Building the Juke-Bots

Build the Propeller BOE Transmitter

If you have not used an XBee module with your Propeller BOE before, see the Wireless Programming with XBee Spin tutorial.  If you try that tutorial, be sure to change your I/O pin connections for the XBee DO and DI pins to the ones shown below when you build this project.

Propeller BOE Transmitter I/O Connections

  • P3      XBee 802.15.4 Data In (DI) Pin
  • P4      XBee 802.15.4 Data Out (DO) Pin
  • P30    USB COM port Tx
  • P31    USB COM port Rx

 

Build the Propeller Juke-Bot Receiver

To build a robot with your Propeller Board of Education, follow the directions in the first three sections of this tutorial.

Add the PING))) Sensor and rotating turret, following the directions in the Mounting Bracket Kit and using the I/O pins for the sensor and servo listed below.

If you have not used your Veho speaker before, you may need to charge its battery before using it (USB charging cable included). Mount the Veho Speaker stand to the VGA connector, then open the speaker and slip it over the stand.  There should be just enough cord length to plug the speaker into the audio jack on the Propeller BOE.  The stereo jack is hard-wired to P26.

The SD card connections are hard-wired into the Propeller Board of Education, so there's no need to build circuits for that.

Propeller Boe-Bot Receiver I/O Connections

  • P3      XBee 802.15.4 Data In (DI) Pin
  • P4      XBee 802.15.4 Data Out (DO) Pin
  • P14    Propeller Boe-Bot Left Servo
  • P15    Propeller Boe-Bot Right Servo
  • P17    Ping))) Mounting Bracket Servo
  • P19    Ping))) Ultrasonic Sensor
  • P22    microSD Data Out (DO), pre-configured on PropBOE
  • P23    microSD Clock (CLK), pre-configured on PropBOE
  • P24    microSD Data In (DI), pre-configured on PropBOE
  • P25    microSD Chip Select (SC), pre-configured on PropBOE
  • P26    Veho360 speaker through PropBOE audio amplifier