aluminum spacers to leave room for the 7.2V battery pack, and adding a power switch on the bottom of the frame. The camera still needs a mount, but we think we've found a solution (vertical pcb card slots), and are waiting for samples.
It actually all works quite well. Here's a short Quicktime movie showing the SRV-1 controlled Tamiya tracked vehicle in action.
Quicktime Movie of SRV-1 + Tamiya - 693kbytes
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