{"id":6744,"date":"2025-06-02T10:25:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/blog\/pika-spark-complete-mini-robot-controller\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:30:19","slug":"pika-spark-complete-mini-robot-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/en\/pika-spark-complete-mini-robot-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Pika Spark &#8211; Complete mini robot controller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section-post has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3f3f4;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5ae0ec478901b302abdd683f0e053f52\" style=\"color:#009fe3\">Pika Spark &#8211; Complete mini robot controller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns section-post-wrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1754\" height=\"1318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter.jpg\" alt=\"Image Pika Spark Mini Robot\" class=\"wp-image-5869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter.jpg 1754w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter-158x119.jpg 158w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter-110x83.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter-73x55.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter-21x16.jpg 21w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild_Pika-Spark_Mini-Roboter-182x137.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1754px) 100vw, 1754px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complete control solution for mini robots with PoE and galvanic isolation  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A compact control board based on the Portenta X8 was developed for the L3X-Z hexapod robot, which offers all industrial interfaces with electrical isolation. Special features include power supply via PoE (also via single-pair Ethernet) as well as integrated sensors (9-DoF IMU) and integrated memory. The development was carried out in close cooperation with the customer &#8211; from the architecture to the commissioning of the prototype.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n    <section  class=\"section-desc\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"section-desc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<mark>Requirements<\/mark>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Development of a miniaturized control board for Hexapod robots L3X-Z<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Based on Portenta X8 SBC  <\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>All interfaces (RS485, CAN, ETH) galvanically isolated  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