Ants: routing and our own terms (from Nov 2026)

Floorplan

A candidate placement shown as a map of where the main parts go. Stage 5 offers two or three.

How it looks

Real image: CORE3588, rendered by KiCad from our board file

CORE3588's floorplan, on the real board: amber boxes are the main blocks. The board is 86.5 x 101 mm.

1The compute module (RK3588) sits in the middle on four board-to-board plugs; most signals radiate from here.
2Four camera plugs (P3 to P6) along the left edge.
3Camera plug P1 on the top edge (P2 is on the bottom edge).
4Power in: USB-C plug, protection and the power switch, top right.
5Power supplies: two regulators with their coils and capacitors, right edge.
6SD card slot, bottom right.
7ESP32 radio module on the bottom edge, its antenna end at the board edge.

The rough version of placement. Once chosen, it fixes where airwires run, so it sets how hard routing by Ants will be.

Changing it after routing is expensive; small corrections later are a placement ECO.