Difference between revisions of "Builder Road Map"

Latest revision as of 09:40, 29 May 2023

Note: This WIKI was only just started on 2022-04-22, but we are actively working on filling it up and making a good documentation for the new builders out there!

Warning

Please note that this project currently is in a very early stage! So don't go buying stuff right away! You will need to order and solder your own boards, since there are no assembled boards for sale yet.

Please make sure that you're actually allowed to build this device in your area. There may be laws / patents prohibiting you of doing so!

Please just be responsible and if you're not sure what you're doing, please don't do anything.

BTW the warranty of your brand new mower will obviously be void as soon as you modify it in any way, so be aware.

Intro

If you want to embark on building an OpenMower, we have collected an overview of the various parts and where find information and what to to below. Beware that this is not complete, but it gives you some navigation to how to go about making a project for yourself.

Please see the image to the right for an overview that will assist you when reading the road map description below.

You can find more information on the various parts in the page Building the Mower

Disclaimer

This material is provided as-is and free of charge. No guarantees of any kind are made that the information contained herein is exact or correct or does not violate any local regulations or cause any security risk. Any use you make of any information given here is at your own discretion and risk.

Road map

The Mower

Get a mower in a store

So far only the Yard Force 500 is supported. See FAQ for more about alternative mowers.

Disassemble the mower and Remove the old mainboard

See @c.ez's YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bImqD-pQSA

Now, it is ready for a new main board.

PCBs with components

You need to build 4 PCBs; 1 for the main board and 3 for the motor controls (ESCs). You have to get the PCBs, get the parts and solder it yourself at the current stage. Due to international parts shortage, getting parts is quite a detective task, but here, we give you some help.

The recommended process for getting parts is the following:

There are some parts lists (BOMs) maintained in Octopart - they will be given below.
Use the Octopart site to find out where there are parts available and order them. You will very likely have to use several vendors. We propose that you start at digikey and then move on for parts that you can not get there.
Order the parts.
Use the relevant Gerber files for the board that you are making to order PCBs at e.g. JLCPCB. If you plan to use a hot plate or an oven for the soldering process, consider simultaneously ordering a stencil for placing solder paste on your PCBs.

Main board parts


What	Where	Notes
Gerber files	https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower/tree/main/dist/Mainboard	Get the latest zip file here.
BOM .csv file	https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower/blob/main/dist/Mainboard/OpenMowerMainboard_bom_.csv	With a little effort can be used to create an Octpoart list or a digikey list, if you spend some time mapping fields. The file has digikey and lcsc part numbers in it already.
BOM on Octopart	~~https://octopart.com/bom-tool/ODFKeG8J~~ OUTDATED !	Use this to see where parts are available
Interactive BOM	https://clemenselflein.github.io/OpenMower/release/OpenMowerMainboard-ibom.html	Use this file to see where parts go, very useful when you start to assemble. Download the file and use it locally on you workstation. It has option to save state for how far you have gotten.

Further parts needed

You also need

A Raspberry Pi 4
An RTK Module
A Raspberry Pi Pico
A 9-axis accelerometer, WT901

xESC2040

This version of the three motor drivers uses the RP2040 chip which should be available. The ESC can be produced single-sided for the OpenMower project (so it is less complicated than the STM32 version that is dual sided). xESC2040 has an option to mount some component on the underside to enable CAN interfacing, but, as said, this is not needed for the OpenMower.


What	Where	Notes
Gerber files	https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/blob/main/PCB/xESC2040/GERBER/	Use latest zip file here
BOM .csv file	https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/blob/main/PCB/xESC2040/BOM/xESC2_bom.csv	With a little effort can be used to create an Octpoart list or a digikey list, if you spend some time mapping fields. The file has digikey and lcsc part numbers in it already.
BOM on Octopart	~~https://octopart.com/bom-tool/p1aqUopq~~ OUTDATED !	Use this to see where parts are available Note: this BOM is without the CAN components for the underside (they are not needed for the OpenMower project).
BOM on Octopart	~~https://octopart.com/bom-tool/tZ27Fd1N~~ OUTDATED !	Use this to see where parts are available Note: this BOM is with the CAN components for the underside (they are not needed for the OpenMower project).
Interactive BOM	https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/blob/main/PCB/xESC2040/BOM/ibom.html	Use this file to see where parts go, very useful when you start to assemble. Download the file and use it locally on you workstation. It has option to save state for how far you have gotten.

x-ESC (original STM32 version)

This version of the three motor drivers uses the STM32 chip which is in very short supply, therefore the xESC2040 was designed and you should probably go for the xESC2040, unless you actually have access to STM32s. Also the STM32 version uses a double-sided PCB, so it is harder to solder than xESC2040.


What	Where	Notes
Gerber files	https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/tree/main/PCB/xESC2_mini_VESC/GERBER	Zip the files in this directory
BOM .csv file	https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/blob/main/PCB/xESC2_mini_VESC/BOM/xESC2_bom.csv	With a little effort can be used to create an Octpoart list or a digikey list, if you spend some time mapping fields. The file has digikey and lcsc part numbers in it already.
BOM on Octopart	~~https://octopart.com/bom-tool/hUY6qiSp~~ OUTDATED !	Use this to see where parts are available
Interactive BOM	https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/blob/main/PCB/xESC2_mini_VESC/BOM/ibom.html	Use this file to see where parts go, very useful when you start to assemble. Download the file and use it locally on you workstation. It has option to save state for how far you have gotten.

Ground plane

This is not really a PCB with parts. It is just a PCB that provides a conducting plane on which the GPR antenna can sit for better reception - and with a size that fits within the Yard Force 500. You may order this from e.g. JLCPCB using the Gerber files below.


What	Where	Notes
Gerber files	https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower/tree/main/Hardware/GPSGroundPlane	Zip the files in this directory

Base station with the base RTK GPS module

[TODO] @c.ez : Need info.

Charging Station

Get a CC/CV module

This is currently needed to fix the charging station provided by Yard Force due to incompatibilities with the replaced main-board. It should be possible to fix this issue, but right now, it is necessary. See Building the Mower for where to get it.

Upgrade the Charging Station

[TODO] @c.ez : Need info.

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-Note: This project is still very early stage and you must be prepared to find a lot of info yourself and to talk to other builders in the Discord. See the [[FAQ]] for a quick overview of the state and nature of this project.
+Note: This WIKI was only just started on 2022-04-22, but we are actively working on filling it up and making a good documentation for the new builders out there!
-If you want to embark on building an OpenMower, we have collected an overview of the various parts and where find information and what to to below.
+==Warning==
+Please note that this project currently is in a very early stage! So don't go buying stuff right away! You will need to order and solder your own boards, since there are no assembled boards for sale yet.
-Please see the image to the right for an overview that we will refer to. The headlines below refer to this image.
+Please make sure that you're actually allowed to build this device in your area. There may be laws / patents prohibiting you of doing so!
+Please just be responsible and if you're not sure what you're doing, please don't do anything.
+BTW the warranty of your brand new mower will obviously be void as soon as you modify it in any way, so be aware.
+== Intro ==
+If you want to embark on building an OpenMower, we have collected an overview of the various parts and where find information and what to to below. Beware that this is not complete, but it gives you some navigation to how to go about making a project for yourself.
+Please see the image to the right for an overview that will assist you when reading the road map description below.
+You can find more information on the various parts in the page [[Building the Mower|'''Building the Mower''']]
 [[File:Road map.png|thumb]]
-====Disclaimer====
+'''''Disclaimer'''''
-This material is provided as-is and free of charge. No guarantees of any kind are made that the information contained herein is exact or correct or does not violate any local regulations or cause any security risk. Any use you make of any information given here is at your own discretion and risk.
+''This material is provided as-is and free of charge. No guarantees of any kind are made that the information contained herein is exact or correct or does not violate any local regulations or cause any security risk. Any use you make of any information given here is at your own discretion and risk.''
+== Road map ==
-=== The Mower ===
+===The Mower===
-==== Get a mower in a store ====
+====Get a mower in a store ====
 So far only the Yard Force 500 is supported. See [[FAQ]] for more about alternative mowers.
-==== Disassemble the mower and Remove the old mainboard ====
+====Disassemble the mower and Remove the old mainboard====
 See @c.ez's YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bImqD-pQSA
 Now, it is ready for a new main board.
-=== Main board ===
+=== PCBs with components ===
-At the time of writing, the main board is version 0.9.1beta and has a few issues (but is working!!), so you can either go from there or you can wait until a next revision fixes these problems.
+You need to build 4 PCBs; 1 for the main board and 3 for the motor controls (ESCs). You have to get the PCBs, get the parts and solder it yourself at the current stage. Due to international parts shortage, getting parts is quite a detective task, but here, we give you some help.
+The recommended process for getting parts is the following:
+# There are some parts lists (BOMs) maintained in Octopart - they will be given below.
+# Use the Octopart site to find out where there are parts available and order them. You will very likely have to use several vendors. We propose that you start at digikey and then move on for parts that you can not get there.
+# Order the parts.
+# Use the relevant Gerber files for the board that you are making to order PCBs at e.g. JLCPCB. If you plan to use a hot plate or an oven for the soldering process, consider simultaneously ordering a stencil for placing solder paste on your PCBs.
+====Main board parts====
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!What
+!Where
+!Notes
+|-
+| Gerber files
+|https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower/tree/main/dist/Mainboard
+|Get the latest zip file here.
+|-
+|BOM .csv file
+|https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower/blob/main/dist/Mainboard/OpenMowerMainboard_bom_.csv
+|With a little effort can be used to create an Octpoart list or a digikey list, if you spend some time mapping fields. The file has digikey and lcsc part numbers in it already.
+|-
+|BOM on Octopart
+|<s>https://octopart.com/bom-tool/ODFKeG8J</s> '''<big>OUTDATED !</big>'''
+|Use this to see where parts are available
+|-
+|Interactive BOM
+|https://clemenselflein.github.io/OpenMower/release/OpenMowerMainboard-ibom.html
+|Use this file to see where parts go, very useful when you start to assemble.
+Download the file and use it locally on you workstation. It has option to save state for how far you have gotten.
+|}
+=====Further parts needed=====
+You also need
-[TODO] : @tinker0436 and @vamatis will try to see if a comprehensive description can be made on how to order an assembled main-board from JLCPCB.
+*A Raspberry Pi 4
+* An RTK Module
+*A Raspberry Pi Pico
+*A 9-axis accelerometer, WT901
-[TODO]: @c.ez : How does one find a current BOM for the main board if going to build one-self?
+====xESC2040====
+This version of the three motor drivers uses the RP2040 chip which should be available. The ESC can be produced single-sided for the OpenMower project (so it is less complicated than the STM32 version that is dual sided). xESC2040 has an option to mount some component on the underside to enable CAN interfacing, but, as said, this is not needed for the OpenMower.
-==== Parts for the main board ====
+{| class="wikitable"
-You need
+|+
+!What
+!Where
+!Notes
+|-
+|Gerber files
+|https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/blob/main/PCB/xESC2040/GERBER/
+|Use latest zip file here
+|-
+|BOM .csv file
+|https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/blob/main/PCB/xESC2040/BOM/xESC2_bom.csv
+|With a little effort can be used to create an Octpoart list or a digikey list, if you spend some time mapping fields. The file has digikey and lcsc part numbers in it already.
+|-
+|BOM on Octopart
+|<s>https://octopart.com/bom-tool/p1aqUopq</s>  '''<big>OUTDATED !</big>'''
+|Use this to see where parts are available
+Note: this BOM is ''without'' the CAN components for the underside (they are not needed for the OpenMower project).
+|-
+|BOM on Octopart
+|<s>https://octopart.com/bom-tool/tZ27Fd1N</s>  '''<big>OUTDATED !</big>'''
+|Use this to see where parts are available
+Note: this BOM is ''with'' the CAN components for the underside (they are not needed for the OpenMower project).
+|-
+|Interactive BOM
+|https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/blob/main/PCB/xESC2040/BOM/ibom.html
+|Use this file to see where parts go, very useful when you start to assemble.
+Download the file and use it locally on you workstation. It has option to save state for how far you have gotten.
+|}
-You should end up with an assembled main board, ready to supplement with
+====x-ESC (original STM32 version)====
+This version of the three motor drivers uses the STM32 chip which is in very short supply, therefore the xESC2040 was designed and you should probably go for the xESC2040, unless you actually have access to STM32s. Also the STM32 version uses a double-sided PCB, so it is harder to solder than xESC2040.
-=== Charging Station ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!What
+!Where
+!Notes
+|-
+|Gerber files
+|https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/tree/main/PCB/xESC2_mini_VESC/GERBER
+|Zip the files in this directory
+|-
+|BOM .csv file
+|https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/blob/main/PCB/xESC2_mini_VESC/BOM/xESC2_bom.csv
+|With a little effort can be used to create an Octpoart list or a digikey list, if you spend some time mapping fields. The file has digikey and lcsc part numbers in it already.
+|-
+|BOM on Octopart
+|<s>https://octopart.com/bom-tool/hUY6qiSp</s>  '''<big>OUTDATED !</big>'''
+|Use this to see where parts are available
+|-
+|Interactive BOM
+|https://github.com/ClemensElflein/xESC/blob/main/PCB/xESC2_mini_VESC/BOM/ibom.html
+|Use this file to see where parts go, very useful when you start to assemble.
+Download the file and use it locally on you workstation. It has option to save state for how far you have gotten.
+|}
+==== Ground plane====
-===== Get a CC/CV module =====
+This is not really a PCB with parts. It is just a PCB that provides a conducting plane on which the GPR antenna can sit for better reception - and with a size that fits within the Yard Force 500. You may order this from e.g. JLCPCB using the Gerber files below.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!What
+!Where
+! Notes
+|-
+|Gerber files
+|https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower/tree/main/Hardware/GPSGroundPlane
+|Zip the files in this directory
+|}
+===Base station with the base RTK GPS module===
+[TODO] @c.ez : Need info.
+===Charging Station===
+=====Get a CC/CV module=====
 This is currently needed to fix the charging station provided by Yard Force due to incompatibilities with the replaced main-board. It should be possible to fix this issue, but right now, it is necessary. See [[Building the Mower]]  for where to get it.
-==== Upgrade the Charging Station ====
+====Upgrade the Charging Station====
-[TODO] no information yet here
+[TODO] @c.ez : Need info.

Difference between revisions of "Builder Road Map"

Latest revision as of 09:40, 29 May 2023

Contents

Warning

Intro

Road map

The Mower

Get a mower in a store

Disassemble the mower and Remove the old mainboard

PCBs with components

Main board parts

Further parts needed

xESC2040

x-ESC (original STM32 version)

Ground plane

Base station with the base RTK GPS module

Charging Station

Get a CC/CV module

Upgrade the Charging Station

Navigation menu

Difference between revisions of "Builder Road Map"

Latest revision as of 09:40, 29 May 2023

Warning

Intro

Road map

The Mower

Get a mower in a store

Disassemble the mower and Remove the old mainboard

PCBs with components

Main board parts

Further parts needed

xESC2040

x-ESC (original STM32 version)

Ground plane

Base station with the base RTK GPS module

Charging Station

Get a CC/CV module

Upgrade the Charging Station

Navigation menu

Search