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Ambient Light
IR Light PDA Robotics 105
105
Laser Light 106
Operation 106
6 Building PDA Robot 107
Creating the Circuit Board 107
Positive Photofabrication Process Instructions 108
Parts Lists 115
Placing and Soldering the Main Board Components 117
Placing and Soldering the Motor Controller Components 120
The Infrared Transceiver 122
The Power Connectors 123
The Battery Packs 123
The IR Range Finder 124
Cutting the Aluminum Pieces and Drilling the Holes 125
Assembling the Geared Motors 127
The Ribbon Connectors 130
The Camera (Accessory) Mount 134
7 Programming the PIC16F876 Microcontroller 137
Software Installation 138
Hardware Installation 139
General Operation 140
EPIC for DOS 141
EPIC for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP 142
EPICWin Controls 144
The PICmicro MCU Compiler 145
The Command Line Compiler 146
The Source Code 147
Program the PIC16F876 153
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