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	Project Book & Muscle Wire Kit Ref: 180-750 Everything you need to successfully design build and operate devices with Muscle Wires. Study their uses in heat engines industrial medical and aerospace applications electronic and mechanical devices robotics virtual reality systems and more. Gives the essential Do's and Don'ts of designing constructing and powering Muscle Wire devices. Create dozens of devices from simple levers to multi-action robots. Get detailed instructions for fifteen hands-on projects including Boris the six legged motorized walking machine. Includes one metre each of Muscle Wire 100um Ø and 150um Ø with crimps and instructions to build all the projects in the book. FLEXINOL SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY - Muscle wires are thin strands of a nickel - titanium alloy called flexinol - a type of Shape Memory Alloy. At room temperatures Muscle Wires are easily stretched by a small force. However when heated by an electric current they try to return to the 'unstretched' size contracting with a usable amount of force. By taking advantage of this it is possible to devise an exciting new way of powering mechanisms. An ideal material for light-weight actuators and power switches and requiring low voltages can be used in conjunction with control boxes. £32.50(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	SumoBot Serial to USB converte Ref: 180-068 Serial to USB converter cable. £15.00(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	SumoBot Robot Serial Ref: 180-069 A stamp 2 based competition ready robot designed within the Northwest Robot Mini-Sumo Tournament rules. The robot will locate and knock its opponent right out of the ring while detecting the outside cicrcle should an escape move be necessary. The robot fits within a 10cmx10cm square and weighs less than 500 grams. Comes with a serial port. The electronics consist of a surface-mounted BASIC Stamp 2 module, infrared sensors detect your opponent and the edge of the sumo ring. The hardware package includes the black anodized aluminium chassis and scoop, servo motors, wheels, 4AA power pack (batteries not included) mounting standoffs and screws. The included documentation takes you from basic moves to one-on-one combat! £139.00(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	Boe-Bot Robot Serial Ref: 180-077 Boe-Bot Robot with a serial connection. The Boe-Bot robot is built on a high-quality brushed aluminium chassis that provides a sturdy platform for the servo motors and printed circuit board. Mounting holes and slots may be used to add custom robotic equipment. The rear wheel is a drilled polyethylene ball held in place with a cotter pin. Wheels are machined to fit precisely on the servo spline and held in place with a small screw. The Boe-Bot robot's flexibility stems from the fact that it's a rolling Board of Education carrier board (circuit board the robot is built on). All I/O projects are built on the breadboard. The Board of Education programming board may be removed to be used as your platform for the Stamps in Class curriculum. The robot may be programmed to follow a line, solve a maze, follow a light or communicate with another robot by following the instruction of the Robotics text provided. Specifications: Power supply: 4 x AA's for Basic stamp microcontroller and motor control (not included). Required assembly tools: Angled cutters, small Phillips screwdriver, and 1/4" wrench (not included). I/O components: LED's, speaker, pushbutton, photoresistors, resistors, and capacitors, infrared LEDs and receivers. Use of Basic Stamp I/O pins: Components are placed on the breadboard and may be moved around. Flexible use of I/O pins. Object detection: Infrared object detection, object detection with whiskers. Contents: Basic Stamp 2 module, Boe-Bot robot kit (chassis, wheels, servos, whiskers etc.), software, serial cable, and Robotics text with projects. (4 x AA batteries are required but not included. Cat No. 250-436) £159.00(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	Boe-Bot Robot USB Ref: 180-076 Boe-Bot Robot with a serial connection. The Boe-Bot robot is built on a high-quality brushed aluminium chassis that provides a sturdy platform for the servo motors and printed circuit board. Mounting holes and slots may be used to add custom robotic equipment. The rear wheel is a drilled polyethylene ball held in place with a cotter pin. Wheels are machined to fit precisely on the servo spline and held in place with a small screw. The Boe-Bot robot's flexibility stems from the fact that it's a rolling Board of Education carrier board (circuit board the robot is built on). All I/O projects are built on the breadboard. The Board of Education programming board may be removed to be used as your platform for the Stamps in Class curriculum. The robot may be programmed to follow a line, solve a maze, follow a light or communicate with another robot by following the instruction of the Robotics text provided. Specifications: Power supply: 4 x AA's for Basic stamp microcontroller and motor control (not included). Required assembly tools: Angled cutters, small Phillips screwdriver, and 1/4" wrench (not included). I/O components: LED's, speaker, pushbutton, photoresistors, resistors, and capacitors, infrared LEDs and receivers. Use of Basic Stamp I/O pins: Components are placed on the breadboard and may be moved around. Flexible use of I/O pins. Object detection: Infrared object detection, object detection with whiskers. Contents: Basic Stamp 2 module, Boe-Bot robot kit (chassis, wheels, servos, whiskers etc.), software, serial cable, and Robotics text with projects. (4 x AA batteries are required but not included. Cat No. 250-436) £159.00(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	Muscle Wire 100um dia x 1m Ref: 180-751 Muscle Wire 100um Ø x 1m. FLEXINOL SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY - Muscle wires are thin strands of a nickel - titanium alloy called flexinol - a type of Shape Memory Alloy. At room temperatures Muscle Wires are easily stretched by a small force. However when heated by an electric current they try to return to the 'unstretched' size contracting with a usable amount of force. By taking advantage of this it is possible to devise an exciting new way of powering mechanisms. An ideal material for light-weight actuators and power switches and requiring low voltages can be used in conjunction with control boxes. £7.50(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	Muscle Wire 150um dia x 1m Ref: 180-752 Muscle Wire 150um Ø x 1m. FLEXINOL SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY - Muscle wires are thin strands of a nickel - titanium alloy called flexinol - a type of Shape Memory Alloy. At room temperatures Muscle Wires are easily stretched by a small force. However when heated by an electric current they try to return to the 'unstretched' size contracting with a usable amount of force. By taking advantage of this it is possible to devise an exciting new way of powering mechanisms. An ideal material for light-weight actuators and power switches and requiring low voltages can be used in conjunction with control boxes. £7.50(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	Serial Lead 9 Pin Ref: 180-756 9-way serial cable for Robotic Arm Kit. £3.02(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	Serial Servo Controller Ref: 180-760 Controls up to 8 servos per board. Control from either 9 pin serial socket or optional onboard programmable IC. Ready assembled and tested. 6-12v DC input at up to 1 Amp (all servos working hard). Serial input 2400 or 9600 baud. Selectable resolution: 0.36/0.72°. Selectable rotation: 0-90 or 0-180°. Simple 3-byte command string required eg 255'' 3'' 127'' would move servo 3 to position 127 (mid-way) and hold it there until an update is received. Drive from PC/MAC- anything that can send a 3-byte RS232 string. Windows driver (3.1 and '95) software available £28.50(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	Servo S03 Ref: 180-762 Standard servos are easy to use give precise control and lots of torque. Running from 4.8 to 6v DC they are controlled by a single pulse every 50 times per second as provided by the above serial controller. They give a full 90° rotation with excellent repeatability and accuracy. £10.00(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	Sound Card Board Ref: 180-765 Record and Play-back up to 8 separate passages of text or music. Ideal for exhibitions interactive displays robotic projects operator instructions and warnings. The sound card is ready assembled and tested with a PIC controller. It can record up to 8 separate passages of text or music with an onboard electret microphone (maximum total record time of 90 seconds). To play-back simply connect a series of push buttons to the supplied pin header- each message is played when the corresponding button is pressed. Once replayed the card powers down until the next message is selected. The card is supplied with a pre-programmed PIC chip. The program for the PIC chip is included on diskette and a listing supplied. The size is approx 85 x 55mm. There is a volume control preset. Total recording time 90 seconds. 250mW audio amplifier into 8 Ohm speaker (4 8 or 16 Ohm speakers OK). 6-12v DC operation (i.e. PP3 battery). Low standby current consumption <5mA. £36.00(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)


	Bipolar Stepper Driver Set Ref: 180-771 Serially controlled bipolar stepper motor driver and motor combination. Set motor speed and steps with simple syntax. Limit switch inputs may be polled or ignored for start-up calibration. Up to 4 separate board addresses for daisey-chaining. Stepper is 200 step/rev and requires 12-15V @ 0.5A. £49.00(Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)

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