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SOCRobotics

  1. IMU6410 Data Logger port to AVR Studio 4.19 completed and available for download.
  2. The new MK4c and MK4cp Stepper Motor controllers are shipping. Technical Reference Manual on web site.
  3. ATxmega256A3U finally available in distribution - now we can put those samples to use. Still waiting for the AT32UC3C2512's to show up.
  4. New stk500v2.01 bootloader on web site - this one doesn need external jumper - just jmp from app
  5. So, during much thanksgiving indulgence, managment decided to send me bungee jumping at Whistler BC with an IMU6410 attached this weekend!
  6. Added stk500v2 bootloader for the ATmega1284p processor on the IMU6410 - supports AVRdude (Arduino) and AVR Studio 4/5 - on download page
  7. Testing the new Atmel AT32UC3C0512C on our new XC144L board - it's fast - does a single precision floating point sin in 3.5usec at 66MHz.
  8. Just released the IMU6410 integrated 10 degree of freedom MEMs sensor platform with processor (Arduino bootloader) and USB 2.0.
  9. Download the latest Arduino bootloaders for the SmartLCD, LED8, Wasp, ANT6 and Cricket from the download page.
  10. CN12, CM130 CMOS Camera Module technical reference manuals released.
  11. Dragonfly DOF10W and DOF9W MEMs IMU platforms are now shipping.
  12. The DOF10W is being used in a real time Kalman Filter augmented limb positioning application by researchers at Simon Fraser University.
  13. Preliminary technical manual for our DOF10W 10 Degree of Freedom sensor platform is now available on our web site.
  14. Demonstrating our new Stuart Platform linear and rotary Hexapods at SFU's NSERC Forum May 9th.
  15. Preliminary tests of the Bosch BMP085 pressure sensor in the 10DOFW sensor indicate a height resolution of about 1.5 feet - amazing
  16. New manual for the MM160 driver is on the web site. The MM160 uses the popular TB6560 3.5A bipolar driver chip.
  17. Two enterprising Engineering Physics students at UBC created a balancing robotic using a Cricket - see video at http://vimeo.com/22182239
  18. Our Stewart Platform Hexapod Simulator (see web site) is scheduled for release in a few weeks. This is the result of collaboration with SFU
  19. Well we are back after a long, long, long time. Site is going through an upgrade. Check out the new 10 degree of freedoms sensor platform
  20. Just published a short video of a wheelchair driven by the SMC685 controller as part of our Power Assisted Wheelchair collaborative project.