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This repository formerly lived at https://code.google.com/p/calsolbrain/. It was | ||
moved to github after news of Google Code's closure. The below information was | ||
last updated ~2012. | ||
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After a good amount of time making our own circuit boards, the UC Berkeley Solar | ||
Vehicle Team (CalSol) realized that many of the components used on the circuit | ||
boards don't change much (Microcontroller, crystals, powerline capacitors, etc), | ||
and that Arduinos are very easy to use. So we decided to combine these two ideas | ||
together. | ||
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The CalSol BRAIN platform/module has the following features: | ||
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- 20 Mhz clock | ||
- Fully programmable over USB (once flashed via ICSP Programmer) | ||
- 25 Digital input/output Pins (8 of which can be used as analog input pins) | ||
- 2 independent Serial (UART) channels | ||
- Integrated Controller Area Network (CAN) chip, compatible with all standard | ||
CAN buses | ||
- 5V and 3.3V voltage regulator | ||
- SPI Interface | ||
- and more! | ||
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Although we are not selling these units, we believe that the designs will help | ||
other solar car teams avoid reinventing the wheel and have to deal with the | ||
numerous headaches we had. | ||
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We are releasing the schematics for the Brain, along with support files and | ||
drivers to use in the Arduino environment. | ||
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Pinouts (Note: this is *correct* for v2.0): | ||
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![Pinouts](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CalSol/BRAIN/master/Pictures/Brain2Pins.jpg) | ||
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Note that digital pin 15 connects to the LED on the BRAIN v1.6 | ||
[pinouts](https://github.com/CalSol/BRAIN/blob/master/Pictures/Brain-footprint.gif) | ||
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Example usage: | ||
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![DMI2](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CalSol/BRAIN/master/Pictures/DMI2.jpg) |