LEGO Mindstorms RCX RIS 1.5 kit: a six legged walking robot from Jin Sato (mushi mushi no.7). Since the LEGO «brick» is not working any more, Arduino comes to the rescue, controlling engines and reading values from two LEGO analogue touch sensors. The build is a bit fragile, but great fun.
Motor Shield: http://goo.gl/7wlMlw
Sensor connector wires: http://goo.gl/AuV0bd :: http://goo.gl/NU7Zfm
7 pics album: http://goo.gl/vgBaPI
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Hi. I used Uno, but I guess any other Arduino will do. For the motors a common shield was used and yes, I peeled the connector cables from LEGO – cut 1 long one in half for the 2 motors, and the same for the 2 sensors.
Since the 2 touch sensors are analog, the wiring is the same for, let's say, a LDR. I added links for the sensor wires in the description: RED to 5V, YELLOW to ANALOG IN, and BLACK to GND (10K resistor).
hey Mr João, can I use any arduino for controlling motors and sensors ? how to you plug it to the arduino ? did you had to peel the cable off ? thanks in advance