February 2020
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
10h 50m
English
Content preview from Hands-On ROS for Robotics Programming
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Deep diving into the electromechanics
As explained in GoPiGo's official documentation (https://www.dexterindustries.com/GoPiGo/learning/technical-specifications-for-the-gopigo-raspberry-pi-robotics-kit/), the specifications of the GoPiGo3 robot are as follows:
- Operating voltage: 7V-12V
- External interfaces:
- I2C ports: Two Grove ports connected to the Raspberry Pi I2C bus through a level-conversion chip
- Serial ports: One Grove port connected to the serial pins on the Raspberry Pi through a level-conversion chip
- Analog digital ports: Two Grove ports connected to the GoPiGo3 microcontroller
- Encoders: Two magnetic encoders with six pulse counts per rotation (with 120:1 gear reduction for a total of 720 pulses per wheel rotation)
- Wheels diameter ...