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| Alpha V1, an Open-Source Arduino Compatible Remote Controller (not just a PCB) |
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| alireza.safdari:
Over the years (since 2013) we always wanted to have an open source and modifiable remote controller for robotics applications. Since we could not find one in market, we would end up building one remote controller for each robot. We were in the second year of university and kind of newbie, so we never thought about making one controller that can adapt to all projects. Years later in 2017, we decided to do something more than our jobs, so we decided to build a remote controller that is open source and it can be adapted to various projects. After a lot of brain storming we made Alpha V1: The hardware is: 1) Xbee 2) Arduino Mega based board (using Atmega 2560) 3) RA6963C LCD driver The important features: 1) Let you connect any switch or analog device to the main board and all you have to do is defining them in the menus. 2) Using laser cut top and bottom plate for easy modification by users and even cutting new ones if needed. 3) 3D printed friendly shell, so that users can 3d print theirs 4) Almost all features of normal RC transmitters 5) By giving up latency you can transmit more channels. The our of the box performance would be 18 channels 100Hz but can be set to 36 at 50Hz or even 72 at 25Hz. 6) readable open source code ;D to be honest we spend a lot of time to make it easy for new people to understand it. We are planning to crowdfund this remote controller but we still do not have enough traction. So I posted this here to see what you think and if there is a feature which you think can make our remote controller more interesting? Also if you know someone who could be interested in this, please do let them know. Alpha V1 on our website: https://www.craetech.com/alpha-v1 Our project page with many pictures on Hacker.io: https://hackaday.io/project/164523-alpha-v1-open-source-remote-controller |
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