Product Architecture
Robobus is a software that can be used to configure various boards like Intel Edison, Apalis T30 etc. In this software multiple boards cannot be attached. The devices are connected to the board in serial and parallel combination using RS485 and modbus. The devices like mouse,keyboard,joystick are connected serially where as devices like motor driver module, GPIO module etc are connected through modbus.
Snappy Robotics is the combination of the Snappy Software and the Toradex Carrier board along with the Apalis T30 IT board. The users can directly install the software on the board. The user can connect various boards like Arduino, Raspberry Pi etc to the main board. Various USB devices like camera, mouse, keyboard,joystick etc can be connected. The USB devices are connected through RS485 protocol. There are also several connectivity options like Bluetooth, Wifi etc. These devices are connected through I2C protocol.
The users can program by running the software on a PC or on the board directly by connecting a screen to the main board. The users can also use the Snappy software without installing on the board by running it on the PC. Any other board can be connected to PC and the required devices can be connected to the board and then configured.
In Snappy Robotics there is privilege to connect multiple boards so various devices can be connected and used at the same time .Hence Snappy Robotics platform is more powerful and rapid when considered to other platforms.