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Post by Dingo on Jul 6, 2004 20:09:28 GMT 10
I started out by buying a book called "Robot building for beginners" by David Cook. The author has a website ( www.robotroom.com) The reason I think this book is better than others for people just starting is that David Cook assumes absolutely no previous experience and shows you absolutely every step to create a simple line following robot. This book really is as good as it sounds. I bought my copy from www.bookware.com.au and had it mail ordered. I also recommend these guys
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Post by Dingo on Jul 13, 2004 19:08:08 GMT 10
The book mentioned above is American based so there is some translation required when finding places to get parts.
I found Dick Smith to be useful for a lot of the general purpose stuff. * Breadboard with wires (the 860 hole WISH one) for ~$30
*The tamiya tracks are detailed in another post called "tamiya tracks"
*Soldering stand ~$12
DSE was also the cheapest local (Brisbane) supply of LDRs @ $2.60 each - better elsewhere though
I also found the best place for the transistors mentioned in the book (if you want to follow his parts list precisely) was Prime Electronics (check out the links page)
They had a lot of stuff Dick Smith didn't, namely switches, comparators etc.
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Post by cre on Feb 15, 2011 14:45:34 GMT 10
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Post by creditcard cash on Mar 8, 2011 18:38:12 GMT 10
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