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For more information on RoHs and CE please visit kitronik.co.uk/rohs-ce. Children 

assembling this product should be supervised by a competent adult. The product 

contains small parts so should be kept out of reach of children under 3 years old.

WARNING:

 Contents may inspire creativity

INSTRUCTIONS

This booklet contains build instructions. For more detailed 

resources please visit our website at www.kitronik.co.uk/5638.

- Small Phillips screwdriver

- Wire stripper

- Soldering iron and some solder

- Pliers

TOOLS REQUIRED

5638

STOCK CODE

Build your own Line Following Buggy with this simple project 

kit for the BBC micro:bit. It can be configured to follow either 

dark or light lines, or easily re-purposed for remote control 

over Bluetooth or radio. 

- 1 x BBC micro:bit

KIT REQUIRES

Summary of Contents for LINE FOLLOWING BUGGY V3

Page 1: ...LINE FOLLOWING BUGGY V3 STAY ON TRACK WITH THE V3 0 for BBC micro bit...

Page 2: ...solder one end of each wire to each motor terminal a small copper contact protruding from the end of the motor This is done by putting the exposed wire through the hole on the contact and soldering i...

Page 3: ...he two pieces with the motor terminals pointing toward the rounded corners of the buggy and the axle pointing outwards Ensure that the motor is placed on the side of the board marked TOP Push an M3 x...

Page 4: ...caster to the buggy align it as shown to the underside of the buggy and secure it using two M3 x 6mm screws and two M3 nuts 6 Attach the M3 x 20mm plastic spacers using four of the M3 x 6mm screws fro...

Page 5: ...Attach the Motor Driver Board to the top of the plastic spacers using four more M3 x 6mm screws Make sure the terminal blocks are facing the centre of the board 8...

Page 6: ...locks on the motor driver board in the following configuration Wire 1 on Motor 1 White goes into the P12 terminal Wire 2 on Motor 1 Green goes into the P8 terminal Wire 1 on Motor 2 Blue goes into the...

Page 7: ...Using two M3 x 6mm screws fix the two shorter spacers to the front of the buggy on the underside as shown below 10 Mount the line following board to the spacers using two M3 x 6mm screws 11...

Page 8: ...ires onto the pins on the Line Following Board NOTE There are five pins available but only one of the ground pins 0V is needed c Thread the wires through the central slot in the chassis d Using the wi...

Page 9: ...he switch poking through the rectangular cut out 13 Attach the red and black wires in the terminal on the Motor Driver Board labelled POWER Put the black wire in the left hand side of the terminal lab...

Page 10: ...up as a storage device Simply unzip then drag and drop the hex file you just downloaded onto the BBC micro bit The file might not show up on the BBC micro bit in the file explorer but it is there Onc...

Page 11: ...sing the on off switch on the bottom Your buggy should now be working 2 When one of the sensors on the Line Following Board passes over the line it will cause the buggy to turn back towards the line T...

Page 12: ...ld be kept out of reach of children under 3 years old WARNING Contents may inspire creativity INSTRUCTIONS This booklet contains build instructions For more detailed resources please visit our website...

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