APP4MC/Rover

APP4MC Rover Demonstrator

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Hardware

• Rover kit as described on this page is deprecated, therefore please check the following parts:

Part	Quantity	Price each in €	Price total	Link exemplarily
Rover 5 Robot Chassis (includes 9V AA Battery holder for the motor)	1	50	50	Pololu
Raspberry Pi 3 with 16GB	1	40	40	Element14
PI Camera	1	25	25	Element14
Sharp GP2Y0A41SK0F Analog Distance Sensor	4	10	40	Element14
Pololu RPi hat motor controller #2756	1	35	35	Pololu
Motor controller connector	1	1	1	Pololu
Powerbank for RPI	1	15	25	Element14 or GB
APP4MC-Sense-Layer	1	20	20	TBD
A/D Converter	1	3,15	3,15	AE
Logic Level Converters	2	1,06	1,06	AE
Magnetometer	1	1,58	1,58	AE
US sensor	2	5	10	Seeed
Temp. / Hum. sensor	1	1,81	1,81	AE
Display	1	3,27	3,27	AE
Accelerometer / Gyro	1	0,94	0,94	AE
Buzzer	1	0,41	0,41	AE
∑	21	-	261,22	No shipping included

• 3D extensions (to be printed via 3D printer) are provided here.
• Using the SenseHAT for the Rover is currently not possible.
• Temp. Hum. sensor, Display, Accelerometer / Gyro, and Buzzer are optional and yet untested.

Upcoming topics are:

• Temp. Hum. sensor, Display, Accelerometer / Gyro, and Buzzer implementation
• Bluetooth implementations for remote App / Joystick control
• Displaying Hono, BT, and Wifi connection via display
• Displaying sensor values via another display menu, possibly add button to switch between menus

Software

• the Rover's documentation (install guide, web-access incl. camera stream, and tracing possibilities), the AMALTHEA model, and the application SW can be found @: git Rover repository
• Rover SD card images are available here

Included Implementations

• Website generation for live stream, controls, and sensor data / CPU utilisation visualisation
• Wifi hotspot
• ACC
• Grove / SR04 US Sensor access via wiringPi library
• IR sensor access
• Hono interaction

Upcoming Implementations

• SRF02 US sensor implementation for higher reliability
• Mini OLED display implementation
• BT connectivity to allow android app control