40KHz sonar 2 Sharp GP1U52X IR sensors front/back bump sensors IR shaft encoders
DC Drive motors 2 R/C servors for steering
Control Method
Power Source
Autonomous
Battery
CPU Type
Operating System
Motorola HC11
None
Programming Lanuage
Weight
C
N/A
Time to build
Cost to build
one year
N/A
URL for more information
N/A
Comments
Montagne was constructed to complement my extended essay for an International Baccalaureate diploma in High School. Overall design, planning, construction, and programming took almost exactly one year.
Body:
* Tamiya Clodbuster
* innards removed and modified
* front and rear servos for all-wheel steering
* electronic speed controller
Microcontroller:
* MiniBoard 2.0
* size of a business card
* Motorola 6811 8-bit microcontroller with 256 bytes internal RAM and 2K EEPROM (program memory)
* 16 inputs (8 analog / 8 digital)
* connects to desktop computer (for programming) over RS-232 compatible serial port
Programming:
* done in Micro-C
* compiled with ICC11, a near-ANSI C cross compiler for Motorola HC11 microcontrollers
