Robotics I

Unit 2 Study Guide

1. A bit is the name of a single place holder in the Binary Coded Decimal system?
2. The mathematical copy of an analog signal is digital
3. In the binary coded decimal system each number place is based on the number 2.
4. A gear transmitts mechanical energy from one shaft or axle to another?
5. The Chassis is a technical name for the frame of the robot?
6. A servo motor is commonly used in robotic applications because of its precision movements?
7. A electrical circuit has 3 basic parts; a source, path and a load.
8. The electronic processor on board your robot is called a PLC?
9. The sonar system used to locate nearby objects
10. The clutch protects the gears in the power train by allowing some slippage between moving parts?
11. In the 6-32 screw the 6 represents the diameter and the 32 indicates the number of threads per inch.
12. Axle encoders tell the PLC how many turns an axle has made?
13. Electronic equipment requires D.C. power to operate?
14. A hex key wrench is six sided and sometimes L or T shaped.
15. A type of power supply consisting of multiple cells is called a Battery.
16. Positive and negative wires are hooked up properly because the connectors are Polarized.
17. A part on the frame used to carry the weight onto the wheel is called an axle.
18. There are eight bits are in one byte of digital information.
19. The BCD equivalent for decimal 123 is 01111011
20. Higest order bit is on the left and lowes order bit is on the right
1
st
bit is 1 in value
2
nd
bit is 2
3
rd
bit = 4
4
th
bit = 8
5
th
bit =16
6
th
bit =32
7
th
bit = 64
8
th
bit = 128
21. A High gear ratio will give you less power to move and more speed.
22. A low gear ratio will give you more power to move and less speed. (See the trade-off?)
23. A photocell is a type of variable resistor will change its resistance when light hits it.
24. A sonar system measures distance using sound waves .
25. A bump switch uses a normally closed type of switch.
26. Wire is considered the path of the circuit.
27. The microswitch is serving as a limit switch on our robot.
28. The resistance in a circuit is what limits the amount electric current.
29. When a photo cell is exposed to more light its resistance decreases.
30. If you increase the resistance in a circuit the current flow will decrease.
31. 255 is the highest number 8 bits can generate.

32. The robots are movement will eventually be controlled by the potentiometer.
33. As a batterys voltage dies down the current flow will decrease.
34. Zip Ties, cable ties or tiewraps are terms used to describe the nylon fastener used to secure wires.
35. A nut can be labled could be labled just 8-32 with no length number. Such as 8-32 x 1 if there is a length
number then it is a screw or bolt.