AlphaBot 2 User Manual
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Quick start
We have provided the control programs for Arduino and Raspberry Pi, which can
implement many functions, such as tracking, obstacle avoidance, remote control,
video monitoring and so on.
You can get the example programs described in the following sections from the
website of Waveshare Wiki. To apply these examples to your application, you need
to copy the file libraries under the directory of Arduino into the folder libraries
under the installation directory of Arduino IDE. Then, restart the Ariduino IDE, and
click File-> Example to see if there is an option TRSensors. If yes, it means the
libraries are imported successfully. When using the Raspberry Pi, you should extract
the example programs and place them in the directory of /home/pi under the
operation system of Raspbian.
Arduino examples
Motor testing
Compile and download the program Run-Test. Normally, the smart robot moves
forward when the program runs and drives the motor to rotate. In case that the
direction of motion is wrong, you may need to modify the motor wring or change
the pin settings in your program. We recommend the latter one. If left wheels of the
robot run in a wrong direction, you should exchange the settings of AIN1 and AIN2.
For right wheels, exchange the settings of BIN1 and BIN2.
In the event that all the wheels run in a wrong direction, you should modify the
