RoboHeart incorporates the ESP32 which is a very powerful microcontroller. It has 2 cores with a clock frequency of up to 240 MHz and a performance of up to 600 DMIPS.

You are free to choose between Bluetooth and WiFi. The versatility of the ESP32 allows you to pick Bluetooth Low Energy for example, a power saving wireless communication protocol with a relatively low data rate (around 1Mbit/s). Or you pick WiFi as your preferred means of communication, which is more power hungry but allows higher data rates up to 150 Mbit/s.

The setup is even easier than setting up your Bluetooth headphones! We provide access to a web-based platform. RoboHeart can drive up to three motors for all of your robotic needs.

Yes! The famous MPU6050 is integrated on board. You can include RoboHeart into anything that moves, and you will get motion data from it. You will feel like a pilot getting not only acceleration data but also orientation data in all three axes (roll, pitch, yaw). You don’t have to fiddle with MPU-extension boards. Power the RoboHeart on, and your motion sensor is already setup.

We are currently working on OpenSource code which you can use out of the box, or customize yourself, or work with others on our Github platform to fit your project. We will provide an Arduino library with examples for the RoboHeart and an Android app for the smartphone.

Of course! There are plenty of tutorials out there on how to use the ESP32 with Arduino.

We are working on the integration of our library into the Arduino Core.

Yes. Attach a Lipo/Li-Ion battery to the RoboHeart to provide your robot with power when you are away from a power source.

When you program/debug your robot at the PC, your USB connection may still not have enough power, so you can never see the serial output on your PC when your robot is actually moving and performing tasks. Our RoboHeart provides a solution for that: with an additional battery you can have dual power: battery+USB, allowing you to still receive all serial messages on PC while your robot is at full performance.

You can use the dual power to connect a power bank as well, which will increase the lifetime of your robot until the next recharge significantly.

You can use any of your old (or new) micro-USB-C cables to program and power the RoboHeart. It has an integrated USB-UART-converter , so you just plug in the USB and press ‘upload’ in the Arduino IDE.

Yes. We provide all common serial interfaces and plenty of GPIOs with popular grove connectors and classic pin headers.

With three types of mobile connectivity – including 5G, WiFi and BLE, you can take your robot inside, outside… pretty much anywhere!

Not at all! You also don’t need to take out the SIM card from your smartphone (you’ll need that to tell your friends about your amazing experiences with your RoboHeart!). The Vela board comes with an integrated eSIM. This is a SIM-chip which is directly soldered on the board… so no going to a mobile phone store and filling out tedious forms with personal info.

The setup is even easier than setting up your Bluetooth headphones! We provide access to a web based platform called tingg.io. This is a very easy-to-use graphical interface, which you can use to visualise your data. Once you connect your RoboHeart to the computer and start the program, you can already use the mobile data. The connectivity provider will have everything already set up for you.

You can check out tingg.io right now to see more! You can try it out not only with mobile data, but also with MQTT based applications.

The service of tingg.io is absolutely free, with absolutely no hidden costs. You will get a prepaid data plan with every RoboHeart Vela extension board you buy. If you need additional data, you can buy a data package at your convenience as needed.

Yes, you will get enterprise-grade security. We will provide a dedicated APN (Access Point Name) for all the RoboHearts globally (this is a service which is usually reserved for big companies). RoboHeart Vela comes with a secure VPN (virtual private network) connection just for you. Your robot’s communication will be more secure than your internet at home!

Sometimes users will want to use a SIM card from a previous project, or want to put an old SIM to good use. However, with a custom SIM you will not have all the awesome features mentioned above… but we don’t want to hold back your creativity! We provide a nano-SIM holder that you can easily integrate into your project.