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Course: Electrical engineering > Unit 7
Lesson 5: Bit-zee Bot- Bit-zeeeeeeeeeee
- Bit-zeeeeeeeeeee (long version)
- Parts for Bit-zee and It-zee
- Tools for Bit-zee and It-zee
- Introduction
- Planning and propulsion
- Parts
- Chassis/frame
- Wheel mounts and fenders
- Component mounting holes
- Batteries/power
- Battery wires
- Power wires and on/off switch
- Motors/propulsion
- Motor controller functions
- Motor controller
- Motor controller connections
- Arduino connections
- Digital camera connections
- Digital camera connections II
- 5 volt power distribution board
- Digital recorder/player connections
- Power connector for the Arduino
- Prototype board
- Motor controller connection to Arduino
- Camera connection to the Arduino
- Bumper switches
- LED eyes
- IR sensor
- Chassis modifications
- Camera wiring update
- Programming
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Batteries/power
In this video we install 8 AA batteries in Bit-zee's frame using zip ties. Created by Karl Wendt.
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- Would a small cushion, between the clear-plastic and the battery-pack, help the battery pack to move less (after tightening the zip-ties)? Perhaps some small packing bubbles or one "packing peanut."(10 votes)
- Perhaps, it depends on the cushion material and what its covered with.(3 votes)
- Did karl accidently skip part of the beginning?(2 votes)
- how do you get that batteries (8 aa) in korea??(1 vote)
- oh, hey. you and i are the both same jason. only im from korea.(1 vote)
- how do you take off the zip ties?(1 vote)
- how do batteries leak? what is the black stuff inside the battery?(1 vote)
- I wonder how hard it would be to use rechargeable batteries and use a connector to recharge them without removing them from the robot?(1 vote)
- can you use a batteries pack form bb gun(0 votes)
- how did you get the white thing with all those holes in it(0 votes)
- its a tap light, purchase at dollar tree for $1 along with zip-ties and pliers are available there. soldering iron be purchased between $6-$15. im half way done with it.(1 vote)
- What do you do if you need to replace the batteries in the battery pack.(0 votes)
- You can get more batteries, except try using AAA batteries.(1 vote)
- I want to make a bit-zeebot but we don't have all the things to make it.(0 votes)
- you need to purchase the items. Im a beginner and im already half way done building it. you need a solder, soldering iron, 22awg wires, many tools. honestly if you put your mind to it you can get it done. it just takes tools and some cash however cash shouldn't be a huge issue, its the knowledge and power that comes with it thats more important on my behalf.(1 vote)
Video transcript
I thought about using
Velcro for doing this and actually tried
sticking Velcro on the back of the
batteries, but they tended to not stay very well. So as I put this in,
I want to make sure that I loop it like this so that
that top part is facing upward, and that'll mean that
as I pull this through, it'll give it a nice,
tight fit on the back side. All right. So you don't have to tighten
it down all the way just yet, but you should get
it pretty tight. It should be definitely
not moving around. The batteries should be
pretty firmly planted in their location. Yeah. That's pretty good there. All right. And we'll get the
other one through. And again, we want to orient
everything the same way just because if you put
the zip tie the other way, it will not sit tightly
against the battery. All right. It's fairly important when you
mount the batteries that those are in the center, or
pretty close to the center of the device, because it's
where most of the weight is. So when you need
to take these out, you can press it over to side
and pull the batteries out. It's not super easy, but
it'll hold them pretty well, and it's fairly, like
I said, inexpensive. OK, so once you've got that
pulled to a level of-- you want to make sure
it's really tight, because that plastic
will loosen over time. And just cut it off like that.