VoCore Version Rebuild

Published on 2015-02-25 in Pico-Kubik quadruped robot.

I finally got to rebuilding the VoCore version of pKubik using the new printed circuit board. On the photo, starting from the top, you can see:

• a hat

• battery charging module

• camera module

• battery

• VoCore

• breakout board for the VoCore

• Arduino Pro Mini

• the new board.

I also compiled a new OpenWRT image for it, and made sure everything works as it did before. So now I am where I was a week ago, except with a sturdier and more modular construction.

I also have the gait implementation I wrote for the Arduino-only version, and I’m tempted to drop the Micropython version. Instead just accept commands for the Arduino-controlled gait on the serial, and echo those through ssh from the VoCore.

Oh, I also finally found a good source of rubber for the feet. Old- school bicycle valves used pieces of a small rubber hose. You can still buy them in bike shops today, and they make excellent feet for the robots.