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A project log for Autonomous Agri-robot Control System

Controlling autonomous robots the size of a small tractor for planting, weeding and harvesting

capt-flatus-oflahertyCapt. Flatus O'Flaherty ☠ 03/16/2018 at 09:230 Comments
The design is 2 layer, with top layer tracks in red and bottom layer in blue. Board outline is green and copper pour is red. At the bottom is mounting for 2 MCUs with the same footprint as an Arduino Mega / Due. At present, bottom right is inhabited by a TC275 - a 3 core MCU which runs at 200 MHz - perfect for controlling a relatively large number of motors.

Top left is a weird looking shape that houses the GPS module - a Ublox C94 Rover, which bolts onto the under side of the PCB. Bolting onto the top side is the SIM800 cellular module, a digital compass (bottom left) and some TFT screens (middle). There's also mountings for a couple of Arduino Nanos, a text to speech module and a 35W audio amplifier.

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