AWS DeepRacer Getting Started Manual
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- Page 1 AWS DeepRacer Getting Started Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Getting Started Guide Contents What’s in the box Assemble your car Get connected Test drive Autonomous model management... -
Page 3: What's In The Box
11. USB-A to micro USB cable 6. Compute module power bank Gather additional items You’ll need some additional items, not included with your AWS Deep Racer, to get started: - Computer or Laptop with USB port and access to the internet - USB flash drive... -
Page 4: Assemble Your Car
Assemble your car Unpin the car chassis Remove the pins and gently lift the car chassis in order to install the car battery. – Remove all four pins – Lift car chassis. Careful! There are connected wires under the chassis. Connect car’s battery cable Connect the car battery’s cables, aligning the cable colors, red with red and black with black. - Page 5 Assemble your car Install Power bank Insert the power bank with the ON button and USB ports facing the back of the vehicle. Make sure USB ports are as shown, nearest the chassis USB port and the power at the rear of the car. Secure Power bank Use the straps to tightly secure the power bank to the car chassis.
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Page 6: Get Connected
Get connected Connect to wall power First, lets connect your car to power. Plug in the end of the power cord into wall power and the other end to the USB-C power port on the car. Look for this icon above the input Turn on your car’s computer Find the compute power button and press it to turn it on. - Page 7 Get connected Edit Wi-Fi credentials file Open the file you just downloaded wifi-creds.txt using a code editor such as Sublime Text, enter your Wi-Fi network’s name or SSID and password WARNING: During the initial setup, please make sure the Wi-Fi has an internet connection, so the device can update to the latest software.
- Page 8 Get connected Disconnect USB flash drive Unplug the USB flash drive after the car’s Wi-Fi LED light has turned solid blue. Reconnect USB flash drive and locate file USB_drive Connect your USB flash drive to your computer or laptop. Open USB flash drive and locate device-status.txt file.
- Page 9 Get connected Accept and proceed Web browsers inform you your connection is not private and you need to view advanced options to accept and proceed. Update your car’s software Your car may require a software update. – Car must be connected to wall power –...
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Page 10: Test Drive
Test drive Connect the Power bank Use the Power bank connector cable to connect the power bank to the left USB-C port. Turn on power bank Press the ON button to turn on the Power bank. The LED lights on the back of the Power bank should turn on. - Page 11 Test drive Align wheels Center the wheels so they they are facing foward. Turn on the car The car on/off switch is located behind the front tire, below the car chassis. Slide the power switch to the right to turn it on. Listen for two short beeps, then one long beep sound.
- Page 12 – Driving mode needs to be manual – Move your finger around the touch pad to drive the car. Autonomous driving Upload models you created and trained to your vehicle. Watch your vehicle drive autonomously. Go to https://aws.amazon.com/deepracer...
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Page 13: Autonomous Model Management
Go to https://aws.amazon.com/deepracer to create, train and evaluate your own reinforcement learning model. – Login using your AWS account – Click Create model to begin Download your model Once your model completes training, you can download your model to your computer. - Page 14 Autonomous model management Connect USB flash drive to your car Eject USB flash drive from your laptop and connect the USB flash drive to your car. Use your computer or phone Open the browser and enter your car’s IP address on the URL bar to access the car.
- Page 15 Autonomous model management Drive autonomously To drive autonomously, tap Start and Stop from the Autonomous Controls.
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