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Page 3: ...Part I Servo Calibration 1 Take a servo 2 Pick a servo horn Place it to output spline of the servo Turn the servo horn anti clockwise until it gets stuck 3 Take out the horn and place it to output sp...

Page 4: ...n wire to GND on Einsboard red to 5V and orange to digital pin 10 Download Code for Servo Calibration from http www elabpeers com ebot arm html and upload it to Einsboard Refer to Part VI Einsboard if...

Page 5: ...ers com Page 5 Part II Assembly A Base Please read through the instruction before start 1 Tear off the paper layer on all acrylic parts 2 Prepare a base 3 x 30mm metal standoff and 3 x M3 truss head 5...

Page 6: ...m Page 6 3 Fix the metal standoff with the screws as follow 4 Take the round part as follow and fix a servo to it with 2 small truss head screws and nuts 5 Take 3 x M3 pan head 8mm screws and fix the...

Page 7: ...Page 7 6 Fix another round part with 2 x M3 pan head 12mm screws and nuts as follow 7 Take a round part 4 small screws with sharp point and a plastic servo horn Fix the horn to the round part as foll...

Page 8: ...www eLabpeers com Page 8 9 Fix this round part with a 7mm pan head screw to the servo on the base as follow...

Page 9: ...servo to it with 2 small truss head screws and nuts 2 Take the part as follow and fix a servo to it with 2 small truss head screws and nuts 3 Take the part as follow Pick 2 metal standoff with screw p...

Page 10: ...ts a M3 truss head 15mm screw and seal nut as follow Please note that the holes circled below should be in round shape Fix these parts together with the following order Do not fix the nut too tight or...

Page 11: ...igzag shape Fix the part to the servo Note the direction 8 For A take the parts as follow Please note that the hole circled below should be in zigzag shape Fix the part to the servo Note the direction...

Page 12: ...m should be in the same direction 11 Take 2 x M3 truss head 6mm screws Fix it with A together as follow 12 Put another part between the circled holes shown and fix it with M3 truss head 15mm screw and...

Page 13: ...oo tight or too loose Make sure the part can be moved freely Note the position 15 Move the parts so that two circled holes are align Place an acrylic ring between two holes Fix them with M3 truss head...

Page 14: ...fix the nut too tight or too loose Make sure the part can be moved freely Note the position 18 Fix triangle part with 2 x M3 truss head 10mm screws and seal nuts as follow They should be fixed in the...

Page 15: ...head 6mm screw to metal standoff as follow Note the position 20 Fix the part to the circled hole with M3 truss head 10mm screw and seal nut as follow They should be fixed in the correct order Do not f...

Page 16: ...4 small metal standoff and 4 small 5mm pan head screws Fix the metals standoff to the part as follow 3 Fix the parts with M3 truss head 10mm screw and seal nut as follow They should be fixed in the c...

Page 17: ...small 5mm pan head screws as follow 5 Take another part of claw and small truss head screw Fix the claw to the servo as follow 6 Lock the claw with two triangle parts Put 11mm metal standoff between t...

Page 18: ...view 8 You may also choose to lock the claw with inverse position 9 Put 2 x 11mm metal standoff between two triangle parts Hold them with 2 x M3 pan head 25mm screws Do not fix with seal nuts at this...

Page 19: ...www eLabpeers com Page 19 10 Another view 11 Fix the claw to the arm with seal nuts Do not fix the nut too tight or too loose Make sure the parts can be moved freely...

Page 20: ...peers com Page 20 D Combine 1 Place the arm to the base as follow 2 Take the parts shown below These part can lock the arm to the base 3 Place one part to the gap between the base and the joints under...

Page 21: ...other part to the gap between the base and the joints under the arm 5 Take 4 x M3 pan head 12mm screws and nuts Fix the parts to the base as follow 6 Take 4 x M3 pan head 5mm screws and nut Fix them t...

Page 22: ...www eLabpeers com Page 22 7 Take 4 rubber stand Put them to four corners of the base 8 Assembly of eBOT ARM is finished...

Page 23: ...Controller 1 Take 4 5mm metal standoff and M3 pan head x 5mm screws Fix them to 8 Servo Controller 2 Take 4 M3 pan head x 5mm screws Fix 8 Servo Controller to the base as follow 3 Take extension wire...

Page 24: ...rvo on the right to S3 and servo on the claw to S4 Make sure brown black wire red orange white S 5 Take power switch with JST connector Connect black and red wire VS black and red to VSS Connect Li Po...

Page 25: ...3 Driver ON ON x 4 Normal Test control edit and download action groups with the Software You can also control eBOT ARM with Bluetooth Module and Einsboard or other Arduino compatible boards Knob Contr...

Page 26: ...u can do testing with the software of 8 Servo Controller 8 The computer detects a new hardware You may encounter a problem after connecting 8 Servo Controller to your computer like this 9 Download the...

Page 27: ...this interface 12 Select language in the second option on top left corner Then select the correct COM port and baud rate default baud rate is 9600 After that click Open 13 There is a bar from S1 to S...

Page 28: ...agging them 15 Test each servo by dragging the slider The left number is the relative position of each servo ranged 100 100 The right number is the absolute position of each servo ranged 500 PMW 0 deg...

Page 29: ...d Reset Reset all servos to 1500 90 degree Enable Run the action group which was saved to the board Cancel Cancel running the action group which were saved to the board Group Run Run action groups whi...

Page 30: ...30 Add Add one action Delete Delete one action Insert Insert one action Clear Clear all actions Update Modify and replace the previous action 17 You can also save your layout actions group and offset...

Page 31: ...ob Controller 1 Take Knob Controller and Dupont wire female to female Connect Knob Controller to 8 Servo Controller as follow 2 Take 3 M3 pan head x 5mm screws Fix Knob Controller to the base 3 Fix Kn...

Page 32: ...Servo Controller is in Knob Mode Switch 1 is ON and Switch 2 is OFF 6 Connect Li Po battery not included in the set 7 4V 25c with JST connector recommended to 8 Servo Controller Now you can do testing...

Page 33: ...Page 33 Part V Bluetooth 1 Take Bluetooth module and Dupont wires male to female 2 Connect Bluetooth Module to 8 Servo Controller GND VCC TXD R RXD T Make sure 8 Servo Controller is in Normal Mode all...

Page 34: ...with JST connector recommended to 8 Servo Controller 4 Find a computer that supports Bluetooth for controlling Please make sure it has Bluetooth hardware and it works properly Here we use Windows as a...

Page 35: ...www eLabpeers com Page 35 6 It will search devices nearby automatically When it shows a new device click on it 7 Enter the password of it The password of this Bluetooth Module is either 0000 or 1234...

Page 36: ...www eLabpeers com Page 36 8 Then wait for a while 9 The new device appears in the window after installation Click on this device...

Page 37: ...www eLabpeers com Page 37 10 Select the tab Services Here you can check the COM port of this device This one is COM6 11 Switch to another tab Hardware Select the COM port and press Properties...

Page 38: ...lick the tab Port Settings and remember the setting Bits per second is the baud rate of this device We can close this window then 13 Now you can open the Software of 8 Servo Controller select the corr...

Page 39: ...Part VI Einsboard 1 Take Einsboard and Dupont wires male to male not included in this set 2 Connect Einsboard to 8 Servo Controller GND VCC Pin 1 R Pin 0 T Make sure 8 Servo Controller is in Normal M...

Page 40: ...Servo Controller Arduino Integrated Development Environment IDE is a software which allows users to write and edit the code It verifies the code compiles the code to the form that Arduino board can re...

Page 41: ...does not require any installation all you need to do is unzip the file to a place where you feel convenient and open arduino exe Here we use Windows Installer as an example Select Windows Installer t...

Page 42: ...www eLabpeers com Page 42 Choose Next You can install it in different folder that you feel convenient Here we use the default path and click Install...

Page 43: ...www eLabpeers com Page 43 It starts installing Arduino IDE A window will pop up asking for installing the driver Select Install Wait for a while and finish Choose Close An icon is created on desktop...

Page 44: ...o the computer with a USB cable At the first time of connecting Einsboard a notice will appear at the bottom right corner of the screen Click on it and you will see the status When the installation fi...

Page 45: ...ww eLabpeers com Page 45 You may encounter a problem after connecting Einsboard to your computer like this Click Control Panel and select Device Manager And it show a status in Device Manager as follo...

Page 46: ...age 46 That means your computer does not have FTDI VCP driver and this can be solved easily Go to http www ftdichip com Drivers VCP htm select the correct operating system and download the driver Afte...

Page 47: ...www eLabpeers com Page 47 Select Extract Choose Next...

Page 48: ...www eLabpeers com Page 48 Accept the agreement and click Next Finish the installation...

Page 49: ...www eLabpeers com Page 49 Connect Einsboard to the computer again and a new port appears in Device Manager You have installed it successfully Close the window and select Arduino icon on desktop...

Page 50: ...and edited in this screen The functions on the toolbar are as follow Verify Check the code if there is any mistake Upload Compile the code and transmit it to the Arduino board The code will be checked...

Page 51: ...tch Save Save a sketch Serial Monitor Open an interface and communicate with Arduino board via USB During the first time using Arduino IDE check the setting and make sure all options are selected corr...

Page 52: ...Select the COM port that was shown after installing the driver If you have forgot the COM port you may also check it in Control Panel Click Control Panel and select Device Manager Extend the device P...

Page 53: ...rom our website http www elabpeers com ebot arm html Open the code and upload to Einboard You can control eBOT ARM by changing different parameter Open Serial Monitor Select Autoscroll Newline and 960...

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