Freescale: FSLBOT - Mechatronic Robot Development Kit

sangeetack — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:43:48 GMT

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Kit Overview

The Freescale FSLBOT robot kit operates with the Tower Mechatronics ( TWR-MECH ) board to create an easy to use mechatronics development and demonstration platform. It is designed specifically to be used and programmed with RobotSEE—a language as simple as BASIC. More advanced users can take programming to new levels of functionality with the use of CodeWarrior and Freescale’s Tower System. This toolset allows for the science of combining mechanics, electronics, and software into an integrated system. The kit includes four PWM controlled servos (actuators), metal legs, and the Tower System Mechatronics board that has a 3-axis accelerometer and a 12 channel touch sensor. Through building the kit, you can experience what the 4 degree of freedom bipedal walking robot can do.

The Tower System Mechatronics board is programmable in C/C++ using CodeWarrior and an on-board OSBDM flash programming tool. For fast prototyping or for individuals without C/C++ experience, the Tower System Mechatronics Board is supported by the Robot Vision Toolkit and RobotSee (a language as simple as BASIC with the power of C). The Tower Mechatronics Board combines 32-bit computing, sensors, and actuator control into a single stand-alone board with an on-board battery supply. The Tower Mechatronics Board has a 32-bit ColdFire microcontroller with 64K of RAM, 512K of flash, and supports the full range of Freescale Xtrinsic sensors via plug-in daughter boards. The board can directly control up to eight actuators (PWM controlled RC servos) via the eight industry standard 3-pin connectors.

Key Applications: Mobile Robot (Battery Operated), Robotic Arm, Factory Automation and Drives, Connectivity (Wired and Wireless), Motor Control.

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Development Tools

Software Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	MPN	Supported Family	Description
IDE	Freescale	CodeWarrior	All Freescale MCU's	Freescale's software and development solutions take you beyond the silicon, helping to bring your embedded applications to life. Learn More
RTOS	Freescale	MQX	ColdFire / HC08 / HC12 / ARM / S08 / RS08 / PowerPC	The Freescale MQX Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) provides real-time performance within a small, configurable footprint. This RTOS is designed to allow you to configure and balance code size with performance requirements. Learn More
RTOS	Micrium	uC/OS III	ColdFire / HC08 / HC12 / ARM / S08 / RS08 / PowerPC	μC/OS-III is Micrium’s newest RTOS, designed for developers who need to save time on their current and next embedded sytem projects. Using a commercial real-time kernel such as μC/OS-III provides a solid foundation and framework to the design engineer dealing with the growing complexity of embedded designs. Learn More
RTOS	Segger	embOS	ColdFire / HC08 / HC12 / ARM / S08 / RS08	SEGGER embOS (Real Time Operating System) follows strict, yet efficient coding and documentation standards. embOS is a priority-controlled real time operating system, designed to be used as foundation for the development of embedded real-time applications. Learn More

Hardware Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	MPN	Supported Family	Description
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	Freescale	U-MULTILINK	HC08 / HCS12 / S08 / RS08 / Coldfire / Kinetis	P&E USB Multilink Universal debug and programming interface for HCS08, HC(S)12(X), ColdFire, Qorivva MPC55xx/56xx, and Kinetis
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	Freescale	USBMLCF	Coldfire V2/V3/V4	USB BDM Interface cable for the ColdFire V2/V3/V4

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	Freescale: Quick Start Guide For Mechatronics Robot -FSLBOT
Design Techniques	Freescale: How to Use Freescale's Robot and the Tower Mechatronics Board
Product Brief	Freescale: Fact Sheet For TWR-MECH
User Guide	Freescale: Assembly Guide For Freescale Mechatronics Robot
Solution Guide	Freescale: Solutions For Tower System

Design Elements

Type	Description
Application Library	Freescale: Robot Vision Tool kit
Application Library	Freescale: Codewarrior Sample Code For TWR-MECH FSLBOT
Schematics	Freescale: TWR-MECH Board-Schematics File

Video

Video1	Video2
www.youtube.com/watch	www.youtube.com/watch

Kit Features

Metal 4 degrees of freedom walking biped robot
MCF52259 Tower Mechatronics Board with 3-axis accelerometer
Expandable with additional plug-in sensors (pressure, magnetometer, touch)
4 PWM controlled RC servo motors
Expressive "face" with 12 touch pads, and 7 LED's for user interaction
Easily add your own sensors and accessories using; I2C, SPI, A/D, or GPIO
Programmable in C/C++ using CodeWarrior
Supported by The Robot Vision Toolkit and RobotSee (a language as simple as BASIC)

Kit Contents

Tower Mechatronics Board with ColdFire MCF52259
4 PWM controlled RC servos
Leg mechanics and associated hardware
Bipedal 4DOF walking Robot assembly instructions
Tower Mechatronics Board User Guide
Quick Start Guide Document

Tags: freescaledocs, robotsee, twr-mech, _robot, mechatronics, coldfire, fslbot