Ardumower WIKI - the construction manual for your Ardumower

Here you get an overview of what is required to build an Ardumower and how an Ardumower works:

Manuals, Basics, Tutorials

PS: The english pages are more up do date

Here you can find detailed manuals for assembling the chassis, assembling the PCB, uploading the software etc.:

English	Deutsch
Manuals Chassis 1.0 (obsolete) Chassis 2021 PCB 1.2 (obsolete) PCB 1.3 (obsolete) PCB 1.4 Azurit Firmware (Default - incl. Download) AzuritBer Firmware Raindancer Firmware Sunray Firmware (RTK GPS) - experimental Perimeter sender/receiver and charging station (optional) Tutorials How to find defective components on PCB1.3 First steps with your Arduino Arduino code techniques (for advanced users) What is a PID controller?	Anleitungen: Chassis 1.0 (veraltet) Chassis 2021 PCB 1.2 (veraltet) PCB 1.3 (veraltet) PCB 1.4 Azurit Firmware (Standard - incl. Download) AzuritBer Firmware Raindancer Firmware Sunray Firmware (RTK GPS) - experimental Schleifensender/Empfänger und Ladestation (optional) Tutorials: Wie findet man fehlerhafte Bauteile am PCB1.3 Erste Schritte mit dem Arduino Arduino Crash Kurs (für Fortgeschrittene) Was ist eine PID-Regelung? Git-Tutorial: Wie nutze ich Git zum einchecken von Änderungen etc.?

Firmwares overview

Here you can compare the features of the individual firmwares (e.g. which firmware supports a perimeter wire etc.)

	Azurit	AzuritBer	Raindancer	Sunray
Uses perimeter wire for localization and finding docking station	✔	✔	✔
Uses perimeter wire for managing small passages			✔
Number perimeter receiver coils	1	1	2
Uses RFID tag for localization and finding docking station		✔
Uses GPS RTK for localization and finding docking station				✔
Supports lane-by-lane mowing		✔		✔
Supports multiple distinct mowing areas		3 with WiFi sender		up to 10 GPS maps
Supports IMU for path tracking	optional	mandatory		optional
Supports odometry	optional	mandatory	✔	✔
Supported traction motor positions	front, rear	rear only	front, rear	front, rear
Supported Arduino boards	Arduino Mega / Arduino Due	Arduino Due only	Arduino Due	Arduino Due / Adafruit Grand Central M4
Supported sensors for obstacle detection and avoidance	ultrasonic, bumper	ultrasonic, bumper, AI vision (experimental)	ultrasonic, bumper	ultrasonic, bumper, GPS
Docking support	✔	✔	✔	✔ (via GPS)
Serial console support	✔	✔	✔	✔
Mower display support		tactile screen for easy use, 5 inches on Raspberry
App available	✔	PiArdu with Raspberry Pi / VNC Viewer		✔
Compatible with home automation		over MQTT