Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications

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Technical Specifications of the GoPiGo3:

  • Operating Voltage: 7-12V
  • External Interfaces:
    • I2C ports: 2 Grove ports connected to the Raspberry Pi I2C bus through a level conversion chip.
    • Serial ports: 1 Grove port connected to serial pins on the Raspberry Pi through a level conversion chip.
    • Analog digital ports: 2 Grove ports connected to the GoPiGo3 microcontroller.
  • Encoders: 2 Magnetic encoders with 6 pulse counts per rotation (with 120:1 gear reduction for a total of 720 pulses per wheel rotation).
  • Wheel Diameter: 66.5mm
  • More: Design information on Github.

Technical Specifications of the GoPiGo2:

  • Operating Voltage: 7-12V
  • Current usage:
    • -> 300-500 mA (Idle with the Raspberry Pi Model B+)
    • -> 800 mA-2A (Motors, camera and servo running with the Raspberry Pi Model B+)
  • External Interfaces:
    • -> I2C– 1Port
    • -> Serial– 1 Port
    • -> Analog– 1 Port
    • -> Digital/PWM- 1Port
  • Encoders
    • -> 2 Optical encoders with 18 pulse counts per rotation
  • Wheel Diameter: 65mm
  • More:

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