Parts arrived, first proximity sensor built...

Last week the parts ordered from Farnell arrived... I'm still waiting for the tracks from Tamiya to arrive, but today I already started on building the first sensor.

Using the schematic from the CAROLL website and the website from Kronos Robotics, I built the first proximity sensor:


And a view from the side:

Small overview of my working area:

All the important parts can de seen on the working area... The Arduino Duemillanove Color which will be the brains of the board, the shield which will hold the breadboard and wiring, a small breadboard with the motor control chip and the sensor. In the back there's my Weller soldering station, and the most important of all, a can of Dr. Pepper to keep me fresh :)

And now it's time to test the sensor and see if it works...