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Maqueen Lite V5 micro:bit Robot Kit for STEM (Line Tracking & Obstacle Avoidance)
This classroom-ready robot platform is built to make micro:bit STEM lessons smoother, with line tracking, obstacle avoidance, lighting effects and expansion ...
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This classroom-ready robot platform is built to make micro:bit STEM lessons smoother, with line tracking, obstacle avoidance, lighting effects and expansion options in a compact robot car format.
The Maqueen Lite V5 arrives fully assembled with its motors, battery box and wheels already installed, so students can get started quickly. Its chip-level line-following algorithm works with a 3-probe sensor array, helping the robot follow lines with a single program block while leaving the micro:bit available for other tasks.
It also includes light intensity sensors, RGB headlights, RGB ambient lights, an ultrasonic sensor and practical classroom features such as detachable motors, battery power reading and firmware upgrade support. The supplied contents are Maqueen Lite V5 STEM Robot ×1, line-tracking map ×1 and ultrasonic sensor ×1. DFRobot provides a product wiki for documentation.
Features:
- Line tracking: Optimised 3-probe sensor array with an embedded line-following algorithm.
- Simple coding: Smooth line navigation with a single program block.
- Multitasking: Allows the micro:bit to run obstacle avoiding, light displays, sensor readings and image switching while tracking lines.
- Robust motors: Finely-tuned metal motors selected after testing over 30 samples.
- Motor protection: Fully enclosed motors help reduce damage from debris such as hair.
- Easy maintenance: Detachable motor design allows quick replacement after accidental damage.
- Out-of-the-box setup: Fully assembled with motors, battery box and wheels installed.
- Secure battery box: Battery box is fixed with copper columns.
- Light sensing: Two light intensity sensors can detect light source positions for light-seeking and light-avoiding behaviours.
- RGB effects: Includes 2 oversized RGB headlights and 4 RGB ambient lights.
- Power monitoring: Battery power reading feature helps monitor remaining energy.
- Firmware support: Straightforward firmware upgrade capability.
Specifications:
- Power Supply Voltage: 3.5V - 5V DC
- Power Supply Batteries: 3x AA (1.5V Alkaline or 1.2V Ni-MH)
- Power Supply Reverse Connection Protection: Supported
- Line-Following Sensors: 3
- Line-Following Calibration Button: 1 (Shared with Firmware Upgrade)
- Line-Following Sensor Output: Switch / Analog
- On-chip Line-Following Function: Supported
- On-chip Line-Following Speed: 1 preset
- Programmable RGB LEDs (WS2812): 4 (Full R255 x G255 x B255 colour spectrum)
- RGB Headlights: 2 (Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Cyan, White)
- Light Sensor Quantity: 2
- Light Sensor Data Range: 0 - 1023
- Ultrasonic Sensor Model: HC-SR04
- Ultrasonic Sensor Quantity: 1
- Ultrasonic Sensor Supply Voltage: 5V
- Ultrasonic Sensor Interface: IO Port (2.54mm Female Header)
- Ultrasonic Sensor Range (Mounted): 5cm - 50cm
- Ultrasonic Sensor Range (Unmounted): 5cm - 300cm
- Ultrasonic Sensor Accuracy: ±5cm
- Motor Quantity: 2
- Motor Type: N20 Metal Motor
- Motor Interface: 2.54mm Pin Headers
- Motor Power: Direct from battery
- Motor Mounting: Screw-fixed, detachable
- Infrared Receiver: 1
- Buzzer with Switch: 1
- Threaded Mounting Points (PCB): 6
- Firmware Upgrade Interface: 1 (Shared with Calibration Button)
- Expansion GPIO Pins: 3
- Expansion I2C Interfaces: 2
- Servo Motor Ports: 2
- Edge Connectors (Gold Fingers for micro:bit): Standard micro:bit compatibility
- Certification: CE
- Certification: FCC
- Certification: RoHS
- Certification: EN71
Well suited to STEM education and robotics competitions, this kit gives students a ready-made platform for coding, automation and sensor-based robot behaviours.
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- DC
- DC means direct current, where electricity flows in one constant direction, as supplied by batteries, USB ports and many plug-pack power supplies. When a product specifies DC, it runs from a DC supply rather than mains AC, so you need to provide the correct voltage and polarity.
- GPIO
- General-purpose input/output pins are microcontroller pins you can set in software to read signals, switch devices on and off, or connect to peripherals. The number of GPIO pins matters because it limits how many buttons, LEDs, sensors, and other parts you can wire directly to the board.
- Headers
- Rows of connector contacts on a fixed pitch (commonly 2.54 mm) used to link a board to a breadboard, jumper wires, or another board. They come as male pin headers and female socket headers; when a module ships with pre-soldered headers it can be used straight away, whereas bare pads require soldering the pins yourself.
- I2C
- I2C is a two-wire communication bus used by many sensors and small modules. It matters because several I2C devices can share the same two wires, but each device needs a compatible address and your controller must support I2C.
- PCB
- A printed circuit board (PCB) is a board, usually rigid, with etched copper tracks that connect electronic components together without loose wiring. Components are mounted on the board and signals route between them through the copper layout.
- RGB
- Short for red, green and blue, the three primary colours of light that are mixed in varying amounts to make a wide range of colours. In electronics RGB can refer to an LED or pixel that blends these three colours, or to a colour signal or interface that carries separate red, green and blue channels.
- servo motor
- A motor module that moves to a commanded angle rather than simply spinning freely. It matters for robotics and mechanisms because it is useful for steering, arms, gates and other parts that need controlled position.
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