Build a Raspberry Pi GoBot With Your Kids
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You'll also need these items, which you can find at an electronics shop or online:☐ MicroSD card: You'll load this up with the bot's software.☐ Two 5-volt DC motors☐ Two wheels with grippy rubber tires: These will snap onto the motor shafts.☐ L293D motor controller☐ Six AA batteries in a holder: To power the motors.☐ Small breadboard: A device used to build a simple circuit, no soldering required.☐ 5-volt USB mobile phone battery pack: To power the Pi.☐ Jumper wires: To connect everything.☐ Chassis: Anything flat and about 6 inches square: Legos, laser-cut plastic, cardboard. Push the L293D motor controller into the breadboard, then connect your jumper wires to the pins on the Pi and on the breadboard (see the diagram below). When prompted, install the Raspbian OS.Connect to the internet (if your Pi doesn't have Wi-Fi, use an Ethernet cable) and type this command into the terminal: GIT CLONE HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/THE-RASPBERRY-PI-GUY/WIRED.
As said here by Matt Timmons-Brown