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 +{{:pilone.png |Cone icon by Fornax, CC-BY-SA 3.0, wikimedia commons}} ((PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION))
 <html><p style="text-align:right;">Published  2 May 2019</p></html> <html><p style="text-align:right;">Published  2 May 2019</p></html>
 <html><p style="text-align:center;"><b><font size="6">Thunder Tumbler</font></b></p></html> <html><p style="text-align:center;"><b><font size="6">Thunder Tumbler</font></b></p></html>
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-{{:robotic:tumbler:p5015426a.jpg?280x300}} {{:robotic:tumbler:p5015425a.jpg?300x300}} {{:robotic:tumbler:p5015429a.jpg?350x300}}+|{{:robotic:tumbler:p5015426a.jpg?280x300}}|{{:robotic:tumbler:p5015425a.jpg?300x300}}|{{:robotic:tumbler:p5015429a.jpg?350x300}}|
  
 {{:robotic:tumbler:p5025444a.jpg?300x150|Remote topside}} {{:robotic:tumbler:p5025445a.jpg?300x150|Remote underside}} {{:robotic:tumbler:p5025444a.jpg?300x150|Remote topside}} {{:robotic:tumbler:p5025445a.jpg?300x150|Remote underside}}
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 ===== Hardware description ===== ===== Hardware description =====
-There are two rear drive wheels with independant DC motors and fixed ratio gear boxes. +There are two rear drive wheels with independent DC motors and fixed ratio gear boxes. 
  
  
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 The electronics is a single board (WB-1407R) containing an RX-2B remote control receiver chip, aerial circuitry,  and a bridge of eight transistors (4x HY33 A1300, 4x AE9T) to drive the motors.  There is also a fuse on the power line. The electronics is a single board (WB-1407R) containing an RX-2B remote control receiver chip, aerial circuitry,  and a bridge of eight transistors (4x HY33 A1300, 4x AE9T) to drive the motors.  There is also a fuse on the power line.
  
-{{:robotic:tumbler:p5025474a.jpg?300|Circuit board top}} {{:robotic:tumbler:p5025467a.jpg?300|Circuit board bottom}}+{{:robotic:tumbler:p5025474a.jpg?300|PCB top}} {{:robotic:tumbler:p5025467a.jpg?300|PCB bottom}}
  
 The remote control is powered by a nine volt battery, and has an on/off switch, left & right motor forward/backward switches, and a turbo pushbutton switch.  The remote control is powered by a nine volt battery, and has an on/off switch, left & right motor forward/backward switches, and a turbo pushbutton switch. 
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 All the electronics are on one small board which has the switches mounted directly on it.  There is one 27.145MHz crystal, one power-on LED, and a TX-2B remote controller transmitter IC. All the electronics are on one small board which has the switches mounted directly on it.  There is one 27.145MHz crystal, one power-on LED, and a TX-2B remote controller transmitter IC.
  
-{{:robotic:tumbler:p5025460a.jpg?300|Remote circuit board}}+{{:robotic:tumbler:p5025460a.jpg?300|Remote PCB}}
  
 ====== References and Additional Resources ====== ====== References and Additional Resources ======