Terasic

DE10-Nano Self-Balancing Robot Development Kit

Terasic’s self-balancing multi-functional robot built on the Intel® Cyclone® V based DE10-Nano

Image of Terasic's DE10-Nano Self-Balancing Robot Development Kit Based on the Terasic DE10-Nano development board featuring the Intel SoC FPGA, this kit shows how FPGAs can be used to provide I/O interfaces customer-tailored to an application. The system uses the on-board accelerometer for balance and FPGA logic and I/O to provide motor drive, ultrasonic distance measurement, IR detection, and Bluetooth® communication. An optional camera board and FPGA design, created with the license-free Intel High-Level Synthesis (HLS) compiler, let this robot track and follow objects based on color. The possibilities for customization and experimentation are endless.

Kit Contents

Image of Terasic's DE10-Nano Self-Balancing Robot Development Kit Contents

  1. Self-balancing robot - DE10-Nano included
  2. Lithium battery
  3. Lithium battery charger
  4. IR remote control
  5. Mini USB cable
  6. Micro USB cable
  7. Quick start guide
Features
  • HPS (Hard Processor System)
    • 800 MHz dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A9 processor
    • 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM (32-bit data bus)
    • 1 Gigabit Ethernet PHY with RJ45 connector
    • USB OTG port, USB micro AB connector
    • microSD card socket
    • Accelerometer (I2C interface + interrupt)
    • UART to USB, USB Mini-B connector
    • Warm reset button and cold reset button
    • One user button and one user LED
    • LTC 2x7 expansion header
  • Motor Driver Board
    • DC motor driver and connectors
    • Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module
    • 2x20 GPIO connector to the DE10-Nano Board
    • IR receiver
    • ADC power monitor
    • Ultrasonic connector
    • 12 V power input
    • 5 V power output to FPGA board
    • 6-axis (gyro+accelerometer) MEMS motion tracking
  • FPGA Device
    • Intel Cyclone V SE 5CSEBA6U23I7 device (110K LEs)
    • Serial configuration device (EPCS64 revision B2 or later)
    • USB-Blaster™ II onboard for programming; JTAG mode
    • HDMI TX, compatible with DVI 1.0 and HDCP v1.4
    • 2 push buttons
    • 4 slide switches
    • 8 green user LEDs
    • Three 50 MHz clock sources from the clock generator
    • Two 40-pin expansion headers
    • One Arduino expansion header (Uno R3 compatibility), can be connected with Arduino shields
    • One 10-pin analog input expansion header (shared with Arduino analog input)
    • A/D converter, 4-pin SPI with FPGA

DE10-Nano Self-Balancing Robot Development Kit

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
DE-10 NANO SELF-BALANCING ROBOTP0509-KITDE-10 NANO SELF-BALANCING ROBOT10 - Immediate$2,301.67View Details

Cyclone V

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionFlash SizeRAM SizeConnectivityAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
IC SOC CORTEX-A9 800MHZ 672UBGA5CSEBA6U23I7NIC SOC CORTEX-A9 800MHZ 672UBGA-64KBCANbus, EBI/EMI, Ethernet, I2C, MMC/SD/SDIO, SPI, UART/USART, USB OTG60 - Immediate$2,864.98View Details

Bluetooth / Wi-Fi

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
RF TXRX MOD BLUETOOTH WIFI SMDESP32-WROOM-32-N4RF TXRX MOD BLUETOOTH WIFI SMD0 - Immediate$54.00View Details

Motor Driver

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionOutput ConfigurationInterfaceTechnologyAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
IC MOTOR DRIVER 2.7V-5.5V 24SSOPTB6612FNG,C,8,ELIC MOTOR DRIVER 2.7V-5.5V 24SSOPHalf Bridge (4)ParallelPower MOSFET37653 - Immediate$14.98View Details

Ultrasonic Module

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionVoltage - RatedBeam AngleOperating TemperatureAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
ULTRASONIC SENSOR HC-SR04 40KHZ13959ULTRASONIC SENSOR HC-SR04 40KHZ5V11°-0 - Immediate$32.52View Details

Motion Tracking

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionOutput TypeOperating TemperaturePackage / CaseAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
IMU ACCEL/GYRO 3-AXIS I2C 24QFNMPU-6500IMU ACCEL/GYRO 3-AXIS I2C 24QFNI2C, SPI-40°C ~ 85°C24-VFQFN Module Exposed Pad17203 - Immediate$59.02View Details

Analog to Digital Converter

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
IC ADC 12BIT SAR 24QFNLTC2308IUF#PBFIC ADC 12BIT SAR 24QFN404 - Immediate$94.83View Details
IC ADC 12BIT SAR 24QFNLTC2308IUF#TRPBFIC ADC 12BIT SAR 24QFN7089 - Immediate$94.83View Details
IC ADC 12BIT SAR 24QFNLTC2308CUF#PBFIC ADC 12BIT SAR 24QFN363 - Immediate$82.90View Details
Published: 2018-05-24

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