Robotic Minion Arduino All-In-One board

Name: Robotic Minion Arduino All-In-One board
SKU: 383
Price: 40.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Robotic Minion Arduino Board

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Robotic Minion Arduino Board

Ardiuno Compatible with the basics built in. Get projects running in no time or learn Arduino without all the wires. What is it? This is a one board Arduino compatible with the goodies you will most …

Ardiuno Compatible with the basics built in. Get projects running in no time or learn Arduino without all the wires.

What is it?

This is a one board Arduino compatible with the goodies you will most wish you had for all your Arduino projects built right in. Input, screen and speaker are all on board for less than the cost of buying them all separately. This board is great for people who want to learn Arduino without having to dive the electrical engineering side first. It's also an ideal board for enthusiasts looking to jump start the next project.

Note: previous versions of this board came with an enclosure. This the the board and LCD only.

Tech Specs:

Built in, tested 16x2 LCD screen
Rotary Encoder with switch for input (Left, Right and Click input)
Buzzer for alerts and really tinny sounding music.
Power LED
Digital Pin 13 LED
Built in USB port
Battery friendly power regulator
Barrel connector for DC power (standard 5-12v wall adapters or 9v battery)
Enclosure
David Andrews' LCD Menu Software for Arduino for easy menus
Demo example code
9 I/O pins, 2 analog input pins, ground, +5v and reset pins with spring connectors along top.
Creative Commons CC-BY license
Package you can quickly program and add a few of your own electronics to easily make projects for your friends or yourself.
Interior 9v power port (solderable)

Wire Terminal Pinout (From outside edge to inside)

These pins are avialable and the spring clips make inserting a wire a peice of cake. Just push down on the lever and stick a wire in there. Compatible with standard jumper wires.

Reset
D13
D3 (PWM)
D1 (TX)
D0 (RX)
A7
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
+5v (regulated)
GND

Is it open source? You bet it's Open Source Hardware http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Coding FAQ:

How do I interface with the board?

The board is compatible with Arduino UNO. You will need the Arduino environment from https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software . Plug the board in with a mini-USB cable (not included) Windows will automatically download the drivers for the virtual serial port. Open the Arduino environment. Examine the serial port list. Unplug the board and note which port is now missing. Plug the board back in and pick that one. You should now be able to select the “blink” sketch and upload it to the board. If all goes well the red LED will start blinking. Congratulations, you’ve just taken your first steps into a wider world.

How do I make the LED turn on.

The LED is on pin 13, which is the standard.

pinMode(13, OUTPUT);

void loop()
{
    digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
    delay(500);
    digitalWrite(13, LOW);
    delay(500);
}

How do I play a tone on the speaker?

This code will activate the speaker. See https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/Tone for details. You can play little tunes this way if you want.

const int SPEAKER = 5;
void loop()

{
    tone(SPEAKER, 293, 512);
    delay(500);
}

How do I write to the screen?

The easiest way is with the LiquidCrystal library built into Arduino. You just need to tell it what the pins are for the LCD.

#include 
//This boards LiquidCrystal pins are as follows
const int LCDD4 = 8;
const int LCDD5 = 7;
const int LCDD6 = 6;
const int LCDD7 = 4;
const int LCDE  = 9;
const int LCDRS = 10;

LiquidCrystal(LCDRS, LCDE , LCDD4, LCDD5, LCDD6, LCDD7)

void setup()
{
lcd.begin(16,1);
lcd.print("hello, world!");
}

void loop() {}

How do I read the rotatary encoder?

The rotatary encoder has three functions you can read. Left turning, right turning and click. The easiest way to read them is using a couple of libraries. Put them in your Ardunio/Libraries folder. You can get them here: http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Code/Bounce http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_Encoder.html

const int ROTARY1 = A0;
const int ROTARY0 = 2;
const int CLICK = 12;

Encoder rotary(ROTARY0, ROTARY1);
Bounce clicker(CLICK, 5);
long rotaryPos = 0;
long rotaryOld = 0;

void loop()
{
 rotaryPos = rotary.read();
 clicker.update();

 if(clicker.fallingEdge())
 {
   //clicked
 }

 ProcessRotaryEncoder();
 }

 void ProcessRotaryEncoder()
 {
 if(abs(rotaryPos - rotaryOld)>3)
 {
   if( rotaryPos < rotaryOld )
   {
    //rotary rotated clockwise
   }
   else
   {
    //rotary rotated counter-clockwise
   }
   rotaryOld = rotaryPos;
 }
}