Hardware Platform

Scout uses a dual chip architecture to support a vast array of devices and provide computational prowess. The system flash memory is expandable and can grow to meet storage demands.

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System Overview

The Scout mainboard pairs an 8-bit AVR as an IO node with an 32-bit ARM Cortex A8 for heavy computational tasks.

Scout board design couples an ARM9 and AVR together.

System Specifications

  • ARM Cortex™ A8 (TI OMAP 3503)
    • Clocked at 600Mhz
    • 32-bit
    • MMU
  • ATMega™ 128RFA1
    • Clocked at 16Mhz
    • 8-bit
    • Inbuilt Zigbee® Wireless
  • 256MB SDRAM
  • 256MB Flash + microSD Support

Software Architecture

Scout runs on a Gumstix (Overo) port of ROS (robot operating system), which provides the infrastructure necessary to control a complex robotic system. ROS has an active developer community, and the Scout team is proud to be a part of the developer network. The Scout port of ROS runs on top of Ubuntu (ARM).

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