PCB

[dicknordstrom]

Hi,
Is the PCB really needed if you use the Sensor board for the Mega? What purpose does the PCB have and what does it give that the sensorboard does not give? Im not bulding a complete Ardumower atm, but combining a couple of projects.

What main difference does the Ardumower mini have from the big ardumower? Could you run Sunray firmware on the mini?

 

[bernard]

Hi.
A lot of feature are include in the pcb like charge battery, undervoltage protection,motor protection,polarity diode,odo diviser,i2c manager,serial pull up resistor etc etc......
So it is possible to use a sensorboard but i can't imagine the number of wire if you want all the working process.
Ardumower mini is for dev and test indoor process.
Ardumower is for real lawn mowing.
Run the sunray on mini why not but to do what ?
Also it's not easy to make compass work inside and to find a very accurate odometry for the mini and need a bigger area for testing.
The main feature of sunray is the mapping to have a very efficience mowing by retain were the mower have already works so it can enlarge the area for 1 mower.
Hope this can help to make a choice.
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