Rover 5 Project: Part 1

Yesterday I opened my Rover 5 robot chassis and started working on it. I am following instructions I found on the Arduino forums. You can find the instructions I'm going to follow at http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php?topic=82618.0.

In the picture below is my Rover 5 robot chassis, an Arduino (right) and the Motor Driver Board for the Rover 5 (left). The Rover 5 is just the frame for the robot. It has 4 motors and 4 encoders. On the right is an Arduino. This chip acts like the brain for the robot. It can be connected to the computer and programmed. Over on the other side of the chassis is the Motor Driver Board. Since the chassis consists of just the frame and motor, the MDB is responsible for coordinating the movement of the motors when given the command from the Arduino.

You start by connecting the Arduino to the MDB with breadboard jumper cables. Follow the diagram (from the website above) below that shows you how to attach the Arduino to the MDB.

The brown shows you what to attach to those spots

 This is what mine looks like:

This is as far as I got yesterday. I am going to continue on the robot today and post on my progress tomorrow. See Ya!