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09-07-2006, 04:54 AM
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Well I have been doing some research on basic robotics but with eithet Atmel based chip or better so I stumbeled onto Qwerk Board. Launched a year ago, the TeRK project spent much of its first year designing its robotic controller board, which it calls "Qwerk." The Qwerk board (described further, below) was designed in collaboration with board supplier CharmedLabs, which is now shipping the product direct from its website, priced at $330.
In addition to new Qwerk-based robot recipes, the project intends to release an open cross-development toolchain for firmware development, as well as "infrastructure to enable direct, point-to-point communication between TeRK robots and client computers," it says.
Support for "telepresence" and "teleoperation" using Microsoft's Robotics Studio is also planned. The Qwerk is powered by a 200MHz ARM9 RISC processor, along with a Xilinx Spartan 3E FPGA (field-programmable gate array) "for custom I/O peripherals," CharmedLabs says. The board has 32MB of SDRAM and 8MB of flash memory.
Qwerk I/O listed by CharmedLabs includes:
* 4 x closed-loop 2.0 Amp motor controllers (supports both quadrature encoder and back-EMF "sensorless" feedback)
* 16 x RC-servo controllers
* 16 x programmable digital I/Os
* 8 x 12-bit analog inputs
* 2 x RS-232 ports
* USB 2.0 host ports for connecting standard USB PC peripherals
* 10/100 Ethernet port
* Built-in audio amp for playing MP3 and WAV files
The Qwerk comes with a 4-amp switching power supply that accepts inputs from 7-30 Volts. It is housed in a rugged aluminum enclosure, and measures 5.1 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches.
http://www.terk.ri.cmu.edu/recipes/index.php
http://www.charmedlabs.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29
Any one know of simmiler project boards or options?
Well I have been doing some research on basic robotics but with eithet Atmel based chip or better so I stumbeled onto Qwerk Board. Launched a year ago, the TeRK project spent much of its first year designing its robotic controller board, which it calls "Qwerk." The Qwerk board (described further, below) was designed in collaboration with board supplier CharmedLabs, which is now shipping the product direct from its website, priced at $330.
In addition to new Qwerk-based robot recipes, the project intends to release an open cross-development toolchain for firmware development, as well as "infrastructure to enable direct, point-to-point communication between TeRK robots and client computers," it says.
Support for "telepresence" and "teleoperation" using Microsoft's Robotics Studio is also planned. The Qwerk is powered by a 200MHz ARM9 RISC processor, along with a Xilinx Spartan 3E FPGA (field-programmable gate array) "for custom I/O peripherals," CharmedLabs says. The board has 32MB of SDRAM and 8MB of flash memory.
Qwerk I/O listed by CharmedLabs includes:
* 4 x closed-loop 2.0 Amp motor controllers (supports both quadrature encoder and back-EMF "sensorless" feedback)
* 16 x RC-servo controllers
* 16 x programmable digital I/Os
* 8 x 12-bit analog inputs
* 2 x RS-232 ports
* USB 2.0 host ports for connecting standard USB PC peripherals
* 10/100 Ethernet port
* Built-in audio amp for playing MP3 and WAV files
The Qwerk comes with a 4-amp switching power supply that accepts inputs from 7-30 Volts. It is housed in a rugged aluminum enclosure, and measures 5.1 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches.
http://www.terk.ri.cmu.edu/recipes/index.php
http://www.charmedlabs.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29
Any one know of simmiler project boards or options?