Our Vision

Boston Android is focused on developing a low cost, biologically inspired anthropomorphic robot platform capable of realistic human movement and responsiveness. Our goal is to provide electromechanical systems and software suitable for animating interactive robots requiring limited range of motion, able to operate from a self contained power supply and being able to interact safely with people.

Our solutions include pneumatic McKibben style artificial muscles and muscle control systems that borrow elements from the human nervous system. We have also developed a number of original sensory systems and mechanical elements which will allow us to produce highly functional and realistic androids at a very low cost.

To learn more about our technologies and approach, please explore our Electronics, Mechanics and Neuroscience and contact us if you are interested in career opportunities or would like to inquire about our products.

Thanks.

BAndroid

New Products

ATXmega32A4 motor development board

This new board incorporates the atxmega32a4 and a 4 channel H-bridge driver/controller to take advantage of the Xmega advanced PWM capability. The board will includes 4 servo channels, 4 high voltage FET switches, 8 analog inputs or 8 GPIOs and a 3-axis accelerometer. Our first prototype is shown below connected to a NEMA23 Stepper motor.

Atmel AT86RF231 daughter board

This daughter board is compatible with all EVAL-USB boards, including the ATmega2561, and feature the Atmel AT86RF231 2.4GHz Zigbee, IEEE 802.15.4 ISM band low power short range wireless chip. The board includes an integrated ceramic chip antenna.

Boston Android Atmel AT86RF231 Evaluation Board

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AVRISP mkii Clone

We now sell a low cost Atmel AVRISP mkii compatible programmer. This programmer is compatible with all our ATMega and ATXmega boards and allows fuse bits to be changed and provides a way to program boards that do not include a USB/serial bootloader such as the: EVAL-01, EVAL-04 and EVAL-USB-Lite.

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New Documentation

Manuals and HowTos

Filename	Description
eval04-motor-howto.html	Instructions for interfacing and getting started with EVAL-04-MOTOR Xmega Motor Control Board
microsd2-daught-howto.htm	Instructions for assembling and interfacing with EVAL-USB MicroSD2 Daughter Board
at86rf-basics-howto.html	Instructions on how to solder and connect the DAUGHT-AT86RF board as well as description of the SPI and GPIO interface along with example code for Xmega and ATmega based EVAL-USB boards.

Example Source Code

Filename	Description
eval04-motor-test.c	Example code to exercise various stepper, servo, pneumatic and DC motors on EVAL-04-MOTOR development board. Updated 01/31/2010
AT86RF_demo1b.zip	AVRStudio project with simple example code to configure radio for receiver or transmitter and send short packet. Includes CRC check and uses Atmel AT86RF HAL libraries. This code can be compiled for either ATmega or Xmega based EVAL-USB boards. Updated 01/29/2010
Xmega-microsd2-test.zip	Sample AVRStudio project and source code to access a FAT filesystem on the EVAL-USB microsd2 daughter board. This early example initializes the SD card, creates and writes a directory and a text file, then reads the text file back. (Xmega version) Updated 11/12/2010
atmel-xmega-i2c.c	Sample code to read/write from slave I2C/TWI device using drivers from Atmel

Upcoming Products