e-puck education robot - Extensions

Written by Adam Klaptocz

Friday, 07 July 2006

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The Fly-Vision Turret is a top turret specifically designed for experiments related to Optic Flow (OF). The turret consists of 3 black-and-white 102-pixel linear cameras that can be placed in several different positions. The cameras are connected directly to the dsPIC on the e-Puck through the extension bus, and thus there is no communication required through the I2C bus.

Printed Circuit Board Layout:

Base PCB Features:

There are 6 connectors for the 3 cameras, allowing several different camera configurations depending on the task
Oscilloscope test points are available for all camera signals and can be used for debugging
A connector is available for an optoinal analogue gyroscope module (to be used for OF calculation) or any other analogue sensor

Camera Configurations:



This configuration can be used to avoid obstacles during forward motion	This configuration is useful for corridor-following algorithms	This configuration provides near-omnidirectional vision using a camera pointed backwards

Detailed schematics and PCB gerber files for the Fly-Vision Turret will soon be posted on the Download Page .

This extension was designed at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS) at EPFL.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 July 2006 )

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