Wednesday, April 26, 2017

The GameBoy Robot


You never played this game ;)
This is a small mobile Robot with Nintendo's GameBoy Advance SP as the main (and only) processing unit (no other microcontrollers are used).
Characteristics
  • CPU: GameBoy Advance SP
  • Motion: Four wheels drived by four independent dc motors (4x4)
  • Motors: Four dc motors
  • GPIO: Six outputs and eight analog inputs. There are also 8 + 1 outputs detecated for the motor control. One output is reserved for communication with the ADC. So only 6 general purpuse outputs are remained for general use
  • Sensors:
    • Eyes: Two analog infrared transceivers at the front, for object avoidance.

The video shows a test of the motor control