I have acquired a few neat little robot platforms from some really great companies. I chose these robot platforms because they allow me to work with modular designs that can share some hardware and firmware.
First, I ordered the Buggy from MikroElectronika. I haven't really talked about this company or their products, however I love their stuff. Their products are very well built, documented and they provide examples. I actually have quite a few of their products, and I can use almost all of the devices I purchased from them with this robot platform. Eventually I hope use all of the following with this project:
- clicker 2 for PIC32MX
- clicker 2 for STM32
- mikromedia for PIC24
- mikromedia for dsPIC33EP
- mikromedia for PIC32
This allows me to use various sub modules called Click Boards,
these boards are great. I can write firmware code and prototype my system without designing and building the hardware first. I have a few of the click boards, specifically the BLE P click and the nRF C Click that I wish to use with this project.
Second, I ordered the MRK Basic and MRK+Line robot kits from DIGILENT. These robot platforms can't reuse the devices from MikroElectronika without building custom hardware adapters. However, they have sub modules called pmods I can use with their chipKIT board as well as their ZYBO board.
This project will be quite challenging and enjoyable. I plan to keep this blog updated as I work on it.
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