Common Hardware Setups

Coprocessors

• Orange Pi 5

  • 2x 2.0USB Ports, 1x 3.0USB port, Up to 2.4Ghz out of the box

  • Type-C power supply 5V @ 4A

  • Can be powered via the GPIO pins

  • 4GB/8GB/16GB of RAM

• Rasberry Pi 5

  • 2x 2.0USB Ports, 2x 3.0USB ports, Up to 2.4Ghz out of the box

  • Type-C power supply 5V @ 5A

  • Can be powered via the GPIO pins

  • PoE+ support (requires separate PoE+ HAT)

  • Up to 16GB of RAM

This project will work on any Linux-Compatible device as a coprocessor in order to have full advantage of all the capabilities of the system, but not all coprocessor options have been tested so far.

See Installing Software for manual installation steps

SD Cards

• 8GB Or larger micro SD card

Industrial grade SD cards from major manufacturers are recommended for robotics applications. For example: Sandisk SDSDQAF3-016G-I.

Will mostly depend on the OS of your choosing, the provided images will require atleast 3GB of storage

Cameras

• AprilTag Detection

  • OV9281

    • Has a physical focus tuner

    • Monochromatic (Only Black and White)

• Color Detection

  • OV9728

    • Has a physical focus tuner

Feel free to get started with any color webcam you have sitting around.

Any generic USB camera will be compatible with Synapse out of the box.

Power

• Pololu S13V30F5 Regulator

• Redux Robotics Zinc-V Regulator

• Belkin Boost Charger

  • Since its an external power supply, it is less recommended to be used and won't automatically power off with the robot, but it is competition-legal and the battery life can last a long while.

See Hardware Selection for info on why these are recommended

This section was inspired by PhotonVision's guide for common hardware setups