xBoard v2.0

xBoard™ v2.0 is a compact Microcontroller Board that provide basic functionality required by most small robotics project. It has AVR ATmega16(or ATmega32) 8 bit MCU as the brain. Connected to it are 2* motor driver IC that can drive a total of 4 DC motors. You can control the direction of all four motors from software. You can run them clockwise or anti-clockwise or stop them at all. Two of the four motors are called primary motors. The advantage of these primary motors is that you can control their speed also. You can also control two stepper motors by using the inbuilt motor drivers. So the xBoard™ v2.0 has the support for both DC and Stepper motor.

Other commonly used peripheral with a MCU is LCD module. xBoard™ v2.0 has a clean connector for connecting a standard 16x2 alphanumeric LCD module. Just hook up the module and use the C library (with sample code and tutorial to get started) to use the module in NO time !

xBoard™ v2.0 can be programmed easily by USB 2.0 interface (common in Modern Desktop/Laptop Computers) by using our popular USB AVR Programmer v2.0 with user friendly software.

Other features which make it an ideal system for making robots is the inbuilt RF receiver** module. The RF module can be used to receive data wirelessly. This can be applied to make remote controlled robots. xBoard™ v2.0 also has a Inbuilt IR receiver and decoder for popular NEC format remote controllers. These remote controls are very popular with consumer electronics device like DVD Players and TVs. Our free NEC decoder library makes it very easy to get signals from these standard IR remote controls. You can easily make a wireless IR remote controlled robot.

xBoard v2.0 is designed to be easily mounted on High Quality Metallic Robotic Chassis to form a great AVR robotics platform.

xBoard v2.0 Complete Documentation

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Resources

xBoard™ v2.0 is powered by Atmel AVR series of high performance 8bit MCUs, these MCUs are very popular in hobby electronics. Very extensive range of tutorial is made available by us to help you get started with them easily.

• AVR Microcontroller Tutorials (Chapter 1 to Chapter 8) (Most Basic)
• AVR Microcontroller Tutorials (Chapter 9 to Chapter 19) (Intermediate)
• AVR Microcontroller Tutorials (Chapter 20 to Chapter 30) (Advanced)
• Obstacle Avoiding Robot Tutorial with ATmega32 (For Beginners)

* Only 1 motor driver comes pre-installed. You can purchase and solder 2nd L298 IC separately
** RF Modules must be purchases and soldered separately.