Surveyor Robotics Journal

Surveyor Robotics Journal

	email: support@surveyor.com web: Surveyor Corporation rss: Subscribe Archives March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 Februray 2006 January 2006	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 Prototype radio board for Blackfin Prototypes of the expansion board for WiFi and Zigbee (posted on the Blackfin info page) arrived last night. There are a couple of small problems with component placement which will be easily fixed, but the boards are functioning 100%, streaming JPEG video frames from the Blackfin through the Lantronix Matchport WLAN module to remote systems on our 802.11g network. We have also done limited testing with the Zigbee radio, and that seems to be working properly as well. Here are photos of the expansion card, shown without a radio, with a Zigbee, with a Matchport (plastic cover removed for stacking clearance), and with the processor. As discussed previously, note that the connectors on the processor card will change for proper stacking. Also, we will be using Zigbee radios with u.fl connectors in the future, though the photo shows a radio with a wire antenna. We finished the layout of the motor control board earlier today, and hope to have prototypes back by the end of next week for testing. The production batch of processor cards should be finishing soon, and we already have cameras, so we still seem to be on track for everything to come together by mid-October. Posted Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:25 \| HTML Link \| see additional stories ...