Implementation of Kria KR260 Robotics Development Platform Integrated with Microcontroller and Peripheral Devices

Abstract

Controlling robots in industrial or service sectors requires the development of specialized control applications on boards or platforms with varying design features. This, in turn, demands skilled engineers, leading to higher system development and maintenance costs. This research proposes the use of the Kria KR260 robot development platform, which supports open-source software development and can interface with an Arduino microcontroller and peripheral devices. The objective is to study the design, development, and performance evaluation of an integrated platform incorporating microcontrollers and peripheral devices. The development process employs Vivado ML Edition software for hardware design and a high-level programming language for developing control applications. Data communication and hardware control tests are performed between the microcontroller and peripheral devices via the Pmod port. The test results show that I²C communication has faster response times than GPIO. The GPIO receive times range from 17 to 61 milliseconds, while the I²C receive times range from 1.13 to 1.36 milliseconds. The GPIO transmit time remains constant at 4 milliseconds, whereas the I²C transmit time ranges from 0.41 to 0.54 milliseconds. The experimental results indicate that I²C delivers superior performance in terms of communication speed and exhibits more consistent response times, as evidenced by the observed minimum to maximum range. In addition, I²C achieved a complete data transmission success rate under the specified experimental conditions. Overall, the evaluation confirms that the Kria KR260 platform can interface efficiently with the microcontroller and peripheral devices and operated correctly throughout the experiments. These findings suggest that the platform is well suited for applications in the development of robots for industrial and service domains.