The robots we’re using for Cellbots are typically very small and use tiny wires to connect all of the circuits. We’ve had cases where two of these wires bend and start shorting, and other times where we’ve pulled too hard to remove a connection and the solder just snapped. So to be safe, we recommend using plastic heat shrink where possible on your most commonly yanked on parts.
It’s really easy to use and not very expensive with $8 kits from Sparkfun. Here is video of us using heat shrink to protect some parts on a Cellbot:
The most helpful place we’ve used heat shrink is on the HTC breakout board that we plug into the bottom of G1 phones. We insert and remove this dozens of times a day when testing and this has helped make sure we didn’t fry things along the way.
We have some more pictures in the gallery and you can read the captions to learn more about the process. It’s quick, easy, and fun to watch like the old Shrinky Dinks you might have had as a kid. Just don’t put your Cellbot in the oven!
you make a graet job guys!!
Is that a HC-06 Bluetooth module on the first picture?, thank you!
Great blog, keep writing please!