We are seeking backers for a new I/O board project for the Raspberry PI currently posted on kickstarter. Please see http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/95547492/rio-io-processor-board-for-raspberry-pi for project detail and proof of concept demo.
The board is presented as a generic I/O inteface card, but it is particularly well suited to applications in mobile robots.
The main elements of the board are:
- DCDC power converter, allowing the PI to be powered from any DC source up to 30V. A car battery for example.
- 13 inputs that can be configured as:
- Digital inputs
- 0-5V Analog inputs with 12-bit resolution
- Pulse inputs capable of pulse width, duty cycle or frequency capture.
- Inputs to special sensors like the
- Parallax Ping ultrasound sensor http://www.parallax.com/tabid/768/productid/92/default.aspx
- Roboteq's magnetic track sensor http://www.roboteq.com/sensors/mgs1600-precision-magnetic-track-following-sensor
- other based on popular demand
- Quadrature encoder inputs (for up to 3 encoders)
- Pulse output for controlling RC servos
- 8 Digital outputs capable of driving load up to 1A each at up to 24V (outputs can be used a inputs if needed)
- RS232/RS485 serial interface for connecting to standard serial devices
- TTL serial port for connecting to Arduino and other Microcontrollers no equipped with RS232 transceiver
- CAN interface
- optional AHRS with Inertial Navigation software
Please let me know if you have any comments and suggestions. And please help spread the word.
Thanks
Cosma
The board has an ARM Cortex MCU that
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