rover pro firmware

Repository Structure

roverpro-firmware
├── bootypic                        # Bootloader (not implemented currently)
├── Common                          # Common libraries
└── Rover_Pro                       # Rover Pro firmware files                
    ├──Internal Charger             # Firmware for controlling battery charging
    ├──Motor Controller             # Deprecated
    └──Power Board                  # Primary firware that runs the robot
        ├──closed_loop_control      # PID loop for controlling motor RPM instead of current
        ├──doc                      # Useful documents
        ├──empia_eeprom             # Deprecated
        ├──microchip                # Microchip libraries
        └──src                      # Source code
  

Flashing

Needed:

• MPLab Software (not MPLabX)
• PicKit3
• Rover Pro Interface Board V3

Step One:

Remove the battery from your Rover Pro and wire the PicKit3 using the interface boards 5pin programming header

Step Two:

Open MPLab, and set the programmer to PIckKit3, configure it to power the chip using the PicKit

Step Three:

Program the firmware

Compiling from Source

If you have made a custom modification to the firmware and want to compile it from source, follow these instructions

Use MPLab (not MPLabX) to compile firmware into a .hex file