Equipment and Supplies for a Lab for CS 54

or

What a moderately equipped robotic lab should have.

Electronic Test Equipment

Quantity Description Cost Total
1 Oscilloscope - Tektronix TDS2002 60 MHz 2 Ch. 1.0 GS/s Digital 
Storage Oscilloscope with Color Display 
Tektronix TDS2002 Oscilloscopes - Test Equipment Depot
or Tektronix TDS2002 - Oscilloscopes -> Digital Portable Oscilloscopes
 

 

1295.00
2 Logic probe - B&K Precision - BKDP52-ND   
Digikey 
45 90
2 Digital MultiMeter - - DMM mini pro auto/manual range 
DigiKey 
B&K Precision - BK2407A-ND 2407A 
55 110

 

Lab Equipment

Quantity Description Cost Total
1 Grizzly H0839 Heavy-Duty 9 Drawer Top Chest With Ball Bearing Slides   Amazon.com   149.95
1 Locking cabinet with removable bins 
Global - 500119
 
213.95
10 Multi-Compartment Storage Boxes with Removable Dividers
Amazon.com- Storage Boxes with Removable Dividers
5.99 59.99
  vacuum cleaner    

 

Mechanical Tools

True Value carries a complete line of quality hand and power tools.

Quantity Description Cost Total
1 Delta DP115 Shopmaster 8" Bench Top Drill Press
Amazon.com-  DP115
  99.99
  Yukon Tool YT115CD 115-Piece Cobalt Drill Bit Set
Amazon.com- YT115CD
  53.99
1 Vise Standard Station (303 head/300 base) Digikey 301PV-ND  44.99
1 25-piece hex key set
Jameco 261825CX
6.95
1 4-piece adjustable wrench set
Jameco 261711CX
9.95
1 files set
Jameco 202833CX
9.49
1 25-piece screw driver set
Jameco 235070CX
15.99
1 6-piece pliers set
Jameco 218051CX
99.95
1 6-piece precision Phillips screwdriver set
Jameco 34059CX
3.59
tools from hardware store: mallet, hammer, hack saw, wood saw, multiple C-clamps, square, level, light, ruler, square, etc. 400

Electrical Tools

 

Quantity Description Cost Total
2 Weller WTCPT soldering station, 
Digi-key WTCPT-ND
136 272.00
1 Pladin solder sucker 
Digi-Key PAL1700-ND
16.99 16.99
1 Kester 21gauge 60/40 solder 
Digi-Key KE1117-ND
8.88 8.88

Electrical Supplies

Quantity Description Cost Total
1 hook up wire five spools
Digi-Key HU-KIT-40-ND
  105
1 50 Conductor multi color ribbon cable, 50 feet
Digi-Key MC50F-50-ND
  98
20 Red LEDs  Digi-Key P363-ND   3.36
20 Green LEDs  Digi-Key P364-ND   4.30
2 Test leads Micro-hooks, package of 10
Digi-Key 461-1041-ND
42.99 85.98
4 Micro Hook to Banana Test Leads
Digi-Key 461-1049-ND
7.90 31.60
1 Electrical Parts (resistors, switches, pots, capacitors, etc.)
Jameco 163213CX
  39.95
2 20 -draw cabinet
Jameco  81701CX
  31.99
1  74LS series 
Jameco 84965CX
  119.95
10 Small solderless breadboards
Jameco 20600CX
  47.30
1 Solid Hook-up wire - Red 
Jameco 36855CX
  5.49
1 Solid Hook-up wire - Black 
Jameco 36791CX
  5.49
1 Solid Hook-up wire - Green 
Jameco 36821CX
  5.49
1 Solid Hook-up wire - Yellow 
Jameco 36919CX
  5.49

Mechanical Supplies

Quantity Description Cost Total
1 standoffs 4-40
Jameco 166481CX
  6.95
1 standoffs 6-32
Jameco 166490CX
  6.95
  screws, nuts and washers from hardware store   30
  tape   15

Robot Parts

Students will build a wheeled robot based on the design of the The Handy Car and subsequent PC104-based cars. As a cheaper and technically more transparent alternative to a PC104 computer we will use a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) as a controller. The PDA will communicate with the PC using WiFi and will use its serial port to interface to a SV203B -  Servo Motor Controller and control the robot. You can see this type of design used in CMU's  PPRK- Palm Pilot Robot Kit

The cheapest PDA alternative seems to be a Dell Axim X30 running Windows. It has built in WiFi and Bluetooth support. 

Using Linux seems a more expensive option. The Sharp Zaurus SL-5600 PDA is Linux PDA. The Zaurus is currently used by ISTS. Another possibility is to try to get Linux up on a HP PDA. 

Motor Controller and Sensor Parts

Quantity Description Cost Total
 

PDA

  350.00
  SV203B -  Servo Motor Controller - uses a serial connection from 
the PDA. (or maybe a Acroname Brainstem)
  75.00
1 Novak Rooster Reversible One-Touch Speed Controller
Tower Hobby - Novak Rooster
  69.99
6 Sharp GP2D12 IR Distance Sensors - 10 to 80cm
Acroname Products- Sharp GP2D12 Detector Package
11.50 69.00
2 Sharp GP2Y0A02YK IR Sensor 20 to 150 cm
Acroname Products- Sharp GP2Y0A02YK IR Sensor
15.00 30.00
  PNA4611M00YB-ND IR receiver for infrared remote control systems
Digi-Key Corporation -- Part Search
  2.00
  wire, connectors, proto board, shift registers, etc.     

 

Mechanical  and Electrical Parts

Quantity Description Cost Total
Radio Controlled Car 
Tamiya Ford SVT F-150 Lightning Kit - 82.99

Tower Hobbies 1-18 TLT-1 Max Climber - Tamiya Max Climber - 169.99

 

169.99

Servo Motor (Futaba S3003) for steering
Futaba S3003 Servo Standard
10.99
7.2v Ni-MH Rechargeable RC Car Battery
Associated Reedy 6-Cell 3300 NiMH Stick Pack
  25.99
Plexiglas   $10
Assorted screws, nuts, standoffs, etc.

 

Single Board Computers

Gumstix

 

PDA Accessories

Data Acquisition and Control using USB or PDA

PDAs

Java Programming on the Sharp Zaurus