Posts Tagged ‘Actuators’

Introduction

The integration of machine vision capabilities with the KR260 board and the Sony IMX547 Camera presents a powerful solution for image processing applications. This tutorial revisits the deployment process outlined in the official documentation here, providing step-by-step instructions to accelerate your setup.

Installation of Ubuntu on KR260

Begin by installing the official Ubuntu image for KR260 on a new SD card. You will find the image here.

Download the Balena Etcher (recommended; available for Windows, Linux, and macOS). Follow the instructions in the tool and select the downloaded image to flash onto your

Introduction

Are you tired of your beloved Pacman arcade cabinet collecting dust in the corner? Its components are outdated and impossible to find replacements? Fear not! With the power of FPGA technology and the AMD KR260, you can bring that classic game back to life and play it like it’s 1980 all over again.

How do you port a retro gaming system like Pacman onto an FPGA? First, you gotta understand the hardware. That means breaking down the original cabinet’s components and figuring out how to recreate them in code. And that’s

INTRODUCTION

This is the fourth article of a series, which aim is a feasibility study for a modular system for biopsy. In this article, we will focus on the common transformations for motor control: Clark and Park. This system is composed of the main control board based on Xilinx ZYNQ Ultrascale+ and servo satellite motor drives based on Xilinx ZYNQ-7000. Accordingly, the objective of the system is to control a robot composed of multiple joints.

So, you can execute the biopsy by driving one mechanical positioner composed of 6 PMSM motors and

INTRODUCTION

This is the third article of a series. which aim is a feasibility study for a modular system for biopsy. This system is composed of the main control board based on Xilinx ZYNQ Ultrascale+ and servo satellite motor drives based on Xilinx ZYNQ-7000. Accordingly, the objective of the system is to control a robot composed of multiple joints.

So, the biopsy is executed by driving one mechanical positioner composed of 6 Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM) motors and multiple joints, that are coordinated to position the biopsy needle on the

Main Characteristics

This is the second article of a series, which aim is a feasibility study for a modular system composed of the main control board based on Xilinx ZYNQ Ultrascale+ and servo satellite motor drives based on Xilinx ZYNQ-7000. The objective of the system is to control a robot composed of multiple joints. The article’s target is an automation of a prostate biopsy to assist doctors during medical procedures. The biopsy is executed by driving one mechanical positioner composed of 6 Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM) motors and multiple joints

Reading GPS Coordinates through Pynq-z2

Introduction

Welcome to part 2 of the previous article about PWM signals and PYNQ! In this article, we will show what is a servo motor and how to control a servo motor with the previous design of the PWM on the PYNQ framework, with a simple “recipe”. If you have missed the previous article, you can find it here!

So, let’s start!

What is a Servo Motor

A Servo Motor is a rotary actuator or linear actuator that allows for precise control of angular or linear position, velocity, and acceleration. Servomotors are used in applications such as

In this article, we propose a new demo that combines the potentialities of the PYNQ Z2 with the wireless communication of Bluetooth Low Energy (aka BLE). This combination paves the way for the creation of new and amazing applications.

In this article we will also focus on creating a simple BLE Server on the PYNQ Z2 and to do this we use the Bluetooth capabilities of the ESP-32 module.

Enjoy the reading 😉

The Bluetooth Module

We have chosen to use the ESP-32 WROOM 32 module for this project. Thanks to its low costs

Introduction

One of the main problems of embedded systems is the external communication, in particular for the FPGAs: you need in every specific situation a different protocol and different strategies for inter-communication with a host system. That’s why the USB protocol is useful and, in particular, for a complex device such as the FPGA. In this article, we will define a simple but robust approach for designing an FPGA as a USB Device.

The USB system

Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry-standard that establishes specifications for cables, connectors, and protocols for connection, communication, and

Introduction

The “double tap” is a gesture that today is a crucial part of many of our daily actions.

The goal of this article is to implement a double tap feature that is easy to integrate, intuitive and adaptible.

So, the first step towards this goal is to make sure we have all the materials to develop and test the algorithm. We will use the X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 board, that is easy to use and install on PYNQ.

Vivado design

The next step is to create an appropriate design for communication with the X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2; in fact you can