The Control Board is a sensor interfacing board that allows a variety of sensors to be read and sent to the main control computer. The board is designed to connect directly to a ConnectTech Orbitty Carrier Board.

Schematics

The Eagle Schematics for the board can be found here.

Firmware

The firmware for the board can be found here.

Feature List

• Teensy 3.2 for processing
• RTC Battery Backup for Jetson
• 4 Digital GPIO pins with grounds
• 3 Analog Input Pins
• 7 i2C breakout ports attached to the Teensy's i2c pins
• 1 i2c breakout port attached to the Jetson's i2c port
• 1 Buzzer
• 1 GPIO for disabling power to the motor via the control board
• WS2812 RGB LED light strip port and attachable regulator for the lights

Problems

• Jetson i2c port pinout and teensy i2c port pinout are not the same
• JST connectors are difficult to crimp and frequently fall out
• Not designed for cable management
• Wraps around ethernet jack which managed to destroy the ethernet jack in a crash
• Extra serial ports should've been broken out
• Did not account for needing opto-isolated battery monitoring