Pololu 3pi Robot

Documentation and other information

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  Pololu 3pi Robot User’s Guide (Printable PDF)

  User’s guide for the Pololu 3pi Robot.
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  Pololu AVR Programming Quick Start Guide (Printable PDF)

  This guide explains how to get started programming your Orangutan or 3pi Robot in Windows, Linux or Mac OS X. It covers setting up an AVR development environment (Atmel Studio for Windows users), installing the Pololu AVR C/C++ Library, and setting up the Pololu USB AVR Programmer.
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  Pololu AVR C/C++ Library User’s Guide (Printable PDF)

  Information about installing and using the C/C++ libraries provided for use with Pololu products.
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  Pololu AVR Library Command Reference (Printable PDF)

  A reference to commands provided in the Pololu C/C++ and Arduino libraries for the AVR.
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  Building Line Following and Line Maze Courses (Printable PDF)

  Step-by-step instructions for building your own line-following courses.
• Programming Orangutans and the 3pi Robot from AVR Studio 4

  Guide for programming Orangutans and the 3pi robot from the Atmel’s older AVR Studio 4 IDE. It covers installing the Pololu AVR C/C++ Library, and setting up the Pololu USB AVR Programmer.
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  Programming Orangutans and the 3pi Robot from the Arduino Environment (Printable PDF)

  Guide to making the Arduino IDE compatible with the 3pi robot and the Orangutan SV-328, Orangutan LV-168, and Baby Orangutan B robot controllers, including Arduino libraries for interfacing with all of their on-board hardware.
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  Sample Project: 3pi Wall Follower (Printable PDF)

  Sample robot project for enhancing a 3pi robot to drive around objects on its left.
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  Sample Project: RC 3pi (Printable PDF)

  Sample robot project for making the 3pi radio controlled.
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  Application Note: Using the Motor Driver on the 3pi Robot and Orangutan Robot Controllers (Printable PDF)

  Detailed information about the 3pi Robot, Orangutan SV-328/168 and LV-168, and Baby Orangutan B motor drivers, including truth tables and sample code.
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  3pi Robot Videos

  Various videos of the Pololu 3pi robot in action.

File downloads

• 3pi quick-start sheet and schematic (486k pdf)

  A print-out of this quick-start sheet is included in with each shipped 3pi robot.

• 3pi simplified schematic diagram (481k pdf)

• Pololu 3pi Robot guia de usuario (3MB pdf)

  A Spanish version of our Pololu 3pi robot’s user’s guide provided by customer Jaume B, updated Nov 16, 2009.

• Line Maze Algorithm Presentation (505k pdf)

  A detailed presentation on teaching a robot to solve a non-looped line maze written by customer (and robotics professor) R. Vannoy. This can help you to better understand how to solve a line maze with your 3pi or custom maze-solving robot.

• 3pi main board drill guide (220k dxf)

  This DXF drawing shows the locations of all of the board’s holes.

Recommended links

• Pololu 3pi Forum Section

  The 3pi discussion section of the Pololu Robotics Forum.

• Simple 3pi Projects for the Arduino IDE

  These customer-written projects are intended to introduce the novice user to all the components on the 3pi robot and how they can be used while programming with the Arduino IDE. Each project builds on the one before it and comments within the programs are used to provide background information when new items are introduced. By Daniel J. Sullivan, August 2011.

• ATmega328P documentation

  Microchip’s product page for the ATmega328P.

• AVR Libc Home Page

  The web site for AVR Libc, which is the standard library of functions that you can use with C and C++ on the AVR.

• AVR Freaks

  AVR community with forums, projects, and AVR news.

• GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection

  Documentation for GCC, including the AVR GCC C/C++ compilers.

• WinAVR

  A free, open-source suite of development tools for the AVR family of microcontrollers, including the GNU GCC compiler for C/C++.

• AVR Studio 4

  The older version of Atmel’s free integrated development environment (IDE) for AVRs, which is no longer supported by Atmel.

• Anibit graphical programming tool for the Pololu 3pi

  This tool, which was made by Anibit, one of our distributors, provides a graphical programming environment for the 3pi robot which runs inside a web browser. The graphical code is converted to Arduino C++ code, which you can then copy and paste into the Arduino IDE. To use this tool, you will need to set up the Arduino IDE for programming the 3pi.

• Pololu 3pi: the 10,000 Mile Review

  Review of the 3pi robot written by R. Steven Rainwater, founding editor of Robots.net.

• Tutorial: AVR Programming on the Mac

  Customer Michael Shimniok has written a guide to programming AVRs (the Orangutan LV-168, specifically) using the Mac.

• Otimização Do Algoritmo De Maze Solver Para O Robô Pololu 3pi

  A paper (in Portuguese) describing the Pololu 3pi robot in general, and, specifically, how to write optimized maze solving code. By Ana Paula, December 2010.

• Home-made m3pi robot controlled by Bluetooth keyboard

  An mbed notebook (in Japanese) showing a 3pi robot with an ARM mbed controlled by Bluetooth keyboard. By Kazuhiro Ouchi, December 2010.