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ASURO
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ASURO is a small, mobile robot kit which has been developed for educational use.

ASURO is equipped with an Atmel AVR RISC-processor , an optical linetracer, six collision-detector switches, two odometer-sensors, three indicator LEDs and an IR-Interface for programming and remote controlling by a PC.

Apart from the board, only standard, commercially available components are used.
     

 


Asuro is equipped with two independently controlled electric motors, each of which propels one wheel via a two-stage gear.
A half ping-pong ball at the front allows the robot to slip and turn easily.
     

An inward -looking alternating black-and-white sectored disk is installed at each wheel to reflect the light radiated from an infrared LED.
The brightness fluctuations of the reflected light are measured using a photo transistor; their frequency is proportional to the number of revolutions.
With the aid of two photodiodes, ASURO can detect the brightness of the ground beneath the sensors in order to follow a line.

Black & white disc and IR LED by each wheel
     

 


 

 

Asuro comes supplied with a comprehensive user manual which contains full assembly instructions as well as samples of C programming for the robot.

Further software downloads can be found here:

ASURO FLASH v1.1: program written by DLR required to download programs to the AVR Microcontroller on ASURO.
Installation is not required: simply put it somewhere onto your hard disk (e.g. C:\ASURO\ or /usr/local/bin for Linux - do not forget to make it executable!).

ASURO FLASH TOOL SOURCE CODE: Here you can download the ASURO Flashtool Sourcecode for Linux with KDevelop project files.

ASURO SAMPLE C PROGRAMS: A few example C programs for ASURO.

ASURO FLASH v1.4 & new USB DRIVER:This is a new Version of Asuro Flash - only for Windows. It uses a new FTDI USB Driver which is included in the .zip archive. You need to uninstall any previous Version of the USB Driver prior to install the new one! (use FTDIUNIN.EXE included in the driver archive!)
This Version does not use the VCP (Virtual Comport) Driver of FTDI - it uses the D2XX Version. So you can't access the USB IR Adapter via Comport anymore.

ASURO FLASH v1.51: This is the newest Version of Asuro Flash - only for Windows. It uses D2XX FTDI USB Driver which is included in the .zip archive. It solves several communication problems! We recommend to use this version with ASURO!

DOCTOR ASURO: DoctorAsuro is an Asuro-Atmega8L microcontroller emulator where users easily can control and inspect each individual microcontroller IO-Port with a single mouseclick. Also all measurable voltages values can be measured and shown by a single mouseclick. English and German helpfile is included. DoctorAsuro needs the Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework to run. Download the zipfile, unzip it and run 'Setup.exe'. It will automatically download and install the .NET 2.0 Framework if it is not found on the computer. Downloading and installing of the .NET 2.0 Framework may take some time.

WINAVR (COMPILER) :WinAVR is a suite of executable, open source software development tools for the Atmel AVR series of microcontrollers. It includes the GNU GCC compiler for C and C++.

AVRGCC (FOR LINUX): AVRGCC is the AVR port of the GNU Compiler Collection for C and C++ development.

 
 
 
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