Rove Control Board Firmware

Introduction

This repository contains the firmware for the Rove Control Board, a key component of Rove's hardware suite. The board controls various elements such as individually addressable LED strips, fog lights, servo motors (for camera movement), a yellow indicator LED, and motor control for a winch. Development is ongoing with testing on bluepill mcu, aiming for final deployment on a STM32 microcontroller.

Features

• Individually Addressable LED Strip: Control color and patterns using the NeoPixel library.
• Fog Lights: Manage two external fog lights with simple on/off controls.
• Servo Motors: Adjust camera angles with precision.
• Indicator LED: Use for status signaling.
• Winch Control: Operate a motorized winch.

Development Setup

This project is built using PlatformIO, an ecosystem compatible with Arduino and STM32. Follow these steps:

1. Install PlatformIO Core or IDE.
2. Clone this repository.
3. Open the project in PlatformIO IDE.
4. Configure platformio.ini for your hardware.
5. Install required libraries, including Adafruit NeoPixel.
6. Change the environment to env:due and build (this will download the capra_micro_comm library). The build will fail. This is expected behavior.
7. Change the environment back to env:nucleo_f446re and build. This will also fail.
8. Locate the .pio folder, copy .pio/libdeps/due/capra_micro_comm and paste it in .pio/libdeps/nucleo_f446re/. This is a workaround to get the capra_micro_comm library for the nucleo. It may be due to the stm32cube framework.

Building and Uploading

• Build: Run platformio run to compile.
• Upload: Connect your board and run platformio run --target upload.

Testing

The current firmware is tested on an STM32 [more specifically, a bluepill mcu, therefore a generic f103c8]. Ensure all components are correctly connected to your desired pins if you want to test this specific code.

Components

1. LEDStrip: Manages the NeoPixel LED strip.
2. FogLight: Controls on/off state of fog lights.
3. main.cpp: Main program entry, handling initialization and serial commands.

Usage

• Modify main.cpp to handle custom serial commands for device control.
• Use LEDStrip and FogLight classes for managing respective hardware components.

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Made by CAPRA | Date: 2024-03-02