RP6 ROBOT SYSTEM - 1. Introduction
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Two free Analog to Digital Converter (ADC)
Channels for external sensor
systems (Alternatively useable as standard I/O Pins).
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Accurate 5V voltage regulation
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Maximum current supply: 1.5A
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Large copper-area for heat dissipation to the PCB
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Constant current should not get higher than 1A. More than this requires extra
cooling! We recommend a maximum constant current value below 800mA.
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Replaceable
3.15A fuse on RP6v2
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Low standby current
of less than 5mA (1mA typ. and ca. 17 up to 40mA in use, of
course this depends on system load and activity (LEDs, Sensors etc.). These values
only include electronic circuits and do not take motors and expansion modules into
account!).
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Power supply with 6 NiMH Mignon accumulator batteries
(not included!)
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E.g. Panasonic or Sanyo (NiMH, 1.2V, 2500mAh, HR-3U , Size AA HR6) or Ener-
gizer (NiMH, 1.2V, 2500mAh, NH15-AA)
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Size AA, e.g. Sanyo (NiMH, 1.2V, 2500mAh, HR-3U), Sanyo Eneloop (High Capa-
city XX, 2500mAh, HR-3UWX) or Panasonic Infinium or Energizer (NiMH, 1.2V,
2500mAh, NH15-AA) or similar, minimum 2000mAh.
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Operating time ca. 3 up to 6 hours depending on usage and quality/capacity of
the batteries (if the engines are not being activated too much, the robot may be
operated a lot longer. These operating time specifications are only for the robot
system itself, without expansion modules).
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Connector for external battery chargers
– the robot's main power switch
toggles between “Charge/Off” and “Operate/On”.
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This may be adapted by using a few solder pads on the PCB, allowing you to
connect the robot with external power supplies or additional batteries.
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Any external chargers that are suitable of charging 6 NiMH Cells in series may be
used. External chargers drastically vary in performance and additional options,
providing charging times between 3 and 14h. You need a charger with round
5.5mm plug.
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The Mainboard provides
6 small expansion areas
(and additionally 2 very tiny
areas on the small sensor PCB on the front) for your own sensor circuits, e.g. for
implementing additional IR sensors to improve obstacle detection. Expansion areas
may also be used for mounting purposes, e.g. for fixing mechanical objects.
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Lots of expansion possibilities!
Furthermore we supply quite a few C example programs and an extensive function lib-
rary, for comfortable software development.
The robot's Website will soon provide additional programs and software updates for
the robot system and its expansion modules. Of course we invite you to share your
own programs with other RP6 users via internet. The RP6Library and the example pro-
gram files are released under the Open Source Licence GPL!
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