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Inventory
Airframe 450 mm quad
Carbon quadrotor frame for the aerial trials.
Flight Controller Pixhawk 4 mini
Autopilot for the quad and the fixed-wing testbed.
Propeller Set 1045
Balanced 10 × 4.5 props, four per set.
Breadboard 830 point
Full-size solderless breadboard.
DPDT Switch
Double pole double throw. Used for the wired rover control.
Jumper Set M-M / M-F / F-F
Assorted jumper leads, 120 per set.
Resistor Kit E12, 1/4 W
Full E12 decade set, 600 pieces.
3D Printer Prusa MK4
FDM printer. Queue is managed by the lab manager, not by loan.
Logic Analyser 8-channel
USB logic analyser for bus debugging.
Multimeter Fluke 117
True-RMS handheld. Sign out for field testing.
Oscilloscope 100 MHz
Bench oscilloscope. Lab use only, not for loan off-site.
Rotary Tool Dremel 4000
Cutting and finishing. Eye protection is not optional.
Soldering Station Hakko FX-888D
Temperature-controlled iron. Four stations on the main bench.
Arduino Uno R3
ATmega328P development board. The lab's default starting point for anything with a sensor on it.
ESP32 DevKit v1
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on one die. Preferred over the Uno when anything needs a network.
Raspberry Pi 4B
Single board computer, 4 GB. Runs the vision experiments.
STM32 Nucleo F401RE
ARM Cortex-M4 board for work that has outgrown the AVR.
GPS Module NEO-6M
UART GPS receiver with a patch antenna.
HC-05 Bluetooth
Serial Bluetooth module. The rover's wireless migration depends on these.
LoRa Module SX1278 433 MHz
Long-range telemetry for the field trials.
Motor Driver L298N
Dual H-bridge. The rover's original drive stage.
Brushless Motor A2212 1000 KV
Outrunner for the fixed-wing and quadrotor airframes.
DC Motor 300 rpm
Geared DC motor. Six of these drive MiniRover-1.
ESC 30 A
Electronic speed controller, matched to the A2212.
Servo MG996R
High-torque metal gear servo.
Stepper NEMA 17
Bipolar stepper for the plotter and the gantry rig.
Bench Supply 0–30 V 5 A
Variable bench supply. Two channels, current limited.
LiPo 11.1 V 2200 mAh
3S lithium polymer pack. Charge on the bench, never unattended.
LiPo Charger iMAX B6
Balance charger. Never leave a pack on it unattended.
Depth Camera Intel RealSense D435
Stereo depth camera. Sign-out requires a coordinator present.
IMU MPU-6050
Six-axis accelerometer and gyroscope. Attitude sensing for the rover and the drone rigs.
LiDAR RPLIDAR A1
360° laser scanner used for the mapping experiments. Booked out most weeks.
Ultrasonic HC-SR04
Ultrasonic range finder.