KONDO KCB-3WL PRESENTATION, Wireless Lan Board from KONDO

[nicolas gomez]

KCB-3WL Presentation, Wireless Lan Board from KONDO

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Specifications are as follows;
Size: 49.2 x 52 x 12 mm
CPU: SAMSUNG ARMbase32bit CPU 200MHz
Memory: RAM 16MByte, Flash ROM 8MByte
Wireless Interface: IEEE802.11a/b/g(54Mbps/11Mbps)
USB port: USB1.1 x1, Full Speed (12Mbps), 500mA from USB port
GPIO port: x 12
STATUS LED: x 3
Power Supply: 16 V ( for HV), inside 5 V and 3.3 V, 240 mA~1A.
OS: Linux OS or VM Ware Player




KONDO also introduced a 4-legged robot with KCB-3WL and small camera in the KONDO booth. The robot was custom-built with 8 KRS-2552HVs for 4 legs and RCB-4HV as the main control board. The robot was able to be controlled through the image from the robot on PC. The pictures and video are as follows;

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[UncleBob]

That's one quick grass tortle.

[chrisvo]

So, my question is: "Will the KCB-3WL be user-programmable?"

Since it runs a 200 Mhz processor and Linux OS, and they say they do some image processing on board.

As far as the demo is concerned, it is already possible to control the 3HV remotely by adding a wifi-to-serial bridge, like the inexpensive Lantronix Matchport - and some other people have done it with BlueSmirf for bluetooth.

[nicolas gomez]

So, my question is: "Will the KCB-3WL be user-programmable?"

Since it runs a 200 Mhz processor and Linux OS, and they say they do some image processing on board.

As far as the demo is concerned, it is already possible to control the 3HV remotely by adding a wifi-to-serial bridge, like the inexpensive Lantronix Matchport - and some other people have done it with BlueSmirf for bluetooth.

Hi all ! today I Find out more information about this card and a website that sells



■ Features
Wireless LAN controller for robots equipped with serial port
IEEE802.11a/b/g wireless LAN on board with a small wireless LAN
with the board and easily programmable robot 3-wire serial port.
Which is equipped with a CPU with a Linux OS so that you can also create your
※ Since the program development has been set for robot control program must be
Kagaku cross-compilation, you can easily create autonomous robots.
Of autonomous robots, research, network program autonomous robots, networked
education, image processing and recommended
■ Specifications
The size: 49.5 × 52 × 12mm (including pins header)
PCB made by Kondo Kagaku-based robots (KHR-2HV)
Backpack and A (KHR-3HV) can be mounted to the CPU: SAMSUNG ARM-bas
32bit CPU 200MHz
- Storage: RAM 16MByte
Flash ROM 8MByte
- Radio interface: IEEE802.11a/b/g (54Mbps/11Mbps)
- Serial interface: UART × 2
Dedicated console port x1
· USB port: USB1.1 × 1 (A socket type)
USB host functionality is supported (USB devices such as cameras can be used ※
Full Speed (12Mbps) compatible GPIO port can supply 500mA from the USB po
a programmable GPIO ports × 12
· STATUS LED: Status LED × 3 display
• Power supply: up to 16V (HV compatible) Internal 5V, 3.3V
• Power consumption: 240mA average up more USB devices may vary depending
* Supported protocols: Telnet, FTP, HTTP or ... Linux OS and development env
installed VMWare Player and cross-compiler (GCC) and the program can be crea
VMware Player virtual machine and development libraries installed (Ubuntu Linu
DVDROM (planned). Customized image processing library is also attached.
, Communication ... Windows can create virtual COM ports. Existing Windows
environment can be built in the original application and a serial communication p
Sample program ... made by Kondo Kagaku, KHR-2HV, KHR-3HV attached sample code and run the development.
Streaming will be included with images

http://www.technologia.co.jp/43.html

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[limor]

Finally a manufacturer taking things to the next level!

I spoke with the manufacturer and the board is not yet ready for shipping.

This board's price is going to be around 56,000Yen.

some criticism: why did they have to invent something when they could have just developed a daughter-board for a more powerful and cheaper reference design Samsung ARM9 board such as the Micro2440 which has a big opensource following. ?

[funk_e]

Does anyone know if this board is available anywhere?

I am thinking of making the Kondo turtle kit with this board attached as a little side project.

[limor]

Does anyone know if this board is available anywhere?

I am thinking of making the Kondo turtle kit with this board attached as a little side project.

please contact sales@robosavvy.com

[funk_e]

Great, I have done so

How does this board compare to the Gumstix or RoBoard? The Yen conversion from Kondo's store suggests it might be quite expensive, but I really like the built in wireless and integration with the RCB4...

Thoughts?

[limor]

Great, I have done so

How does this board compare to the Gumstix or RoBoard? The Yen conversion from Kondo's store suggests it might be quite expensive, but I really like the built in wireless and integration with the RCB4...

Thoughts?

it is more expensive and lower frequency cpu than the gumstix / IGEP but as you have seen from the gumstix khr3 thread, there's quite a bit of missing around with cables, soldering etc. to get it to work and we haven't gotten all the pieces of the puzzle quite yet.
So the 3WL module is a "plug and play" embedded linux for KHR3HV.

[funk_e]

Thanks Limor... you are very helpful as always.