RP6 ROBOT SYSTEM - 2. Installation of the Expansion Module
When it is mounted, the display could
look like on the picture on the right.
The expansion connectors with the free
I/O ports can simply be connected via
small 10- or 14-pin flat ribbon cables to
one or more RP6-EXP expansion modules.
The I/Os and ADCs can be used there for
reading sensors, etc. One single module
will hardly be sufficient to use the numer-
ous I/O ports in a sensible manner. It
would be a more flexible solution to
mount two RP6-EXP modules next to each
other on the first level and install RP6-EXP
on the front and the RP6-M256 at the rear
side on a second level.
A combination with the RP6-M32 module
would also be possible. A combination
with the RP6-M128 does not make so much sense as unfortunately the C-Control soft-
ware doesn't support the I2C slave mode. The RP6-M256 module should better remain
the bus master. An alternative would be to drive the C-Control module via one of the
secondary serial interfaces. This of course requires several software adjustments.
The ribbon cables fit perfectly
through the center gap
between the two module
stacks.
Advanced user can route the
wire of the WLAN antenna
through there as well in order
to mount the antenna on an-
other level or on a self-made
construction.
The RP6-M256 module can be
used in various totally different
applications. In that case, the
flexible antenna mount is an
advantage (e.g. installation in
a case).
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