Pololu Chassis Kit for TI-RSLK MAX at MG Super Labs India
Product Code: Pololu #3670
This kit consists of the following products, most of which are also available for purchase separately as replacements:
Black Romi Chassis Kit (but with red wheels instead of white)
2× Gearmotor and Encoder Assembly for Romi/TI-RSLK MAX
Pololu 400-Point Breadboard with Mounting Holes and four 1″-long #2-56 M-F aluminum standoffs (with screws and nuts for mounting)
Note: This kit does not include a TI MSP432P401R LaunchPad, which is required to complete the TI-RSLK MAX robot. The LaunchPad must be specially assembled with a 2×19 stackable female header and a 1×2 female header so that it can plug into the Chassis Board, and the LauchPad’s 5V jumper must be removed prior to use with TI-RSLK MAX in order to avoid shorting different power rails and potentially damaging the Chassis Board. A properly assembled LaunchPad is included with the complete TI-RSLK MAX kit from Texas Instruments.
Click on the picture below for step-by-step assembly instructions:
We also have a short assembly video:
Robot Arm Kit for Romi for adding object manipulation capabilities to the TI-RSLK MAX robot (note: the optional front ball caster listed below is highly recommended when adding the Robot Arm)
Romi Chassis Ball Caster Kit for use with the Romi front ball caster option
Sharp Distance Sensor Kit for Romi/TI-RSLK MAX for adding obstacle detection and ranging
Romi Chassis parts in other colors for customizing the look of your TI-RSLK MAX robot
Rechargeable NiMH AA batteries (the Romi chassis requires six AA batteries)
Pinout diagram of the TI-RSLK Chassis Board
This diagram is also available as a downloadable pdf (475k pdf).
The TI-RSLK Chassis Board v1.0 for TI-RSLK MAX is generally intended to be powered by six AA batteries, either alkaline or rechargeable, but the board can handle input voltages up to 10.8 V. The minimum input voltage is subject to the dropout voltage characteristics of the on-board 5 V switching regulator, which depend on the load on the 5V rail as shown in the dropout voltage graph below. With no additional load on the 5V rail, the minimum input needed to get 5 V out is about 5.2 V. This increases approximately linearly to around 5.8 V with 7 A of load.
Note that none of the features of the TI-RSLK MAX actually need the 5V rail to be at 5 V, so if nothing else sensitive is connected to that rail, the input voltage to the chassis board can drop as low as 4.5 V before the board stops functioning.
The TI-RSLK Chassis Board includes battery terminal connections that provide access to power from the chassis’s six-AA battery compartment. We recommend using rechargeable AA NiMH cells, which results in a nominal voltage of 7.2 V (1.2 V per cell). You can also use alkaline cells, which would nominally give you 9 V.
TI-RSLK Chassis Board uses the patented latching circuit from the Pololu pushbutton power switch, which provides a solid-state power switch for your robot controlled with the on-board pushbutton. By default, this pushbutton can be used to toggle power: one push turns on power and another turns it off. Alternatively, a separate pushbutton can be connected to the A and B pins and used instead. Multiple pushbuttons can be wired in parallel for multiple control points, and each of the parallel pushbuttons, including the one on the board itself, will be able to turn the switch on or off. The latching circuit performs some button debouncing, but pushbuttons with excessive bouncing (several ms) might not function well with it.
Alternatively, to disable the pushbutton, you can cut the button jumper labeled Btn Jmp; this transfers control of the board’s power to the on-board slide switch instead. A separate slide or toggle switch can be connected to the SW pin and used instead.
SW With pushbutton operation disabled (button jumper cut), this pin controls the state of the switch circuit: driving it low turns the switch on, while letting it float turns the switch off. Connect through slide or toggle switch to ground for on/off operation. Leave this pin disconnected or floating for proper pushbutton operation. We recommend only ever driving this pin low or leaving it floating; this pin should never be driven high while the slide switch is in the “On” position.
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Pololu Chassis Kit for TI-RSLK MAX at MG Super Labs India
Product Code: Pololu #3670
This kit consists of the following products, most of which are also available for purchase separately as replacements:
Black Romi Chassis Kit (but with red wheels instead of white)
2× Gearmotor and Encoder Assembly for Romi/TI-RSLK MAX
Pololu 400-Point Breadboard with Mounting Holes and four 1″-long #2-56 M-F aluminum standoffs (with screws and nuts for mounting)
Note: This kit does not include a TI MSP432P401R LaunchPad, which is required to complete the TI-RSLK MAX robot. The LaunchPad must be specially assembled with a 2×19 stackable female header and a 1×2 female header so that it can plug into the Chassis Board, and the LauchPad’s 5V jumper must be removed prior to use with TI-RSLK MAX in order to avoid shorting different power rails and potentially damaging the Chassis Board. A properly assembled LaunchPad is included with the complete TI-RSLK MAX kit from Texas Instruments.
Click on the picture below for step-by-step assembly instructions:
We also have a short assembly video:
Robot Arm Kit for Romi for adding object manipulation capabilities to the TI-RSLK MAX robot (note: the optional front ball caster listed below is highly recommended when adding the Robot Arm)
Romi Chassis Ball Caster Kit for use with the Romi front ball caster option
Sharp Distance Sensor Kit for Romi/TI-RSLK MAX for adding obstacle detection and ranging
Romi Chassis parts in other colors for customizing the look of your TI-RSLK MAX robot
Rechargeable NiMH AA batteries (the Romi chassis requires six AA batteries)
Pinout diagram of the TI-RSLK Chassis Board
This diagram is also available as a downloadable pdf (475k pdf).
The TI-RSLK Chassis Board v1.0 for TI-RSLK MAX is generally intended to be powered by six AA batteries, either alkaline or rechargeable, but the board can handle input voltages up to 10.8 V. The minimum input voltage is subject to the dropout voltage characteristics of the on-board 5 V switching regulator, which depend on the load on the 5V rail as shown in the dropout voltage graph below. With no additional load on the 5V rail, the minimum input needed to get 5 V out 
is about 5.2 V. This increases approximately linearly to around 5.8 V with 7 A of load.
Note that none of the features of the TI-RSLK MAX actually need the 5V rail to be at 5 V, so if nothing else sensitive is connected to that rail, the input voltage to the chassis board can drop as low as 4.5 V before the board stops functioning.
The TI-RSLK Chassis Board includes battery terminal connections that provide access to power from the chassis’s six-AA battery compartment. We recommend using rechargeable AA NiMH cells, which results in a nominal voltage of 7.2 V (1.2 V per cell). You can also use alkaline cells, which would nominally give you 9 V.
TI-RSLK Chassis Board uses the patented latching circuit from the Pololu pushbutton power switch, which provides a solid-state power switch for your robot controlled with the on-board pushbutton. By default, this pushbutton can be used to toggle power: one push turns on power and another turns it off. Alternatively, a separate pushbutton can be connected to the A and B pins and used instead. Multiple pushbuttons can be wired in parallel for multiple control points, and each of the parallel pushbuttons, including the one on the board itself, will be able to turn the switch on or off. The latching circuit performs some button debouncing, but pushbuttons with excessive bouncing (several ms) might not function well with it.
Alternatively, to disable the pushbutton, you can cut the button jumper labeled Btn Jmp; this transfers control of the board’s power to the on-board slide switch instead. A separate slide or toggle switch can be connected to the SW pin and used instead.
SW With pushbutton operation disabled (button jumper cut), this pin controls the state of the switch circuit: driving it low turns the switch on, while letting it float turns the switch off. Connect through slide or toggle switch to ground for on/off operation. Leave this pin disconnected or floating for proper pushbutton operation. We recommend only ever driving this pin low or leaving it floating; this pin should never be driven high while the slide switch is in the “On” position.
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