johndpope / rover-kit

Adventures in building a toy rover and controlling it using Python

Rover Kit

Adventures in building a toy rover that can respond to commands over Wi-Fi and send back readings from ultrasonic distance sensors.

Parts

The rover is based on the following parts:

• Whippersnapper Runt Rover
• Raspberry Pi Zero W
• Adafruit DC & Stepper Motor HAT
• HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Distance Sensor (x5)

This is all wired up with an assortment of resistors, jumper wires, and breadboards.

Power to the Motor HAT is provided by a 12V battery pack. And power to the Raspberry Pi is provided by a portable USB power supply.

Early Prototype

Python

The scripts for controlling the rover are written in Python, and rely on some very useful libraries:

• Adafruit_CircuitPython_MotorKit
• RPi.GPIO

License

This code is licensed under the MIT License.

See the LICENSE file for more information.