Parts

www.robotswanted.com - bought the remaining inventory when Heathkit closed their electronic kit division. They also bought the copyrights to all of their manuals. Visit their site for information on the hundreds of HERO parts they have available.

Click on the sections below for more details about specific parts and what they are, where to find them, and how to fix them if they are broken.

Batteries
Switches
Wiring
Motors
Body Panels
Crystals

Part Numbers on the Hero-1 were determined by their location

0-099	Chassis Parts
101-199	Sonar Transmit
201-299	Power Supply
301-399	I/O Board
401-499	CPU Board
501-599	Speech Board
601-699	Sense Board
701-799	Arm Drive
801-899	Main Drive Motor
901-999	Remote Controller
1101-1199	Sonar Receive
1201-1299	Display Board
1301-1399	Experimental Board
1401-1499	Motion Board
1501-1599	Wrist/Shoulder Board

All the boards on Hero also have a date code. It appears that most of the boards went through several revisions over the years. That main difference we have observed was in a different type of components and some rerouting of traces. As far as we know, they are interchangeable with the different model years.

For more information on parts, check out:

RobotsWanted.com - authorized reseller of Option ROMs, Memory Expansion Boards, and RS232 Interface Boards.

For questions or comments, contact: hotwing@hero-1.com

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