Quarky Technical Specifications
Quarky‘s powerful 3.7V Li–ion battery support gives it portability and durability. Quarky can be charged using its USB C port and has protections for reverse polarity, overvoltage, and overcurrent. Quarky’s 3.3V ecosystem can supply 1A current to output devices like motors. Quarky has power indication LEDs for charging, low battery, and power.
Power Switch
Battery
3.3V Output
LED Indicators
Reverse Polarity Protection
Overcurrent Protection
Overvoltage Protection
Hardware Interface
The Quarky has two tactile switches, five capacitive touch sensors, two infrared sensors, and general–purpose input–output pins that you can use to connect digital and analog sensors. With the Quarky, there‘s no need for messy circuits. Simply connect your sensor to one of the input–output pins and you‘re ready to go!
Tactile Switches
5 Capacitive Touch Inputs
IR Sensors
Ultrasonic Sensor
Digital & Analog Pins
Plug and Play Hardware Interface
The Quarky Board has a plug-and-play interface for connecting and controlling direct output devices like DC motors, servo motors, stepper motors, pneumatics, and relays (for low current consuming hardware approx. 1A). This makes it easy to use your device with Quarky by simply plugging it into the Quarky Board and playing with it using the PictoBlox.
2 x DC Motor
2 x Servo Motor
1 x Stepper Motor
Relay
Pnuematics
Modes of Feedback
Quarky has 35 programmable RGB LEDs in a 7×5 grid that act as a display for creating animations, writing text, and displaying patterns. Additionally, Quarky has a good-quality speaker that can create human-like audio or act like a buzzer.
Speaker
Programmable RGB LEDs
Internet of Things
Quarky is an excellent choice for IoT projects because it includes Wi–Fi and Bluetooth compatibility. PictoBlox makes it easy for users to create complex projects using Block Coding and Python Coding.
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
Core Interface
The Quarky has multipurpose input/output pins that can be used for interfacing with any third–party sensors. It has 3 digital I/O pins, 3 analog input pins, and 4 PWM pins that are accessible on the top side. SPI, IIC, and TTL interfaces are also available.
Digital I/O Pins
Analog Input Pins
PWM Pins
IIC
