Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00856
To: Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
From: "George Rix" rix.g@bmts.com
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:32:06 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: RoboArm
>From: Richard Piotter
>To: beam
>Subject: Re: RoboArm
>Date: Mon, Feb 22, 1999, 9:13 PM
>
> Hmm... $300 is alot! It's annoying isn't it! My recomendation is a BACIC Stamp
> or BS II. They are what, $50? BASIC isn't to hard to learn. Far Easier than
ASM!
> If you must use a microcontroller, it's probably a good start. As for Mac
> suport, too many things get made for one platform or the other, but often,
> companies simply won't or on't want to put resources into two diferent
software
> products. It's real annoying. I still need to find out if my TI-Graph link
cable
> will be compatible witht he new iMacs and G3s. They have no serial ports, and
> you need an adaptor that adds it through USB or PCI. I don't know if the
> Graphlink will support it without a software update. At least TI is somewhat
> decent when it comes to updates.
Well, it's too much for me. Even a fifty dollar Basic Stamp is too much
unless I get some sort of income, preferably something that I can do at home
because I have been sick for a year with CFIDS, and I can't shovel walks or
stuff like that and often find it hard to leave my bed in the morning. Any
ideas, anyone?
With the LEGO Mindstorms thing being that much, I think it's worth it,
because it has two motors, and about 730 other pieces, including a light
sensor and two touch sensors.
I just wish Bill Gates was funding me =)
> Also, doesn anyone know if neurons can be programed _easily_ into a BASIC
Stamp?
> And if so, how many? The body of that 78 neuron robot I'm working on won't be
> too dificult, since the 36 neurons are each in seprate groups of 6.
> Unfortunately, the head, 42 neurons, is a wiring jungle! There are a LOT of
> connections, some neurons with over 8 connections! Any advice? I'm doing the
> body in hardware, and will try the head, but it's quite complex, and doing it
in
> software might be the fastest and simplest route.
Neat! It sounds cool.
Signing off,
Rob Rix
'If anything can possibly go wrong, it probably already has'-Murphy's law
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