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Microcontrollers and accessories

2010-10-01T15:15:05Z

TommasoColombo: /* Booking */

Many AIRLab projects use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcontroller microcontrollers]. There are many producers of microcontrollers, but for legacy reasons we usually tend to use the PIC line of products by [http://www.microchip.com/ Microchip].

[http://www.voti.nl/swp/index.html Here] you can find a good introduction to the design of circuits based on PIC microcontrollers.

== Hardware ==

=== PIC by Microchip ===
In AIRLab/Lambrate you can find three Microchip ICD2 "debuggers" (Microchip product number DV164007).

[[Image:Microchip_ICD2-DV164007.jpg|center|Microchip ICD2]]

All these devices should stay in the Lab! If removed, the person taking them have to write that he/she is taking it away on the table at the end of this section.

These are devices which let you write, read and run the code running on a PIC. To do that, the PIC can be accessed in two ways:
* if you were thoughtful enough, you designed your PCB including a port to connect to the pins of the PIC used for programming: in this case, the PIC can be left on the PCB and it is sufficient to hook up the ICD2 to the board with a suitable cable;
* if you were not so thoughtful (or if the PCB comes from someone else who wasn't), each time you need to communicate with the PIC you have to extract it from its socket and put it into an auxiliary board (Microchip product number AC162049) connected to the ICD2, then to put it back into the socket when you are finished.
[[Image:Microchip_AC162049.jpg|center|Microchip AC162049 auxiliary board]]

Of course you have to POWER DOWN THE CIRCUIT when taking out the PIC or putting it back!

=== ARM processors ===
Four Olimex USB JTAG programmers are now available in AirLAB:
* one is in the workshop next to the ARM microcontrollers. (taken by [[User:StefanoCadario]] on 27 july 2010)
* one is taken by [[User:MatteoRossi]]
* one is taken by Massimo Gandola and Diego Pizzagalli (tutored by [[User:MatteoMatteucci]])
* one is in [[User:MatteoMatteucci]] office

=== Booking ===

If you want to remove these devices from the lab, please book in advance by adding an entry to the table.
Please keep the table lines ordered by time (nearest bookings first); add new entries like this:
{| border="1"
! Day !! Time !! Person
|-
| Monday 13 March || 11:00-18:00 || [[User:DonaldDuck | Donald Duck]]
|-
| Friday 15 April || 9:30-13:00 || [[User:MickeyMouse | Mickey Mouse]]
|-
|}

Use abbreviations, if you like.
Please remove old entries.

- - - - - - -

Microchip ICD2-01 -> Tommaso Colombo (01/10/2010) | contact: [[User:TommasoColombo | Tommaso Colombo]] <br/>
ST REva Evaluation Board STM32 -> Martino Migliavacca (9/4/8)<br/>
Olimex USB JTAG programmer -> Matteo Rossi (November 2009)

CPG for Warugadar

2010-10-01T15:14:36Z

TommasoColombo: /* Project name */

{{Project
|title=CPG for Warugadar
|image=Warugadar1.jpg
|short_descr=Study Central Pattern Generation, develop a CPG implementation in Matlab or Python. Adapt the
method to a quadruped robot (Warugadar).
|coordinator=GiuseppinaGini
|tutor=PaoloBelluco;
|students=MattiaPirotti;SimonaPasticcini; SimoneMasetto;
|resarea=Robotics
|restopic=Bio Robotics
|start=2009/04/03
|end=2011/01/01
|status=Active
|level=Ms
|type=Thesis
}}
== '''Part 1: project profile''' ==

=== Project name ===

CPG for Warugadar / Warugadar Mark II

=== Project short description ===

Study Central Pattern Generation, develop a CPG implementation in Matlab or Python. Adapt the
method to a quadruped robot (Warugadar).

Development of a new electronic board and building a new version of Warugadar with stronger motors and enhanced sensors.

=== Dates ===

Start date: 2009/04/03

End date: ongoing

=== People involved ===

* [[User:TommasoColombo|Tommaso Colombo]]

===== Project head =====

* [[User:GiuseppinaGini|GiuseppinaGini]]

===== Students currently working on the project =====

* [[User:TommasoColombo|Tommaso Colombo]]

* [[User:AndreaLelj|AndreaLeljGarollaDiBard]]

CPG for Warugadar

2010-10-01T15:14:18Z

TommasoColombo: /* Project name */

{{Project
|title=CPG for Warugadar
|image=Warugadar1.jpg
|short_descr=Study Central Pattern Generation, develop a CPG implementation in Matlab or Python. Adapt the
method to a quadruped robot (Warugadar).
|coordinator=GiuseppinaGini
|tutor=PaoloBelluco;
|students=MattiaPirotti;SimonaPasticcini; SimoneMasetto;
|resarea=Robotics
|restopic=Bio Robotics
|start=2009/04/03
|end=2011/01/01
|status=Active
|level=Ms
|type=Thesis
}}
== '''Part 1: project profile''' ==

=== Project name ===

CPG for Warugadar || Warugadar Mark II

=== Project short description ===

Study Central Pattern Generation, develop a CPG implementation in Matlab or Python. Adapt the
method to a quadruped robot (Warugadar).

Development of a new electronic board and building a new version of Warugadar with stronger motors and enhanced sensors.

=== Dates ===

Start date: 2009/04/03

End date: ongoing

=== People involved ===

* [[User:TommasoColombo|Tommaso Colombo]]

===== Project head =====

* [[User:GiuseppinaGini|GiuseppinaGini]]

===== Students currently working on the project =====

* [[User:TommasoColombo|Tommaso Colombo]]

* [[User:AndreaLelj|AndreaLeljGarollaDiBard]]

CPG for Warugadar

2010-10-01T15:13:51Z

TommasoColombo: /* Project short description */

{{Project
|title=CPG for Warugadar
|image=Warugadar1.jpg
|short_descr=Study Central Pattern Generation, develop a CPG implementation in Matlab or Python. Adapt the
method to a quadruped robot (Warugadar).
|coordinator=GiuseppinaGini
|tutor=PaoloBelluco;
|students=MattiaPirotti;SimonaPasticcini; SimoneMasetto;
|resarea=Robotics
|restopic=Bio Robotics
|start=2009/04/03
|end=2011/01/01
|status=Active
|level=Ms
|type=Thesis
}}
== '''Part 1: project profile''' ==

=== Project name ===

CPG for Warugadar

=== Project short description ===

Study Central Pattern Generation, develop a CPG implementation in Matlab or Python. Adapt the
method to a quadruped robot (Warugadar).

Development of a new electronic board and building a new version of Warugadar with stronger motors and enhanced sensors.

=== Dates ===

Start date: 2009/04/03

End date: ongoing

=== People involved ===

* [[User:TommasoColombo|Tommaso Colombo]]

===== Project head =====

* [[User:GiuseppinaGini|GiuseppinaGini]]

===== Students currently working on the project =====

* [[User:TommasoColombo|Tommaso Colombo]]

* [[User:AndreaLelj|AndreaLeljGarollaDiBard]]

CPG for Warugadar

2010-10-01T15:10:37Z

TommasoColombo: /* People involved */

{{Project
|title=CPG for Warugadar
|image=Warugadar1.jpg
|short_descr=Study Central Pattern Generation, develop a CPG implementation in Matlab or Python. Adapt the
method to a quadruped robot (Warugadar).
|coordinator=GiuseppinaGini
|tutor=PaoloBelluco;
|students=MattiaPirotti;SimonaPasticcini; SimoneMasetto;
|resarea=Robotics
|restopic=Bio Robotics
|start=2009/04/03
|end=2011/01/01
|status=Active
|level=Ms
|type=Thesis
}}
== '''Part 1: project profile''' ==

=== Project name ===

CPG for Warugadar

=== Project short description ===

Study Central Pattern Generation, develop a CPG implementation in Matlab or Python. Adapt the
method to a quadruped robot (Warugadar).

=== Dates ===

Start date: 2009/04/03

End date: ongoing

=== People involved ===

* [[User:TommasoColombo|Tommaso Colombo]]

===== Project head =====

* [[User:GiuseppinaGini|GiuseppinaGini]]

===== Students currently working on the project =====

* [[User:TommasoColombo|Tommaso Colombo]]

* [[User:AndreaLelj|AndreaLeljGarollaDiBard]]

CPG for Warugadar

2010-10-01T15:10:21Z

TommasoColombo: /* Students currently working on the project */

{{Project
|title=CPG for Warugadar
|image=Warugadar1.jpg
|short_descr=Study Central Pattern Generation, develop a CPG implementation in Matlab or Python. Adapt the
method to a quadruped robot (Warugadar).
|coordinator=GiuseppinaGini
|tutor=PaoloBelluco;
|students=MattiaPirotti;SimonaPasticcini; SimoneMasetto;
|resarea=Robotics
|restopic=Bio Robotics
|start=2009/04/03
|end=2011/01/01
|status=Active
|level=Ms
|type=Thesis
}}
== '''Part 1: project profile''' ==

=== Project name ===

CPG for Warugadar

=== Project short description ===

Study Central Pattern Generation, develop a CPG implementation in Matlab or Python. Adapt the
method to a quadruped robot (Warugadar).

=== Dates ===

Start date: 2009/04/03

End date: ongoing

=== People involved ===

* [[User:MattiaPirotti|MattiaPirotti]]

===== Project head =====

* [[User:GiuseppinaGini|GiuseppinaGini]]

===== Students currently working on the project =====

* [[User:TommasoColombo|Tommaso Colombo]]

* [[User:AndreaLelj|AndreaLeljGarollaDiBard]]

Microcontrollers and accessories

2010-10-01T15:08:46Z

TommasoColombo: /* Booking */

Many AIRLab projects use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcontroller microcontrollers]. There are many producers of microcontrollers, but for legacy reasons we usually tend to use the PIC line of products by [http://www.microchip.com/ Microchip].

[http://www.voti.nl/swp/index.html Here] you can find a good introduction to the design of circuits based on PIC microcontrollers.

== Hardware ==

=== PIC by Microchip ===
In AIRLab/Lambrate you can find three Microchip ICD2 "debuggers" (Microchip product number DV164007).

[[Image:Microchip_ICD2-DV164007.jpg|center|Microchip ICD2]]

All these devices should stay in the Lab! If removed, the person taking them have to write that he/she is taking it away on the table at the end of this section.

These are devices which let you write, read and run the code running on a PIC. To do that, the PIC can be accessed in two ways:
* if you were thoughtful enough, you designed your PCB including a port to connect to the pins of the PIC used for programming: in this case, the PIC can be left on the PCB and it is sufficient to hook up the ICD2 to the board with a suitable cable;
* if you were not so thoughtful (or if the PCB comes from someone else who wasn't), each time you need to communicate with the PIC you have to extract it from its socket and put it into an auxiliary board (Microchip product number AC162049) connected to the ICD2, then to put it back into the socket when you are finished.
[[Image:Microchip_AC162049.jpg|center|Microchip AC162049 auxiliary board]]

Of course you have to POWER DOWN THE CIRCUIT when taking out the PIC or putting it back!

=== ARM processors ===
Four Olimex USB JTAG programmers are now available in AirLAB:
* one is in the workshop next to the ARM microcontrollers. (taken by [[User:StefanoCadario]] on 27 july 2010)
* one is taken by [[User:MatteoRossi]]
* one is taken by Massimo Gandola and Diego Pizzagalli (tutored by [[User:MatteoMatteucci]])
* one is in [[User:MatteoMatteucci]] office

=== Booking ===

If you want to remove these devices from the lab, please book in advance by adding an entry to the table.
Please keep the table lines ordered by time (nearest bookings first); add new entries like this:
{| border="1"
! Day !! Time !! Person
|-
| Monday 13 March || 11:00-18:00 || [[User:DonaldDuck | Donald Duck]]
|-
| Friday 15 April || 9:30-13:00 || [[User:MickeyMouse | Mickey Mouse]]
|-
|}

Use abbreviations, if you like.
Please remove old entries.

- - - - - - -

Microchip ICD2-01 -> Tommaso Colombo (01/10/2010) | contact: [[User:TommasoColombo | Tommaso Colombo]]
ST REva Evaluation Board STM32 -> Martino Migliavacca (9/4/8)
Olimex USB JTAG programmer -> Matteo Rossi (November 2009)

User:TommasoColombo

2010-04-12T22:14:25Z

TommasoColombo:

{{Student
|category=Student
|firstname=Tommaso
|lastname=Colombo
|email=tommycolo@virgilio.it
|projectpage=CPG_for_Warugadar
|advisor=GiuseppinaGini;
|status=active
}}

User:TommasoColombo

2010-04-12T22:13:49Z

TommasoColombo:

{{Student
|category=Student
|firstname=Tommaso
|lastname=Colombo
|email=tommycolo@virgilio.it
|projectpage=http://airwiki.elet.polimi.it/mediawiki/index.php/CPG_for_Warugadar
|advisor=GiuseppinaGini;
|status=active
}}

User:TommasoColombo

2010-04-12T22:12:27Z

TommasoColombo: New page: {{Student |category=Student |firstname=Tommaso |lastname=Colombo |email=tommycolo@virgilio.it |advisor=GiuseppinaGini; |status=active }}

{{Student
|category=Student
|firstname=Tommaso
|lastname=Colombo
|email=tommycolo@virgilio.it
|advisor=GiuseppinaGini;
|status=active
}}