The Prime

Rugged

Introduction

The Prime Rugged is developed to use in high-end applications and is therefor built with the strongest, most robust components and materials. The housing material is aluminum, as its robust and tough, yet lightweight outer shell. The push-pull connectors ensure that the Prime Rugged can be used in applications that require a high number of mating cycles, such as specialty measurement devices. The Prime Rugged has water resistant connectors and modules with IP rating IP67. It is compatible with existing hardware and can easily interface through popular protocols such as Modbus, RS485 and CAN.

Specifications

  • 50 x 92 x 80 mm
  • 380 gr
  • Aluminium 6082T6-
  • IP67
  • Push-pull
  • 6
  • 6
  • 4
  • 2

Price starting from: €999,-

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Highest computer power
for real-time systems

The Prime enables the highest computing power for real-time systems available. The Prime uses the i.MX RT1061 Crossover MCU with Arm® Cortex®-M7 Core; a high-performance, low-power crossover processor. It runs at 600 MHz with 1MB SRAM, 4 MB flash, and runs on Avular ArtOs. This enables you to get FPGA-like performances with the Prime.

Expand your Rugged Prime:
with push-pull connectors
and click-on auxiliaries

The Prime can be easily connected to onboard devices, as all most popular I/O interfaces are supported. The Prime can be equipped with more onboard sensors, power sources and electronic interfaces, by expanding your stack. Simply click on extra modules that suit your application best. These modules communicate through our in-house developed Echo internal bus communication system. We are currently developing these auxiliaries and will launch them soon.

The Prime Rugged is equipped with push-pull connectors.

Rugged
Connectivity

Programming, monitoring and optimizing parameters is done live through Cerebra Studio; Avular’s own PC interface for the Essentials products. Cerebra Studio is suitable for OEM production environments where product assembly and periodic maintenance are performed, but also for prototype development phases. Using Cerebra Studio does not require a MATLAB license.

Fully modular

To make the Prime Rugged fully modular, we have added the functionality to click expansion modules (auxiliaries) onto the Prime as a base module. The auxiliaries that are currently being developed to expand your Prime Rugged stack will be made from the same material as the Prime Rugged: aluminum. Different types of Primes and their auxiliaries cannot be mixed and merged together, except for the Industrial and Rugged auxiliaries, as they are made from the same material. A maximum of 128 auxiliaries can be coupled.

Low-code programming with Cerebra Studio

With Avular’s intuitive software program Cerebra Studio, you can program your Prime and monitor its signals and change its control in real time in a user-friendly interactive design.

Cerebra Studio is free software, which can be easily downloaded and installed as a desktop application. The GUI enables (control) engineers to code in an easier way. With the press of a button, your model can be flashed on the robot, eliminating at least one engineer. Cerebra Studio offers a basic free license, and a Pro license with more functionalities and features.

Cerebra Studio can automatically translate your MATLAB model to binary code ran on the micro controller. The speed with which the code is translated to the robot saves resources and improves project’s time efficiency. Cerebra Studio also allows you to integrate existing code, either through directly interacting with our firmware or integrating your code in a MATLAB model.

Three types of the Prime

There is a Prime for every use-case and price point. We have developed three different types of Primes, to cater to all needs. These three differ in robustness, IO and weight. What they all have in common is ease-of-use, powerful computation power and their compact, lightweight design.

Exploration

De Exploration Prime is perfect for cost-saving prototyping. It has an interchangeable bridge for its connectors, so you can choose what type of connectors are most suitable for your application.

  • 50 x 92 x 80 mm
  • 200 gr
  • PC/ABS + GF 30%
  • -
  • Bridge-dependent
  • Up to 6
  • Up to 10
  • Up to 4
  • -

Price: €499,-

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Industrial

The Industrial Prime is ideal when developing a new industrial application and its waterproofness makes it crucial for outdoor applications. Its high-end connectors are reliable, robust and waterproof. All Industrial expansion modules are waterproof.

  • 50 x 92 x 80 mm
  • 380 gr
  • Aluminium 6082T6
  • IP67
  • 8 Pin M8
  • 6
  • 6
  • 4
  • 2

Price: €799,-

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Rugged

The Rugged Prime is recommenced for high-end applications and built with the strongest, most robust components available. The push-pull connectors ensure that it can also be used in applications that require a high number of mating cycles.

  • 50 x 92 x 80 mm
  • 380 gr
  • Aluminium 6082T6
  • IP67
  • Push Pull
  • 6
  • 6
  • 4
  • 2

Price: €999,-

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Educational opportunities

Although Avular mainly focusses on mobile robotics, the Prime Rugged can also be used in other use cases such as the development of prototypes for mechatronic systems such as robotic arms. The Prime Rugged can be used to program any type of actuator and for sensor reading.  

The Prime Rugged is also a very useful tool for educational purposes for new employees. New team members can get familiar with MATLAB Simulink and embedded programming using the Prime.

Please contact us about the possibilities.