CDbot Robot Addition of RFID

Overview

The design of the project integrates an RFID development board with a PIC16F877A on a low cost CDbot robot.

Explanation

The completion of the set in instructions in building the new CDbot comes with drilling of a hole in one of the CDs and pressing in the little plastic caster wheel, modifying the holder for AA battery, mounting the foam wheels to the modified servos, building a mount for the OOPic Acrylic, and fabricating a set of wires for the bumper switches. The servo mounts are used to attach the hobby servos to the plastic lids while making cut-outs for the wheels and also drilling a hole for the plastic roller wheel.

A PIC16F877A development kit contains everything required to program/debug the included PIC16F877A development board in C. the CCS C compiler is preferred for building/compiling the programs. Once the program has been compiled, an Epic plus PIV programmer will be used for programming the HEX file. The PIC Basic compiler, CH Basic compiler, or MPLAB from Microchip can also be used.

Male Crimp pins should be used so that the breadboard itself, two AAA battery holders, and a PIC16F876 circuit can be inserted.