Maybe I’m in the wrong part of the forum or it may already exist but I didn’t find what I’m looking for.
I’m looking forward to AgOpenGPS, especially what I think is the “Ace” type of setup, comunicating over UDP and using PoE.
I saw the “ace build” topic but last post was on end of 2023 and briantee ace github wich is also 2 years since last update.
Maybe “Ace” setup was abandonned for a reason but it would surprised me and didn’t saw anything going this way.
What I have understand and aim to achieve, from sratch, so no transformation of an existing Panda, AIO or whatever board type already exists, and if doable is:
AgIO / AgOpenGPS running on laptop, tablet and getting NTRIP from cellphone data (WiFi or usb modem for Connectivity to internet)
Switch with PoE output, need 12V DC to 48V DC or + transformer according to power input of what I found (like this one)
Dual antenna so no “nav” board needed (if I’m right, please confirm), so 2 ArduSimple and 2 antenna, ethernet port wich use PoE (what I saw from PotatoFarmer is ENC28J60 but then don’t know what’s between (arduino, teensy, … to make the bind between the ethernet and the 2 ardusimple, if a board exist for it, …)
Wheel angle Sensor, here I have dilemma, either take the WAS signal to the Steer board and work the signal there or have a dedicated board for it on the axle and maybe still implement nav while we’re at it because it has a nice placement and may improve perfomance (also don’t know if AgIO can deal both dual antenna roll and merge to it a BNO signal)
And finally the Steer Board, the part where I’m the less confident on what is really needed to be done, knowing PoE will not supply enough power for the citron driver / motor (or hydraulic valve, depend on steering system used) it would then have it own supply but still over UDP. If there is a board that do that (and depend of previous point “dilemma” add WAS to the Steer board or not, using All In One board for base?)
Most of the information I got to see and used to write this topic come from PotatoFarmer work & share, but didn’t saw a unique place wich regroup everything on PoE from scratch.
I community can reach out and guide on what the hardware needed and configuration to do on it. Where I’m in the fog is as said the Steer board and to bind 2 ardusimple on PoE Ethernet port.
If, according to you, better hardware or setup exist than UDP, share the benefits and may turn my side on it.
The Ace setup uses a Nav board (Teensy with IMU) which reads the Single receiver’s output on the network and reads the IMU to send the PANDA sentence to AgIO/AgOpenGPS. It also uses a Steer board to read WAS and output the controls to a steering valve. The Single receiver board has a triple Ethernet Serial Server (USR-TCP232-ED2) on-board that converts the F9P output to a UDP packet on the Ethernet (and also provides a UART port for external RTK radio corrections).
I believe Potatoe farmer is the only one actually using this setup and he’s only using single F9P w/ IMU.
I have a couple boards but I have never set them up. He uses the old Nano board as the Steer board.
Explained like this it don’t seems worth the effort indeed, would be an interesting setup but think I will switch my project over to an All In One board, don’t feel myself to dig in this alone.
But from what you told, it seems to be overworked to make it complete, at least for the steer & nav part.
The GNSS receiver sound to be the best side from this setup when associated with PoE but for the rest, because no development was “done” (started from scratch), it is just turning around what AiO does easier to make UDP & PoE work with existing system.
Will still wait in case others informations show up, but you made me doubt about it now ^^, before ordering an AiO version.
Following part became a bit apart from the original topic, if not “correct” to post about it here, will sure edit message and ask where I might be redirected to :
I took a look to order AIO board on JLCPCB (Github Board I downloaded from) and some parts are not available at the moment (C15771 & C32565, didn’t saw those in ALT PARTS to change them).
No parts selected for U4 (GNSS Power) and U5 (Teensy/IMU Power), not sure if it is normal.
Will also wait some time to see if these components came back available, no missing components for the ADS-MCP.
Others stuff to order aside from JLCPCB to complete one board for autosteer would be:
*1 Teensy 4.1
*2 ZED F9P with 2 antenna or 1 ZED F9P with 1 antenna and 1 IMU
*1 WAS
*2 buttons/switchs for steer & work engagement
*1 Cytron driver
*1 DC Motor
Is UM982 required ? Think that’s it for the list
For firmware it is only the F9P('s) and Teensy to be configured (using AG ConfigOMatic to make life easier)
