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APP4MC/Rover

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Revision as of 08:54, 4 January 2018 by Robert.hoettger.fh-dortmund.de (Talk | contribs) (Investigation results)

A Rover comprehensive development and documentation is also given at Github with documentation and source repos.

APP4MC Rover Demonstrator

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 Link for Germany
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 6 4 24 AE -
Pololu RPi hat motor controller #2756 1 35 35 Pololu -
Motor controller connector 1 1 1 Pololu -
Powerbank for RPI 1 25 25 Element14 or GB Conrad
Rover-Sense-Layer 1 ~14 ~14 V2 can be ordered directly from KiCAD e.g. via PCBWay or AllPCB using the provided files -
A/D Converter 1 3,15 3,15 AE Conrad
Logic Level Converters 2 1,06 1,06 AE (size has to be checked!) Link
Magnetometer 1 1,58 1,58 AE -
US sensor SR04 2 2 4 AE -
Temp. / Hum. sensor 1 2,22 2,22 AE Amazon
OLED Display 1 3 3 AE Amazon
Accelerometer / Gyro 1 0,94 0,94 AE Sertronics
Buzzer 1 1,5 1,5 (10 pcs) AE Conrad
Resistors 3 x 1 (100 pcs) AE Conrad
Buttons 2 x 1 (50 pcs) AE Conrad
Pin Header 1 1 1 (10 pcs) AE Conrad
Spacers 1 4 4 AE -
IC Socket 1 1 0,18 - Conrad
Pin Heads straight 1x36 2 1,92 3,84 - Conrad
Pin Heads angle1x36 1 2,6 2,6 - Conrad
Distance bolts 2 0,23 0,46 - Sertronics
36 - ~240 EUR No shipping, assembly included -
  • 3D extensions (to be printed via 3D printer) are provided here.
  • Using the official RPI SenseHAT for the Rover is currently not possible.

RoverSenseLayer

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

Investigation results

  • All ultra sonic sensors (Grove, SRF02, and SR04) give relatively unreliable values
  • The compass values highly depend on its location circumstances - you may encounter unreliable values here as well

Since we do not focus the Rover's applications itself, we leave any implementations for sophisticated front and rear distance- or cardinal direction- measurements via additional or different sensors or any filtering algorithms to the community

Included Implementations

  • Displaying Hono, BT, and Wifi connection via OLED display
  • Website generation for live stream, controls, and sensor data / CPU utilisation visualisation
  • Wifi hotspot
  • ACC
  • Grove / SR04 / SRF02 US Sensor access via wiringPi library but unreliable values
  • IR sensor access
  • Hono interaction
  • Buzzer implementation

Upcoming Implementations

  • Bluetooth implementation to allow Android App control
  • Temp. Hum. sensor, Accelerometer, Gyro

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