Flower » 6. The Petals

Required Tools

Image	Tool
	Scissors
	Pencil
	#1 Phillips Screwdriver
	Crescent Wrench

Required Parts

Image	Part
	#2 Conservation Board
	Flower Petal Template or A Template You Design
	L-bracket (x6)
	Sharp IR Sensor (x3)
	Sharp IR Cable (x3)
	Servo Extender Cable (x3)

1. Design your own flower petal template or trace a copy of the provided template. If you choose to design your own template, review the provided template to get a sense of the necessary size of the flower petal.


2. Cut out six flower petals with the scissors and fold each petal at the dotted line, as indicated on the template. If you are using a template of your own design, make sure your petal can be folded in a fashion similar to the template.


3. Position the shorter end of an L-bracket so that the hole closest to the bend in the bracket is just below the edge of the petal. Mark the position of the hole as shown in the photo above.


4. Drive a pointed-tip screw through the mark you made in Step 3, and then remove the screw.


5. Secure the shorter end of the L-bracket to the petal with a crescent wrench to hold the nut in place while you tighten a flat-tip screw into the hole you made in Step 4.


6. Repeat Steps 3-6 to make two more similar petals.


7. Position the shorter end of an L-bracket so that the hole closest to the bend in the bracket is just below the edge of the petal. Mark the position of the hole as shown in the photo above.


8. Position an IR sensor over the same end of the petal you marked in Step 7. Line up the white connector with the bottom of the petal as shown in the photo above. Mark the positions of the two holes at both ends of the sensor.


9. Make a hole with a pointed-tip screw in each mark you made in Step 8. Remove the pointed-tip screw after the holes are made.


10. Secure the shorter end of the L-bracket to the petal with a crescent wrench to hold the nut in place while you tighten a flat-tip screw into the center hole you made in Step 9.


11. Secure the IR sensor to the other side of the petal with two flat-tip screws and two nuts.


12. Repeat Steps 7-11 to make two more similar petals.


13. Attach the IR sensor wires from Lynxmotion to the IR sensor’s wire connector.


14. Attach a 24” servo extender to the IR sensor wires. Ensure that the black, red, and yellow wires from the extender match the black, red, and yellow wires from the IR sensor as shown in the photo above.


15. Repeat Steps 13-14 to connect IR sensor wires and servo extenders to the three IR sensors.

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