Renesas’ winning combination reference design for robotic lawn mowers can aid homeowners with huge yards, large landscaping bills, or hours invested in landscaping. A robotic lawn mower saves time and money as well as regular yard maintenance. Renesas offers all the major parts needed for a robotic lawn mower.
Features
- Single IC for BLDC motor control with integrated analog front-end (AFE)
- Rich battery management system (BMS) for an up to 8 cell Li-ion battery with reliable safety features for cell balancing and protection
- Efficient battery charging in CV/CC profile
- Low power consumption for longer battery life
- Rain detection using weatherproof humidity sensor and capacitive touch sensing unit (CTSU) for returning to docking station for safe operation
- Collision detection using time-of-flight (ToF) sensors and lift/tilt detection using 6-axis IMU for stopping the blades, ensuring enhanced safety
- Docking station with integrated electronic fencing using perimeter wire and charging status monitoring
- Remote control and theft protection alarm using wireless/GPS connectivity
- ISL94202 battery pack monitor
- Standalone 3- to 8-cell Li-ion battery pack monitor
- ISL81401A buck-boost controller
- 40 V unidirectional 4-switch synchronous buck-boost controller
- HS3101 humidity sensor
- Relative humidity and temperature sensor with membrane
- ISL85410 buck regulator
- Wide VIN 1 A synchronous buck regulator
- ISL80410 LDO
- 40 V, low quiescent current, 150 mA linear regulator
- AT45DQ161 memory
- 16-Mbit SPI Flash memory with dual-I/O and quad-I/O support, 2.3 V minimum
- R7FA4M1 microcontroller
- 32-bit MCU with 48 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M4 and LCD controller and capacitive touch for human-machine interface (HMI)
- RL78/G12 microcontroller
- Compact, low power microcontrollers for general purpose applications
- RAJ306001 motor control
- 30 V motor control IC with built-in 16-bit MCU (RL78/G1F)
- ISL28191 operational amplifier (op amp)
- Single supply ultra-low-noise, low distortion rail-to-rail output, op amp
- ISL28214 op amp
- Dual general purpose micropower, RRIO op amps
- ISL29501 proximity sensor
- Autonomous mobile solutions for yards, homes, and warehouses
Renesas’ winning combination reference design for robotic lawn mowers can aid homeowners with huge yards, large landscaping bills, or hours invested in landscaping. A robotic lawn mower saves time and money as well as regular yard maintenance. Renesas offers all the major parts needed for a robotic lawn mower.
