Category:HamsterProKit

AAEON Pro Kit support page

Kit prerequisite (not included in the kit)

• Lipo battery with T connector 7.4V 2 cell.
• Battery charger

1. Connecting all parts within the kit

• Use the LLC cable (in the picture) to both monitor and charge the battery

 * Port 9 can be used to charge the Lipo Battery
 * Port 8 should connect the the Lipo battery balancer (JST connector)
 * Port 7 should connect to the LLC board 
 * Red T connector (rightmost on the picture)

• Connect the Up Squared board to the LLC as shown in the picture

 * TX/RX should be connected to GPIO ports
 * Power should be connected through DC connector

• Connect the MX2 wifi module
• Connect the two WIFI antennas using the SMT connector to the integrated chip
• Connect the Movidius chip using the PCI connector
• Connect the D435i camera to a USB3 Port using the cable

2. Download the image and burn the image into your robot

Download image:

IMAGE

Burn your image:

INSTRUCTIONS

3. Configure your robot

• ON ROBOT WIFI / ETHERNET

You need to access your robot via HDMI and configure wifi/ethernet settings ON ROBOT.

After configuration you will be able to access your robot through ssh.

Configure your wifi like described below:

WIFI SETUP

or use Ethernet connection:

ETHERNET SETUP

Note: in both cases you configure ROS MASTER. Links and descriptions above

• ON ROBOT ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION AND CONFIGURATION

Each robot should be configured with unique ID.

ID - gives your topics unique prefix (agent*).

Set this name in home directory hamster.config file:

export HAMSTER_ID=agent1

There are two ros distro provided:

ROS1 - melodic

ROS2 - dashing

All relative sources are available in .bashrc file, just comment/uncomment required command and executesource .bashrc from terminal

ros melodic workspace - hamster_ws

ros dashing workpace - hamster2_ws

4. Run examples and see output

• I want to see output on robot

1. Run examples on robot: