Builder Road Map

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.

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.

Please see the image to the right for an overview that we will refer to. The headlines below refer to this image.

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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.

Main board

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.

[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.

[TODO]: @c.ez : How does one find a current BOM for the main board if going to build one-self?

Parts for the main board

You need

You should end up with an assembled main board, ready to supplement with

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] no information yet here