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Option 1: Tundra Tracker Developer Board

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I've had two separate electronics implementations:

IDE

I could not figure out how to make PlatformIO work with this, so I followed Tundra's store page links, which at this time of writing suggests:

  • use the Arduino IDE,
  • in the Arduino IDE, add the RP2040 Arduino Board Library to the Arduino IDE (read the README on how to install it),
  • turn the tracker ON,
  • connect the USB programming port (not the tracker USB port),
  • in the Arduino IDE, select the Adafruit ItsyBitsy RP2040 board on COM port to upload to.

Pins used

You need to attach each flex sensor to an ADC pin, by using a voltage divider.

At this time of writing (2024-02-07), the Tundra Tracker Developer Board store page has link to a schematic which appears to be incorrect.

The ADC pins on the original schematic are swizzled:

  • The ADC pins located on the IO_0 are actually 27, 28, 29, and not 26, 27, 28.
  • The ADC pin located on the IO_1 is actually 26, and not 29

I have used the correct ADC pins on the IO_0, which are 27, 28, 29.

Repository and code

I've reused and modified Tundra's own sample code. Tundra's README contains sufficient information to be autonomous.

TODO github