Pitbot Battery & Sensor Setup

Preparing The infrastructure for running Arduino code — LEGO Episode #28

Hi, Here we will see some pre-code arrangement to the final Pitbot code. Using Imax B6 will be our focus. Welcome!

Fig 1. Imax B6 Professional Rapid Lipro Balance Charger/discharger

The first thing is the care of the batteries. For the two bats that I’ll use in Pitbot:

Warning:
Don’t overuse your LiPo battery until less than 11.1V or LiIo battery less than 7.4v (see tech notes below:)

Fig 2. 11.1v Bat

Fig 3. 7.4v bat

Fig 4. How to charge LiPo batteries

Fig 5. How to charge LiIo batteries

Now another source of the problem is the number of the pins that the MOSTER MOTOR SHIELD will use in Arduino board:

Fig 6. Arduino’s analogs pin A0, A1, A2, A4, and digitals: 4,5,6,7,8,9 will be occupied by this Sparkfun board:/ ]

So for our future implementation, we will haven’t count on these pins already used by Monster Shield.

As for the sensor in the front of the Pitbot, I will reformat it, and put another ultra-sound sensor.

Fig 7. Whops! Let’s reformulate this P1 front wing! We’ll need another HC-SR04 “/

Fig 8. Mon-tech MB-015–006 — F1 Front Wing — black

But this will be the work for another post…

Bye!

Credits & References

Zippy Compact 1000mAh 3S 25C Lipo Pack by https://www.amazon.com

18650–2S1P 7.4V 1500mAh by http://www.crazell.com

SparkFun Monster Moto Shield by https://www.sparkfun.com

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