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Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Instructions from Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Have a good look around inside MIP. Look for a place to drill a hole to poke through a battery lead from the battery compartment, through to the inside of MIP. You can see where I drilled mine in the picture above. A 4mm hole did the job. Tie a knot...

Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Instructions from Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Dismantle MIP, starting by removing the wheels. To do this, you need to pry the plastic hub cap from each wheel. This is a one way trip. They're not going back on, but consider it a badge of honour for your MIP. A scalpel does the job nicely. Removing...

Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Instructions from Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Time to install the LiPo protection module. I put this in MIP because it's pretty small and makes the battery packs smaller and cheaper. There's a nice nook to fit this into. Solder the new battery lead to the terminals marked B+/B-. Make sure you get...

Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Instructions from Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Sanity check time. Don't connect the battery to MIP just yet. The original connections in the battery compartment are still in place, so check that the +ve connection (look at the AAA holder that you pulled out) is connected to the +ve lead of your battery...

Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Instructions from Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
The final thing to do is to secure the LiPo protection module with a couple of dabs of hot glue. Note that I've stuck a bit of electrical tape to make sure the diode legs don't touch MIP's PCB.

Putting LiPos into your MIP robot v2
Instructions from Putting LiPos into your MIP robot v2
Remove the battery box from MIP. Remove the batteries from the battery box. Unscrew the two screws visible in the picture above to separate the back plate from the battery box.

Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Instructions from Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Screw everything back together, and you've finished the MIP mods. Next, we make the battery packs. Pull out your LiPos. and cut the connectors off.. Careful not to short the leads. Connect the batteries in series, slide heatshrink on and then solder...

Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Instructions from Putting LiPos into your MIP robot
Terminate the end of the cable in the battery compartment with the three pin male connector. You need to terminate the 2 end pins (leave the middle pin disconnected). To get the polarity right, plug the female connector into the male connector so you...

Scratching an idea, from a termo cup and a chinese robot...
Instructions from Droid Trooper
I started this robot in 2016 spring, for the campus party show in Mexico. I has been doing robots since 2004, for the latin american robotics contest, when I was at university, but I really love doing them and time to time I enjoy started a new one....

The Open Source Autarkic Motherboard
Instructions from The Open Source Autarkic Motherboard
These are not build instructions but build concepts. Goal #1: Power a Sparkfun Artemis board on 4 Powerfilm LL200-2.4-75or 3-37 (x2 or x4): by using: 1. Sparkfun Artemis board https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15443 and https://www.powerfilmsolar.com/products/development-kits/solar-development-kit (DEV-BASIC)...