Irobot Create Serial Cable

1 5m 60 inches industrial grade usb to serial ttl cable.

Irobot create serial cable.

Removing the faceplate exposes the serial port. Led indicators for tx rx data traffic indication this serial cable is designed for use with create2 or all roomba models with mini din serial control interface including 400 series since october 2007 plus 500 series onward including 500 600 700 and 800 series. Make sure this fits by entering your model number. Button pins 1 and 2 are create 2 battery voltage.

Drill template on faceplate shows safe drilling areas. Pins 1 and 2 vpwr are connected to the roomba battery through a 200 ma ptc resettable fuse. A week ago i got my osmo hacker roomba firmware updater from irobot. Serial cable sends commands from a computer or other microcontroller to the robot.

Preprogrammed behaviors can be controlled via open interface commands. Kurt mike kuniavsky. Built in sensors allow the robot to react to its environment. Optionally connect the brc pin from the create 2 to the rts pin on the converter.

Used to communicate between your computer and command module. It s this name that will replace the dev cu keyserial1 that is in my example. Finally connect the rx of the create 2 to the tx from the 5v serial to usb converter. You will need to use a level shifting cable such as the irobot create usb cable.

Once you install the drivers the cable will show up as a serial port with the name dev tty usbserial or dev tty usbmodem. The irobot usb serial cable should come with instructions on how to install drivers for it. Robot returns to home base to dock and recharge. Comes packaged with the irobot command module for use with irobot create.

If you are using the tensility cable and the ftdi pcb the connections should look like this. Robot create 2 is an affordable preassembled mobile robot platform that provides an out of the box opportunity to program behaviors sounds movements and add additional electronics. It worked like a charm giving me a serial port to fully control the roomba. When you re done making this cable board you can download free software to control the roomba how to make a roomba serial interface by tod e.

Since the rxd and txd pins use 0 5v logic voltage and the pc serial ports use different voltages rs 232 levels it is necessary to shift voltage levels.