ARDUINO 2WD SMART

ROBOT CAR KIT

Level: Beginner GK-KIT-003
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PARTS LIST:
Please ensure that the following pieces are included in your kit!
Component Quantity Image Notes

Please see note about

Arduino Sensor Shield 1
jumpers below

L298N Dual H-Bridge Motor Please see note about

1
Driver jumpers below

Arduino Uno 1 -

Not Required for this Kit

40 Pin Breakable Headers 1
Free Gift!

Ignore the Top plate

Servo Mounting Brackets 1
provided

Comes in same bag as

Servo Base 1
Servo mounting Brackets

Comes in same bag as

Servo Motor (SG90) 1
Servo mounting Brackets

USB Cable 1 Color and Length may vary

 HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor 1 -

DC Motors 2 -

Comes wrapped with

2.51” Rubber Wheels 2
Motors

Comes wrapped with

Acrylic Robot Chassis 1
Motors

Comes wrapped with

AA Battery Holder 1
Motors

Comes wrapped with

Motor Mounting Brackets 4
Motors

Stranded 24AWG Wire Comes wrapped with

2
Black and Red Set Motors

Comes wrapped with

ON-OFF Switch 1
Motors

M3 Screw, Spacer and Nut Set 1 FIT0066

Jumper Wire Set 1 Rainbow wires

Nylon Coasting Wheel 1 -

Advanced Note:
Ensure Both Motor board and Sensor
Shield have the indicated jumper
displayed with a yellow circle. If the
pins are missing the jumper, feel free to
short the pins by bending them to touch
each other or use a breadboard wire.
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Recommended Tools:
Needle Nose Plier Flush Wire Cutter (Optional) Wire Stripper

Heat Shrink (Optional) Soldering Iron Brass Sponge (Optional)

Screwdriver (+)

Frame Assembly:

• Unwrap the paper that has the

frame, motor, battery holder and
various components secured
together.

• Peel both sides the acrylic paper.

You can start from either side top
corner and work your way
down.

• For this manual I will only remove

one side for ease in visual
demonstration.
 • Motor Mounting Brackets are used to
fix the DC motors to the frame.

• Slide the bracket into the slot

indicated in the red circle and flip
the unit to start mounting the
motors!

• Ensure the dot is facing inwards

when assembling the frame to
the chassis. Shown with a
green circle.
• The wire leads will be facing
outwards.
• The motors will be facing the
bottom. Shown with the red
arrow.

• Using a soldering iron, solder the

red wire to the pin that is the
farthest from the frame and the
black cable to the pin that is the
closest to the frame.
(You can also wire twist the cable onto the
motor)

• Place another Motor Bracket on the

Must insert two outside, the grove will allow for the
long screws. bracket to slide in.
• Using the long screw provided,
slide it into the two brackets and
motor.
• To fasten the nut, gently
squeeze the motor and bracket
and push the unit outwards.
Repeat for the
other side.
You may also use a needle nose
to fasten the nut.

• Use the brass spacers and Philips

screws and mount the nylon wheel
on the same side as the motors.
• The wheel will align over the circled
holes.
Flip over and secure
with screws.
 • Pinch horizontally indicated with
red arrows.
• The switch should slide in
Switch button is facing the smoothly without braking
opposite side of the motors.
the frame.
• On the same side where you can
see the switch markings I and O,
install two nylon M3 standoffs
indicated with red arrows. Use hex
nuts provided with the standoffs on
the other side.

• The area with the green circle,

place a standoff and secure on the
other side using another standoff.
(Do not use a hex nut)

• This will act as a stress relief for the

Arduino and a mount on the other
side for the H- bridge.
• Use two Philips screw to
fasten the Arduino to the
frame.
• This is the same side with
the switch marking.

ENSURE THIS BOARD HAS THE JUMPER IN

YELLOW IN IT.

• Should you find that the jumper is

missing, use one strand from the
rainbow jumper wire set to make a
short circuit or bend the pins to the
point where they are touching
each other.
 • Verify the jumpers located
with the yellow circle are
also attached.

• Place the Shield over the arduino

microcontroller as shown.

• A section below will explain how

this shield works.

• Flip the car over where the

motor and nylon wheels are
located. You can see the
nylon spacer for the h-
bridge.
• Place another nylon spacer in
the red circle and secure it on
the other side with a Philips
screw.
• It should look something like this
when you place the h-bridge.
• Use only one hex screw to
fasten the h- bridge to the
chassis.
 • Flip the car over to the side
with the Arduino.
• From the servo pack install
the servo plastic frame by
sliding the motor into the
bracket on one side and
repeating for the other.
• Secure it using a sharp screw bit
found in the servo pack.

• Using a screwdriver or drill bit,

enlarge the hole to hold three m3
screws.

• Slide the top servo bracket

into the bottom frame. The
gears should align and fit.

• Ensure by hand that the motor can

turn left and right 90° or more, if
this is not possible remove and
readjust before proceeding!
• Take a small sharp screw and insert
into the location of the red circle.

• Place the few remain spacers and

shown in the image.
• Fasten on the other side where the
motors are located with some
hex nuts.

• Flip the unit and insert

another nylon spacer for the
battery holder. Fasten on the
other side with a hex nut.
Note: Insert the nylon spacer where the
red circle is, ignore where the nylon
spacer is currently in the photo.
 • Insert the servo bracket and mount
over the three nylon spacers and
fasten the screws into the female
thread of the spacers.

Note: you can turn the bracket at an angle to

access the screws.

• Flip the unit and fasten the

battery holder on the
single standoff.
• You can also insert the wheels
now or later after completing
the wiring.

Wiring Guide:

You can use a jumper

wire and strip the ends
for the cable to supply
power to the Arduino
terminal block from the
motor shield terminal
block.
 Tie the Ultrasonic sensor with zip-tag to the servo mount.
How the Sensor Shield Works:

• The select jumper allows the voltage

from the terminal block to enter and
become regulated to 5VDC for the
Arduino microcontroller.
• If the jumper is not present, you must
connect a dc connector into the Arduino
dc port.
 • The highlighted column is referred to as
the 5v bus. Instead of having multiple
servos or sensors connecting into a
single 5VDC port this bus reduces
crowding and makes connections
convenient.
• Same principal as the 5V bus, this is
called the ground bus.

• Pinout on the left image highlighted are

equivalent to the image on the right with
the red box.

• This is used for digital sensors.

• The highlighted section is for analog

signals and is equivalent to the image on
the right with the red box.

Programming Arduino with the Code

1) Plug Arduino Microcontroller into computer using the blue USB cable provided
2) Install the Software to read and write program to the chip from ARDUINO.CC, the program is
free! << https://www.arduino.cc/download_handler.php >>
3) Download the driver from this link: << http://sparks.gogo.co.nz/ch340.html >>
For windows please download from here: <<
http://sparks.gogo.co.nz/assets/_site_/downloads/CH34x_Install_Windows_v3_4.
zip >>

4) Open the Arduino software and select the com port to program the microcontroller.
5) Download our premade software from our website or following this link
<< https://abra-
electronics.com/index.php?dispatch=attachments.getfile&attachment_id=134 >>
6) Extract the file and open one of the example codes, it will open in the arduino software, press
upload and the car should be up and running.