Muscle SpikerShield
V2.11
Instructions
Prepare yourself. In 2-4 hours,
you will have built your own Arduino
-
compatible Muscle SpikerShield which
you can use to control electronics,
robots, and programs with your Muscle
activity.
Materials Needed:
1.
DIY Muscle SpikerShield Bag of Parts
2.
Soldering Iron
3.
Solder
4.
Magnifying Glass to read labels on Chips and Capacitors
5.
Silly Putty to hold components in place on board while yo
u
solder on
the
back
of the board
6.
Wire Strippers and Wire Clippers
to trim leads
A Soldering Iron can be purchased at RadioShack or any
local
hardware store. The Magnifying Glass and Silly Putty
are
available at drug stores.
Muscle SpikerShield Circuit Construction (refer to photograph on page 4 while building):
Resistors & Capacitors
1. Install Diode at position marked D1(
note--
the black mark needs to be on the left side, aligns with white
mark on the board)
2. Install four blue 10uF Capacitors at C1, C2, C10, and C100 (blue ones – "106" label on them)
3. Install one
yellow 0.47uF Capacitor at C7 ("4742" label)
4. Install one yellow 560pF Capacitor at C8 ("561" label)
For resistors, bending the leads so that they make a U with the thick part on one side. This leg of the U is
inserted in the hole that has the circle around it on the board. The stripes of color indicate the resistor and
are noted in the steps.
5. Install two 1kΩ Resistors at R7 and R70 (brown-black-red)
6. Install one 390Ω Resistor at R5 (orange-white-brown)
7. Install one 33kΩ Resistor at R6 (orange-orange-orange)
8. Install four 10kΩ Resistors at R1, R2, R9, and R10 (brown-black-orange)
9. Install one 270kΩ Resistor at R8 (red-purple-yellow)
10. Install two 47kΩ Resistors at R14 and R15 (yellow-purple-orange)
11. Install one 100kΩ Resistor at R13 (brown-black-yellow)
12. Install one 20kΩ Resistor at R16 (red-black-orange)
Larger Components
13. Install 3.5mm orange connector in the bottom right position marked INPUT
14. Install 3.5mm blue connector top right position marked OUTPUT
15. Install LED (Light Emitting Diode, green) on the top left of the board marked LED
16. Install the black switch under the diode, marked ENV-RAW
17. Install the two chip holders under the switch, in the center of the bottom of the board. Align the half
circle on the side of the chip holder with the half circle on the board.
18. Install potentiometer/trim pot where it is marked "Trim Pot" on the top left corner of the board
19. Install the two 6-pin headers on in the positions next to "Analog Select" on the bottom left of the
board. Place the jumper on the topmost pair of headers as a default. (refers to Analog In 0 on Arduino) You
can move the jumper to other pins if you want to change which Analog In you want the muscle signal to
feed through.
20. Install Relay above the orange connector
21. Install Relay header where it says RELAY
22. Install programmable buttons in positions S1 (white) and S2 (red)
