Animator smart bumper assembly instructions

Preassembly

There is a left hand and right hand version of the smart bumper. The left hand one is shown.

Turn the cover over and glue one neopixel to the cover as shown. Set aside to dry.

Glue lens into cover.

Bend spring terminals as show solder a red and black wire to them.

Glue into the bottom of the smart bumper in the slots that are opposite the display mounts.

Glue rubber bumper into smart bumper.

Pico assembly

Solder the car power board to a pico 2w as shown.

The bumper is either left facing or right. Solder the switch button as shown for each version.

Board connections

Laser distance center

Cut black, red, yellow and purple wires to 10″. Solder to the board according to the following table. Feed through the top hole in controller case.

Pico ConnectionLaser sensor Wire Color
3V+ (pico pin 36)VINRED
GND (pico pin 3)GNDBLK
SDA (pico pin 4)SDAPUR
SCL (pico pin 5)SCLYEL

Neopixel indicator

Cut three 30 gauge wires to 4 inches and twist. Solder this cable to the board and to the neopixel using the following table.

Connect from boardConnect to neopixelWire Color
GND (sup cap square pad 1)GND (pad 3)BLK
5V (sup cap pad 2)5V (5V pad 1)YEL
GP22 Signal (pin 29)Signal (pad 2)RED

Display connections

Cut 30 gauge red, blk, blu, grn wire to 4″ and twist. Solder to the display as follows.

Connect from boardWire Color
GND (pin 1)BLK
VCC (pin 2)RED
SCL (pin 3)GRN
SDA (pin 4)BLU

Display pico connections

Solder to the board as follows.

Connect from boardWire Color
VSYS (pin 39)RED
GND (pin 28)BLK
SDA (pin 1)BLU
SCL (pin 2)GRN

Track power connnections

Attach two connections to the input of the diode rectifier.

Connect from boardWire Color
Left legBLK
Right legRED