News 

27/10/2008
First full release code for ZiBOT's Mainboard V1.0 and Ultrasonic Board V1.0.  Go to the Download section and download the code now.

26/10/2008

A full suite of test programs added to test everything on ZiBOT from the Antenna to the Ultrasonics. Check out the download section or the code section for explanations.

07/10/2008

The Ultrasonic MkIII board has arrived, specially designed for ZiBOT, dual ultrasonic transmitters/recievers with a range of up to 2 metres.

02/10/2008

ZiBOT's Motor Driver Board MkII is here based on the L293D motor driver chip it is a much more robust design.

20/09/2008

ZiPRO (ZiBOTs PIC programmer) has finally been tested on Win Vista and I'm pleased to say it passed 100%.

ZiPRO has been tested with a USB-Serial converter on Win XP and Win Vista, it passed with flying colours. 

19/09/2008

ZiBOT's programmer (ZiPro) now supports PIC16F87xA chips.


COMING SOON:


Prototype robot shown with main board only.

ZiBOT 

The highly educational, very programmable robot that you build yourself.
Design and build your own chassis and shell or build ZiBOT from easy to use templates.

Designing and building your own ZiBOT is not only great fun but very rewarding.

If you want to you can program all ZiBOT processors from scratch.
Develop your own BOT software and unleash the full power of ZiBOT .

 

Professionally manufactured PCB's
MainBoard:

Advanced PIC16F876 micro-controller
Dual LDR light sensing.
Dual individual control LED antenna
Function switch
Sounder
Features In Circuit Serial Programming
    No need to remove PIC chip for programming
    Just plug the programmer into the header and upload.
I2C expansion bus

Ultrasonics Board: 

Specs to be confirmed

In Circuit Programmer:

Just plug in the header and upload to the target board
Easy to use windows software for your PC
    Just select your file and upload to the PIC
    Verify function 
    Read 'n' save function

Programming:

ZiBOT is programmable right from the start, all you need is the In Circuit Programmer.

Programming options:
Program all boards from scratch using assembly language (or a higher language if you have a 3rd party compiler)
Take advantage of the onboard Operation system "BOS" an easy to use macro based script language with inline assembly code.
Use the Basic like scripting language for easy entry level programming. 

POWER:

For ZiBOT we recommend you use rechargeable power cells!

 

Enquiries to: enquiries@zibot.co.uk

Click here for more info on ZiBOT 

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The above specifications may change.
We reserve the right thereafter to change the specifications for any reason. 

 

 

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