The making of a Pretty Small Robot #Robotics #MicroPython #ESP32
Wattnotions posts an attempt at making a small robot. It’s not tiny, or micro, but it is pretty small, measuring 31 x 45 x 30.5mm.
The PCB is an ESP32-S2 which has USB dfu support, so in theory when the board arrives I can just plug in straight in and flash MicroPython to it.
It also has an SMD WiFi antenna (just to the left of the car symbol) so I’ll be able to remote control things via WiFi if all goes to plan.
I’ve also got a lipo charger built in so it can just drive around till it runs out of battery then plug in the USB-C to charge up and go again.
Read more in the post here and design files are on GitHub.
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