Instructions Circuit Diagram

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5. Starting the Robot
1. Start by assembling the mechanical and electronic modules of the
Robot Arm by reading the mounting instructions.
2. If necessary, connect the 9V mains adaptor (7- to 12 V max.).
3. Switch the robot on with the main On/Off switch.
Voltage supply
Mains adaptor
There are 2 options to power the robot. The easiest solution is to connect a
mains adaptor with an output voltage of 7-12V / 2 Amps to the DC 9V input.
This way, the voltage is connected to the INPUT of the voltage regulator.
Batteries
The second solution is to connect a battery to the battery terminal. This way,
the battery voltage is connected to the OUTPUT of the voltage regulator
and should therefore never exceed 5.5V!! If you use 4 pieces of normal
1.5V mono batteries (‘D’ cells), you should connect a diode in series (in
forward direction) to the positive wire. Even more appropriate would be 4
pieces of the large 1.2V mono D size accumulators.
If the voltage drops below
< 4.4 V, a warning is
displayed.
As soon as the Robot Arm is connected to a power supply, the servos move
slightly and the yellow LED (LED1) lights up.
So, the start was not as difcult as that and it looks as if the job is nished
now. But the real hard work does only start now.....!
DC Terminal
7 to 12 Volt
Battery terminal
5,5 Volt MAX !
WARNING!
The max. voltage that the
RobotLoader is able to
measure is 5.1 V!