Want to test your Soldering Skills !! here is an easy to make insect robot that you can build in about 20 minuets.
The insect bot uses a vibration motor as its head, which is powered by acapacitor as its abdomen, which I salvaged from an old toy plane, with specification - 2.8V 5F, you can get one of ebay for a couple of dollars.
Use diodes for the Legs and Antenna , you can also use resistor. All these components are then soldered together on a small etched PCB which forms the thorax of the insect.
Now since we are using a super capacitor to power the insect bot, we will use 2 AA batteries to power it up as shown in the video above.
If your new to soldering, check out the awesome guide on How to Solder - by noahw..
Remove these ads by Signing UpStep 1: Collect/Scavenge the electronic components you'll need
Collect the electronic components you'll need to complete the build
For the insect bot
- Vibration motor
- Super Capacitor 2.8V 5F - I salvaged mine from a old toy plane.
- Male header pins
- Jumper
- Etched perf borad
For the charger
- 2 AA Batteries
- AA battery Holder with a On/Off switch preferably
- Female jumper wire to solder to the battery holder wire
- Heat shrink
In addition here are the tools you'll need to complete the build
- Solder
- Soldering Iron
- Helping hand
- Scissors
- Plier
- Wire stripper
Step 2: Cutting a Piece of the PCB Board
Cut a small piece of the etched PCB board, you'll need at-least 6 X 4 holes size as shown in the picture above.But if you are new to soldering cut an 8 X 5 holes size so that you can have a lager spacing between your solder joint.
In addition also cut off the mail header, here you will need two pieces , one with two header pins and the other with just on header pins.
Step 3: Soldering the Capacitor and Header pins
Solder the capacitor to one end of the PCB board as shown in the picture.
Using a set of pilers solder the header pins, for the placement of the header pins check out the second picture above, once done connect the inner most header pin to the capacitor +ve pin with solder.
