Welcome to Twisted Fields’ documentation!

We’re creating Acorn, our open source Precision Farming Rover.

Twisted Fields is a research farm located in San Gregorio, California, just outside of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.

Check out the Overview section for an overview of how the system works.

See also our community discussion page for active discussion of this project. View our youtube channel for status updates on the project and additional information, and see all of our open source materials directly on our github page.

Note

This project is under active development.

Contents

• Overview
  • Background
  • System Design
  • Corner Assembly
  • Electronics
  • Software
  • Mechanical
• Software
• Electrical
  • Chassis Wiring
  • Circuit Boards
    • Motherboard
    • Motor Controller
    • Induction Encoder
    • Magnetic Angle Encoder
    • RP2040 Debugger PCB
    • Mag Sensor
    • Supercap balance and fuse PCB
    • Camera system PCB
• Mechanical
  • Equipment Required
  • Locating design files
• Corner Assembly
• Frame Design
• Bill of Materials
  • Configurations
  • Complete Robot
  • Corner Assembly
    • Drive Motor
    • Tires
    • Steering Motor
• Motherboard
• Motor Controller
• About