Henk the Hexapod

Scrapped. See Hexapod Henk MkII.

This project waited on the shelf for so long, that I decided to scrap it and rebuild into project-10534 . Go there for the latest news on the project. This project is kept for archive.

The legs are arranged in a circle, every 60°. The alternative was to have them in two rows, but they seemed to be too close together that way.\

The power switch has a couple of 47kΩ resistors added to it, which form a voltage divider, connected to an analog pin. This way I can tell the battery voltage, and monitor it. Since the analog pin also doubles as DAC pin, I had to remove the speaker. It’s a bit of a shame, but it was too quiet anyways. I might add a proper audio board in the future, if really needed (or monitor the voltage differently).

Logs

• 2016-03-25 - Henk MkII

• 2016-02-14 - Up Side Down

• 2016-02-13 - Brain Surgery

• 2014-12-29 - Moving a Leg and Making Sounds

• 2014-12-27 - Ready to Program

Links

• Project page

Components

Component	Count	Notes
SG90 Microservo	18
Pro Mini 3.3V	1
OpenMV	1
5V 5A UBEC	1
2S 350mAh LiPO Battery	1
47kΩ Resistor	3
Cable with Dupont Connector	7
Micro Switch	1
Screw	22	No idea what size, they were added to the servos.
Googly Eyes	2