General Electronics Overview

KORUZA is equipped with two electronic boards:
  • main PCB
  • motor driver board

Main Electronics

Key components
Component
Description
MOTOR CONNECTOR
Micromatch connector to connect with stepper motor control board
RPi COMPUTE MODULE
Main processing unit
CAMERA PLUG
Plug for RPi camera
LED
Connector to connect with RGB LED board
DC POWER SUPPLY
DC/DC converter from 24 V in (PoE) to 5 V
RPi BOOT
Micro USB for RPi Compute module (only used in development)
ETHERNET PORT
Ethernet port for management and power
SFP PORT
SFP port for data transfer
Top view

Motor Driver Board

Motor driver board is a separate PCB that controls only the motion of two unipolar stepper motors. The main processing unit on the motor driver board is ATMEGA328 which communicates with the RPi compute module on the main PCB via Serial communication.

Electrical Specifications

Position
Description/specifications
Network port
SFP cage – data, 100 Mbps Ethernet – management
Power supply requirements
24 V (12 V-30 V) 0.5 A (PoE 802.3af mode B)
Average power consumption
6 W