Tektite-R Electric Vehicle Kit Assembly

Since I didn’t record myself soldering the encoder port, I will explain it in this post below. For the rest of the assembly, there is a video tutorial.

When you get your encoder, you will notice that it has 4 bare leads coming off of it.

However, the PCB has a 4-pin JST PH 2.0mm connector on it. To plug this into the PCB, you need to solder on a corresponding connector, which is included with the kit along with heat-shrink.

First, strip all 8 of the wires down using wire strippers (or scissors, just be careful not to cut the wire). I would recommend leaving at least 3mm stripped, but generally just leave enough that it is easy to solder. Then, put heat-shrink on all 4 wires of the connector:

Now, you need to solder the appropriate wires to each other. On the circuit board you will notice that it says “A B – +” on the circuit board. This corresponds with the pins on the wire. So when you plug the connector into the board, its left-most pin will be A (which is the yellow wire), and so on. For example, with the connector shown above, yellow would be A, white would be B, Red would be +, and Black would be – when you plugged it in.

Now, just solder those to the corresponding wires on the encoder. Note that VCC is the same as “+” and GND is the same as “-“. So in the images for the encoder and connector shown above, you would:

• Solder red to black
• Solder black to red
• Solder white to white
• Solder yellow to yellow

Note that even though the colors are the same, the wires will still cross over each other because they are in a different order. Also, the colors on your wires may be different than mine so be sure to check them before soldering.

Finally, slide the heat-shrink over the solder joints and use a heat gun or lighter to heat it and have it cover up the exposed wire. Here is how it looked in the video tutorial after I soldered it:

Now, watch the assembly tutorial video:

Now, watch the run tutorial to learn how to run the vehicle:

Finally, learn how to program it through the programming tutorial: