Q.board Arduino - theCorpora Support Forum https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/ theCorpora Discussion Board en-GB Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:22:02 +0000 wpForo 60 Correct wiring? https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/correct-wiring/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:13:24 +0000 I have a new Q.bo One, and some functions are not working.  Specifically, sound input seems broken.  Can you please document the color coding of the wires vs the connection on the Q.board, or point me to the correct document?  Right now I see a yellow wire connected to 0V, black wire to IN, and red wire to Ex.  I would generally expect black to indicate 0V by convention, but I don't want to make changes until I know what is what.

Thanks.

]]> Q.board Arduino FrankG https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/correct-wiring/ FIRMWARE Source Code Available - GUIDE https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/firmware-source-code-available-guide/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:03:50 +0000 First of all we want to give special thanks to our collaborator Christian Buysschaert for this step by step guide.

What do you need in Hardware?

  • Standard laptop or pc with at least one free USB port

  • SEGGER J-Link EDU Mini - JTAG/SWD Debugger

You can easily buy this component online. Price is around 20-30 EURO. Simply google for ‘SEGGER J-Link EDU Mini – JTAG/SWD Debugger’.

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What do you need in Software?

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Procedure

  • Unplug power connector from Q.bo.
  • Open plastic foot cover Q.bo by unscrewing two plastic screw at the bottom of the foot

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  • Gently push up and disconnect the Raspberry Pi board from the Q.Board

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  • Take the thinnest connector cable from the J-Link and connect it at one side to the Q.Board as shown below. Watch carefully how you connect the connector cable, in particular the direction.

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  • Take the other side of the connector cable and connect it to the J-Link as shown below. Watch carefully how you connect the connector cable, in particular the direction.

 

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  • Plug in the USB cable at the side of the micro USB connector in the J-Link.

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  • Plug in the other side of the USB cable in the free USB port of your laptop or pc. The laptop or pc can be powered on.

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  • Plug in again the powerconnector of Q.bo.
  • Turn Q.bo on. Note that Q.bo will not do anything as you have disconnected the Raspberry Pi board.
  • Unzip FirmWarePlacasQboOne.zip in your Documents folder (or any other folder you choose).
  • Open Atmel Studio.
  • Click ‘File’, ‘Open’ and ‘Project/Solution...’

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  • Browse to the unzipped folder ‘FirmWarePlacasQboOne’, select ‘20150708.001_H1_HeadCtrl.atsln’ (or a more recent version) and click ‘Open’.

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  • Build the firmware by clicking the “Build Solution” button or press F7. (Or rebuild completely by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F7.)

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  • Open the ‘Device Programming’ window by clicking the ‘Device Programming’ button or press Ctrl + Shift + P.

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  • Select ‘J-Link’ as ‘Tool’, ‘ATSAMD21G18A’ as ‘Device’ and ‘SWD’ as ‘Interface’. Click ‘Apply’.

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  • Click ‘Read’ besides ‘Device signature’.

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  • Select ‘Memories’ in the left column.

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  • Click on the ‘...’ to select the firmware.

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  • Click ‘Program’ to upload the firmware to the Q.Board.

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]]> Q.board Arduino Qbo Robot https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/firmware-source-code-available-guide/ Where's the source code of the Arduino board ? https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/wheres-the-source-code-of-the-arduino-board-2/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:01:11 +0000 Hello,

On the topic that is locked, it is mentioned that this will be uploaded to gitlab. I'm wondering if there has been any progress on that part ?

Thanks

]]> Q.board Arduino Harut https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/wheres-the-source-code-of-the-arduino-board-2/ GPIO pins of the Qboard and Raspberry Pi 3 - Jetson TX 2 https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/gpio-pins-of-the-qboard-and-raspberry-pi-3-jetson-tx-2/ Sun, 07 Oct 2018 09:01:21 +0000 We connected RasPi to our Qboard only using UART and I2S, all commands are sent through Raspi serial port and the sound trough I2S. See attached to this post the Raspi connector  schematics. You can see the I2C bus but  it is not in use.
The Jetson TX2 needs a lot of power, but you could supply it at 7.5V that is the input DC for the QBO board but I think you must use a power adaptor converter with at least 40W ,like  GST40A07-P1J or similar.
]]> Q.board Arduino Qbo Robot https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/gpio-pins-of-the-qboard-and-raspberry-pi-3-jetson-tx-2/ Where's the source code of the Arduino board ? https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/wheres-the-source-code-of-the-arduino-board/ Sat, 29 Sep 2018 06:12:35 +0000 It's been several months since the very first Qbo One shipped and, according to your Indiegogo campaign, the fifth batch is underway. Your GitHub repositories hasn't been updated for the last 7 months, according to the commits history, and I can't find any trace of the Arduino source code despite being advertised as "open-source software" on your own website.

Again, where's the source code of the Arduino board?

]]> Q.board Arduino Renaud Cerrato https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/wheres-the-source-code-of-the-arduino-board/ Boardlayout and possible Input Voltage https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/boardlayout-and-possible-input-voltage/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 01:00:51 +0000 Hello Qbo Team,

is there any documentation to the board, that describes all Inputs and Outputs, voltages, signaltype and so on.

What is the max. Inputvoltage i can give to the board?

Is this Inputvoltage directly linked to the Robotisports?

thx for help.

]]> Q.board Arduino Rainer https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/boardlayout-and-possible-input-voltage/ Multiple Microphone Connections https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/multiple-microphone-connections/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:24:42 +0000 Q.board Arduino Anonymous https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/multiple-microphone-connections/ HOWTO: Hacking/Updating Q.board using Segger MINI J-Link JTAG ( Only for Developers ) https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/howto-hacking-updating-q-board-using-segger-mini-j-link-jtag-only-for-developers-3/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:38:27 +0000 Q.board Arduino Qbo Robot https://thecorpora.com/community/q-board-arduino/howto-hacking-updating-q-board-using-segger-mini-j-link-jtag-only-for-developers-3/