But all of my previous robotic projects have been plagued by communications hassles. Over the years I have built lots of run-around-the-floor robots with varying degrees of autonomy. Modular hardware to support larger platforms.Pi compatible power supply with pushbutton ON/OFF.Software differential motive power and steering.Supports DC motors and brushless motors.Raspberry Pi for higher level processing.

Wi-Fi connected command and supervisory control.Tasha Yar, Star trek… and YACC Yet Another Compiler Compiler) is intended as a modular hardware and software development platform for robotics projects. I haven’t had time to check, but perhaps a better solution, or even a better idea lies inside.I would like to introduce YAAR – Yet Another Arduino Robot. With this finishing touch, the Arduino Mega Blank Shield would be bitchin’.Įpilogue: After composing this I saw that I have an Arduino library installed in Eagle. It’s confusing to route signals correctly, as the connector pin numbers are distracting. Ardi32 requested at the end of his post:” If you have better files, post them in this thread.” Before I do that, I’d like to mod the library parts so the pin identifiers match the Arduino pin names. However it was nice to use his work as a starting point.

I surmise that the original poster (ardui32) had an idea and a motivation to share his work before he had an opportunity to test his work. 5) On the layout view, add off-board pin identifiers. 5) Move ground plane to bottom side on PCB. 4) Place connector names in the to the silk screen layer. 3) Orient connectors appropriately and get all objects back onto the 0.10” grid.

2) Move connectors in the schematic view to the edges. My contribution so far: 1) remove useless wiring. 4) Although my circuit wasn’t all that complex, Eagle couldn’t route all of the signals on a two layer PCB. 3) Some of the Mega wiring not necessary for a shield design was still intact. 2) On the schematic, the grid didn’t match the parts placement so wires would not connect to devices. I just reacted to circumstances and lo-and-behold, several hours later I was done.Īlong the way, my observations regarding the blank shield were as follows: 1) it was created from the Arduino Mega Schematic & Reference Design available on the Arduino web site. This was a nice experience, the project was not planned, I started this on the fly. Through the beauty of open source hardware, I was able to start my project by downloading the blank shield, CAD files for listed on the Arduino Forum.

Today I created a custom shield for an Arduino Mega project.

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