Type: Combat Robot Weight: 125 lbs Body: Aluminum Wedge Power: 24 VDC (4 Motors) Control: 900 MHz RC Speed: 3 mph Weapons: Flame Thrower Competition: TLC Robotica Season #1 Year: 2001 Results: Won Preliminary, Lost Episode Final

Solar Flare competed on Season #1 of ROBOTICA on "The Learning Channel" in March 1-4, 2001. The show aired in April of 2001 where Solar Flare competed [ Results ] against Pandora's Bot during the preliminary round and against Ram Force in the final Sumo round. [ Robotica Description ]

Solar Flare is a wedge shaped robot made from extruded aluminum and aluminum plates. It weighs in excess of 125 lbs and has a top speed of over 3 mph. The primary weapons are the front mounted flame thrower and scoop wedge. This robot was built by Aaron Trask and Mariusz Zaczek, while students in the Advanced Digital Systems Lab (ADSL) in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The M68332 micro-controller used for the receiver and transmitter were generously donated by the Motorola Corporation

Click pictures on side

The control system for Solar Flare was all written in M68332 assembly. The transmitter and receiver codes and circuits are listed below.

• Motorola 68332 Micro-Controller Utilities/Datasheets/Manuals/Etc
• equ332.asm - equates file for M68332 microcontroller
• as32.exe - M68332 Compiler (Windows)
• Transmitter Files:
  
  • - board closeup
  • tran.pdf - Circuit (pdf)
  • tran.ps - Circuit [same] (ps)
  • tran.dxf - Circuit [same] (dxf)
  • tlc_b_t.s - Source Code for M68332 (EEPROM version)
  • tlc_b_t.s19 - Compiled Code (s19 file -burn to EEPROM)
  • tlc_l_t.s - Source Code for M68332 (load to BCC - older version of code above,not EEPROM ver.)
• Receiver Files:
  • - board closeup
  • recv.pdf - Circuit (pdf)
  • recv.ps - Circuit [same] (ps)
  • recv.dxf - Circuit [same] (dxf)
  • tlc_b_r.s - Source Code for M68332 (EEPROM version)
  • tlc_b_r.s19 - Compiled Code (s19 file - burn to EEPROM)
  • tlc_l_r.s - Source Code for M68332 (load to BCC - older version of code above, not EEPROM ver.)