Velobot
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Velobot
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Velobot
Open hardware bike computer based on singleboard PC like RaspberryPi or BeagleBone that allows for tinkering and lets you keep and analyze your bike rides without uploading your data to 3rd party sites or using proprietary software.
Also a platform for
- data acquisition
- research
- robotics
Hardware overview
- Single-board computer (RaspberryPi, Cubieboard)
- MCU
- Display
- GPS module
- GSM module
- IMU (Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Barometer)
- RTC
- Power supply
Software overview
- Linux
- ROS (Robot Operating System)
- avahi
- chrony
- gpsd
- hostapd
- NetworkManager
- PostgreSQL (PostGIS)
Subprojects
Current
Future
- Navigation
- Security device
- Environment monitoring
- Music player
- Automation
- Autonomous robotic bike
Prototype #2
Hardware
- Raspberry Pi 2
- FRDM-KL25Z (ARM Cortex-M0)
- GPS
- uBlox NEO-6M
- Display
- 128x32 OLED
- IMU
- MPU-6050 (accelerometer + gyro)
- HMC5883L (magnetometer)
- MS5611 (barometer)
- RTC
- DS1307 RTC
- Power
- Lipo Rider Pro
- 2000 mAh Li-Po battery
Software
- Fedora / Debian
- systemd
- ROS Indigo
- rosserial_mbed
- avahi
- chrony
- gpsd
- hostapd
- PostgreSQL
- Provisioned with rpi_kickstart
Custom kernel build with RTC_HCTOSYS enabled so the system starts with correct clock.
Older prototypes
