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“Pollo”

Pollo is my nickname for my youngest nephew (Mateo), and also the name of one of my RoboProp based robots.  Pollo started out as a standard BOE-BOT, but he’s grown up a lot…

“Marco”

Marco is Pollo’s older brother (for some reason my sister did not take my suggestion for Mateo’s name). Marco is based on the two wheel drive / two encoder Dagu Rover 5 platform, controlled by RoboProp, with a lot of extra goodies.

Robot X: One of the new robots I have started building…

Robot Y: The other new robot I have started building…

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For more information about RoboProp, click on the “RoboProp” link on the left

RoboProp is an advanced robot controller board with an integrated L298 full H-Bridge for driving two DC motors.

RoboProp Features:

• 4.000″x3.050″ standard form factor with standard mounting hole pattern
• Designed to fit onto BOE-BOT as an upgrade
• Designed to fit Dagu “Mr. Basic” and “Arduino Motor” robot platforms
• Parallax Propeller processor with eight 32 bit cores running at 100Mhz
• 64KB EEPROM
• uSD for data logging and program storage
• L298 full H-bridge driver with up to 2.5A drive with large heat sink per motor (3A peak)
• optional current sense resistors
• 8 channel / 12 bit ADC for 3-pin 5V sensors (MCP3208)
• up to 24 channels for servos or digital inputs
• Mikronauts I2C connector for upcoming Mikronauts I2C modules
• HCOMM connector for programming via Propeller Plug, or Mikronauts SerPlug
• EXP connectors for breadboards and Mikronauts modules
• can use FlexMem for SRAM/FLASH/FRAM/MRAM memory expansion (uses 6-8 I/O pins)
• can add upcoming MCP3208 module for an additional 8 analog input channels (uses 4 I/O pins)
• can stack on other Mikronauts CPU boards and breadboards with stacking headers for EXP1/EXP2
• two small high-density prototype areas
• screw terminals for Vin/GND, MotorA, MotorB
• on-board 5V and 3.3V regulation
• RoboPropDiag diagnostic software for testing and exercising ADC/SERVO/L298 features included
• uses OBEX objects for pwm, servos and ADC
• fsrw26 modified for RoboProp’s uSD settings included
• extra mounting holes for sensors and other platforms

RoboProp Discussion:

• RoboProp thread with example robot photo’s and more
  

Notes:

• four servo / IO channels are shared with the L298 motor driver
• four servo / IO channels are shared with the uSD socket

Videos:

• Please see the Mikronauts YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/mikronauts
• More videos will be uploaded as time permits

Kit Pricing:

• $99.00USD+s/h - RoboProp Full Kit - DC motor edition (includes L298 H-Bridge and related parts)
• $89.00USD+s/h - RoboProp Full Kit - Continuous rotation servo edition (does NOT include L298 H-Bridge and related parts)

Assembled & Tested Pricing:

• $149.00USD+s/h - RoboProp - DC motor edition (includes L298 H-Bridge and related parts)
• $139.00USD+s/h - RoboProp - Continuous rotation servo edition (does NOT include L298 H-Bridge and related parts)

Ordering:

• please contact Mikronauts at “mikronauts at-character gmail dot com” with your desired quantity and postal address for a shipping quote with payment instructions

Quantity pricing is available for dealers, distributors, educational institutions and robotics clubs.