Parts
Base
- Arduino Pro Mini 3.3
- Battery, 3.3V - 12V
The Pro Mini should have pins A4 and A5 on the top.
The Pro Mini should have a splitter on VCC, or a "long pin" on VCC.
The Pro Mini can optionally have a "long pin" on GND for ease of connection.
If you have two "long pins" it tidies up the assembly since the Nunchuck can be wired from the top and the nRF24L01+ can be wired from the bottom.
Nunchuck
- Nunchuck
- Nunchuck Adapter with header pins
- 4 wire F-F cable
Radio
- nRF24L01+
- 100nF ceramic capacitor
- 7 wire F-F cable
(tentative) solder the capacitor across GND and 3.3V on the nRF board.
Software Setup
You can start by testing your Nunchuck and Radio as described (here and here, coming).
- Edit the sketch (name)
- Modify the radio channel assignment. If you are in the robotics class, your robot kit has a number. Use use channel 3*RobotNumber (e.g. robot 1 = channel 3, robot 2 = channel 6, etc).
- Upload this sketch AND DISCONNECT YOUR FTDI CABLE.
Connections
Attach the Nunchuck to the Pro Mini using the 4 wire cable and Nunchuck Adapter. (details here)
- "+" : VCC
- "-" : GND
- "d" : A4 (top, farthest from header)
- "c" : A5 (top, closest to header)
- 1 : GND
- 2 : VCC
- 3 : pin 9
- 4 : pin 10
- 5 : pin 13
- 6 : pin 11
- 7 : pin 12
- 8 : UNUSED
- "+" : RAW
- "-" : GND
One the power is attached, your unit should be operational. (test program tba)
blogodex = {"toc" : ["ArrBot", "ArrBot Syllabus"], "idx" : ["nRF24L01+", "Nunchuck"]};
