ANTWEIGHT products are no longer available for purchase.
Are you looking for information about the discontinued ANT 1.0 and ANT2X controllers?
Ant weight combat robots are an inexpensive and safe way to participate in the combat robot sport. There are no limits beyond a one pound maximum weight. The Ant R/C Robot Controller offers unparalleled control, functionality and reliability for your creation with dual motor drive with optional mixing (single stick), exponential curve (improves controllability) and a FLIP input that corrects motor drive output for robots that are invertible.
The ANT 100 and ANT150 boards also drive beetle weight (#3) robots when mated with the appropriate motors and bolted to a metal chassis or heat-sink with thermal compound.
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Ant 100-02: $54.95, 13.5gm |
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Ant 150-02: $64.95, 16gm |
Download the Ant 100 Users Guide (140k PDF) or the Ant 150 Users Guide (90k PDF) and learn more about these compact sophisticated robot controllers
User testimonials: Robots and teams using Barello.net controllers
Specifications:
 | 1-1/2" sq board, 8 gm (14gm with cables & connectors), 1-1/4" hole pattern for 4-40 bolts. |
| 5-12 cell (6 to 18v) NiCad or NiMh supply |
| Left/Right drive rated for 2.0 amps each, 5 amp peak. Fully protected against overloads and shorts. |
| Selectable channel mixing for single stick control. |
| Selectable exponential transfer curve for greater control. |
| +5v power supplied to radio. |
| Ultra efficient driver needs no heat sink. |
| Advanced switching for precise control at low speeds. |
| FLIP input for automatic drive correction of invertible robots compatible with R/C signals OR contact closure (cable not included). |
| Status LED indicating signal presence for each channel or fault conditions with drivers (over temperature, over current or disconnected motor) |
| Aux channel (Ant 150 only) rated for 15A peak, 8A continuous. Variable 0-100% power with forward stick (on on-off with switch or button). |
On board channel mixing and exponential control allows inexpensive AM and FM ground radios to perform like the expensive computerized radios. In addition, the ANT controller have robust input signal processing for reliable robot control. If the signal is corrupted or lost the robot will shut down within 1/2 second
AUX weapon channel (Ant 150 only) has safety lock: control must be neutral or reverse stick before output enabled.
The ANT boards are designed to perform without a heat sink: the board has a heavy 2 oz copper ground plane that acts as the heat sink. The driver chips are mounted on the bottom of the board so that it may be bolted to a heat sink (e.g. robot chassis) to extend the power dissipation capacity. To learn more about power handling capabilities of the ANT boards, please read the users guides.
Here is an Extreme Antweight Logo for decoration creations driven by the ANT controller. You will need to scale it to an appropriate size for printing.
Please see Terms for copy right and licensing information. Contact me for pricing and licensing if you are interested in kits, partial kits, reselling controllers or incorporating portions of this design in your own products.
Last update 31-Oct-2007