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In addition to the goggles, there are a few other safety warnings on this.
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Beware of things connected to motor/relay coils or capacitors, these devices may still carry a charge. Old CRT TV's are especially likely to do this. You may want to consider a safe method of ensuring capacitors and inductors are discharged before you start working. The safest way is to leave it unplugged for a day or so. If you are going to work close to the capacitors, carefully use a 1M resistor held in pliers with insulated handles to discharge the capacitors across their terminals.
An alternative to chop blocks are Wago connectors, which use a snap fitting to close firmly around leads. The 221 Inline blocks are pretty good for small connections, although it would be great if there was a yet-smaller option.
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I recommend using a screwdriver (flat bladed) to flip these up/down as they can catch your finger. These Wago blocks come in different lengths for connecting multiple wires together.
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### Required Additional Tools
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* Crimping tool - you may be able to get a crimping tool with crimps.
* Crimping tool - you may be able to get a crimping tool with crimps. You may need different tools for different crimps, so check the crimps you have, and get the right tool.
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There is nothing more frustrating than having to remove your heat shrink, or tape just to re-tighten, or replace the connection.
If the break occurred because the wire was just too tight, then you really should consider adding in an extra length. Take the opportunity when adding connectors to make the wire modular and extensible.
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## Testing it
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Using the <ahref="/wiki/multimeter.html"title="MultiMeter">multimeter</a>, systematically test the pins on the DB25 making sure that none of them are shorting with any neighbours. Then testing that each pin on the DB25 links to a corresponding pin on the IDC.
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This kit allows you to build a robot using a Palm Pilot or one of its compatible derivatives. It may not work with the newest Palm Computers and [PDAs](/wiki/personal_data_assistant.html"Personal Data Assistant") as the ports are different.
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This is a university project.
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It uses [Holonomic Wheels](/wiki/holonomic_wheels.html"Holonomic Wheels") (Omni-Wheels). Use the kit with a [Palm Computer](/wiki/palm_computer.html"Palm Computer") PDA and you have a touch sensitive, gui LCD screen and controller straight off. It comes also with 3 optical sensors.
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This university project uses [Holonomic Wheels](/wiki/holonomic_wheels.html"Holonomic Wheels") (Omni-Wheels). Combine the kit with a [Palm Computer](/wiki/palm_computer.html"Palm Computer") PDA and you have a touch sensitive, gui LCD screen and controller straight off. It comes also with 3 optical sensors.
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You can buy the kit at [Acroname](https://acroname.com). They include hardware and software. The instruction to scratch build it are also available at [Its Home Page](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pprk/).
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His tracks are also a weakness - like many tracked designs, it you snap them it makes it very difficult to manoeuvre. With specs like his though - it is very hard to press on any of his weaknesses.
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For any real contender- it is a good design tactic to aim to build a robot to defeat Sir Killalot and then bring it down to size/weight constraints.
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The teams have already been allocated, and we have one group using the [Lego RCX](/wiki/rcx.html"The Lego RCX") and another using the Lego Cybermaster. There may also be a [SpyBotics](/wiki/spybotics.html"Lego Programmable robot kits") based module. This seems overkill - as a team may get the whole thing working on a single motor and battery box- which is great.
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So, I hope to see you all there - have fun, and keep it simple. Remember the modules we saw with Steve Hassenplug's team, and Philo's modules - this is what we are aiming for.
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The final score was 54 to 17.
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Anyway while this was the end of an era, this is not the end of the club, although this was the last event held in East Finchley, we will be starting a new group at our new location around August.
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