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Welcome to the MiP Power Up: D1 mini wiki!

Here you will find the installation instructions for the MiP Power Up: D1 mini adapter board. The MPU: D1 mini is a custom circuit board to adapt the Wemos D1 mini and clones to the serial port on a WowWee Labs MiP robot, adding Internet connectivity.

Table of contents

1. Required reading
2. Parts
3. Assembly
4. Next steps

Required Reading

Ninety-five percent of what you need to know to install the Mip D1 mini pack can be learned by reading Sparkfun's guide, Hacking the MiP - ProMini Pack. The MPU is based on Sparkfun's original ProMini Pack and installation is nearly identical.

Check out these excellent guides, too.

• Macetech's Quick tear-down guide.
• Adamgreen's post, What's inside my MiP.

Parts

• 4-pin ZH JST connector with wires.
• The Wemos D1 mini or a compatible board.
• The MPU: D1 mini.
  • 4-pin ZH JST female connector (these come with the JST wires linked above).
  • 2x female headers, 8-pin.
  • Right-angle female pin header, 2-pin, optional for the debugging port.
• An FTDI adapter, optional for the debugging port.
• 3x screws (M3 x 12mm)
• 3x screws (1/2", 4-40)
• 3x nuts (4-40)

Assembly

Prior to following the instructions in Sparkfun's guide, you must solder your own components to the MPU: D1 mini. All parts are listed above and are through-hole components and easy for the beginner to solder.

Once everthing is soldered up, follow Sparkfun's guide, remembering to reinstall MiP's arms.

Next steps

Visit the MPU: D1 mini library to download and install the board's supportin Arduino IDE library.