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Message #09162
To: 'beam@sgiblab.sgi.com' beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Wilf Rigter Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
Date: Friday, 14 January 2000 5:18
Subject: BEAM LEGO was RE: microcore experimentation kit
>What about BEAM LEGO?
>
>For example, put the Nv complete with trimpot and LED into a suitable block
>with GND,V+, INPUT, OUTPUT, BIAS POINT contacts in such a way that the
>blocks can be put side by side and interconnections made with a SOLARCELL,
>NiCAD, SUPERCAP, PD SENSOR, DRIVER and MOTOR block. The default contact
>arrangement should allow standard uCore walker to be assembled in BEAM
>PLUG'nPLAY fashion. A JUMPER and PROTOTYPE block can be used to configure
>experimental BEAM LEGO Bots. In this way standard BICORE, PHOTOVORE and
>other BEAM bots can be bundled into standard kits.
>
>So what do you all think?
>
>wilf
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bruce Robinson [SMTP:Bruce_Robinson@telus.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 11:46 PM
>> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>> Subject: Re: microcore experimentation kit
>>
>> > David Perry wrote:
>> >
>> > What if (as someone suggested) i reate a small circuit board complete
>> > with a single schmitt inverter and either a plug to put in your own
>> > resistor or an adjustable pot built in.
>>
>> So, what exactly are you gaining, David? Just MORE stuff to plug in.
>>
>> Why not include the pot (make sure it isn't one of those 50-turn-life
>> things) AND the capacitor. Provide 4 connection points:
>> - capacitor input (Nv input).
>> - pot input (Nu input).
>> - inverter input (so you can inject or kill pulses.
>> - inverter output (obviously).
>> And power & ground, of course. That's a six-pin board.
>>
>> You may want two or three versions with different size capacitors.
>>
>> But if you're going to do that, why not use a hex surface mount and
>> supply six circuits similar to the above? That gives you 26 pins.
>> Perhaps you could size the board to plug into a 28 pin socket.
>>
>> Hmm ... Is this really getting any easier? :)
>>
>> Bruce
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