Tuesday, March 29, 2022

DuckieTown Invention Kit Self Driving Car powered NVIDIA Jetson Nano

 The DuckieTown founder's edition is a do-it-yourself hardware for assembling a model self-driving car. It is available in 4 variants, defined by the presence of the computational unit and battery. It is designed to operate in a DuckieTown urban environment. The DB has two wheels which can be controlled independently through DC motors. A third passive omnidirectional wheel provides equilibrium. This configuration is known as differential-drive. It is equipped with 4 RGB addressable LED's, plug and play sensor suite, NVIDIA Jetson Nano 2GB developer board and custom made power bank. To facilitate user interface it is also equipped with bi-chromatic I2C screen and a non-latching shut-off button.

Specs:

  • CPU quad-core ARM A57 at 1.43 GHz
  • Memory 2 GB 64-bit LPDDR4 25.6 GB/s
  • Storage microSD
  • Connectivity Gigabit Ethernet
  • Camera 1x MIPI CSI-2 connector
  • Display HDMI
  • Battery capacity 10000mAh at 3.7V
  • USB ports include 1x USB 3.0 Type A, 2x USB 2.0 Type A, 1x USB 2.0 Micro-B