Buggy Build Update

Now that the chassis for the buggy is complete we started to mount the breadboard and circuitary.


The breadboard is the largest component, so we have decided to mount it along the top of the chassis in between the two wheels.

The PICAXE project board is mounted above the breadboard to avoid a short circuit. This also improves the aesthetics of the design as it now ressembles a RC Buggy.

The motors are mounted onto the bottom of the chassis in order to keep maximum space available across the top for the breadboard.

The battery back is mounted off the back of the PICAXE project board. The reason for this is so that the wheels have increased traction because of the load being directly over the wheels.

The LED's and LDR's are connected to the front end of the breadboard, in order to keep the circuitary neat. This also means the length of the wires used to connect each component can be shorter.
The sensing system being a fair distance from the motors improves the performence of the buggy. This is because the motors need to turn less when correcting itself whilst following the line. The motor turning less, decreases the angle of correction and would therefore increase the line following speed and accuracy of the buggy.