Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #09727
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Pete McCarthy dilbertpete@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 20:47:20 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Solarbotics Hextile Designs
What would be the approximate cost for these boards??
"John A. deVries II" wrote:
>
> At 11:45 AM 2/2/00 , Dave wrote:
> >Solarbotics is getting close to starting active design work on our Hextile
> >boards package.
> >We're looking for your input on whether you want "Mark Tilden" (tm) style
> >Hextile boards, exactly like the ones he uses, or if you would like to
> >request different types ot Hextiles as well.
> >Our initial run will be using DIP-style (regular sized) chips, on Hextiles
> >and perhaps some square tiles too. SMT? Well, perhaps in the future....
>
> Well, since it isn't likely that you'll be producing the SMT Bicore 2.x
> style "chips" (can you imagine how expensive THAT would be???) I would suggest:
>
> a) Don't copy Tilden's boards. They aren't sufficiently general even
> though they seemed to be when he first drafted them -- for one thing, there
> aren't usually enough holes for connections to a given pin/signal unless
> what you REALLY want to build is a microcore with a pulse neutralizer or a
> hexcore.
> b) Make a board that can easily be wired as bicores or individual Nv/Nu
> neurons.
> c) Do make a board like his power conditioner/startup signal chip.
> d) It might be a good idea to ignore the '14 IC. I expect some people will
> disagree.
> e) And the real toughy -- come up with a layout that requires a minimum of
> manual wiring. I don't include required resistors and capacitors in this
> category -- just plain old from-point-to-point wiring.
>
> Just my 1 3/4's cents worth,
>
> Zoz
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9728 2/2/2000 5:25:18 PM Eastern Standard Time [alt-beam] Re: MPJA Cheap pager motor beam@sgiblab.sgi.com (BEAM) william@characterlink.net (William Cox) MPJA - Pager motor $0.99 USA. I'm getting 16 :)
-William >>
sorry i missed the vendor that you said u are getting these from ` for 99?
who sells therse??
Steve
9729 Wed, 2 Feb 2000 06:38:44 -0800 [alt-beam] Re: Solarbotics Hextile Designs "Dane Gardner"
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Dave, without a doubt...go with the custom design. Maybe something smaller=
? Are you giving those single Nu/Nv's a thought? I'm still very intereste=
d in them.
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>
Nice, but did you check out the spec's? Those motors draw 75ma no load.
That's REALLY high.
dennison
MPJA - Pager motor $0.99 USA. I'm getting 16 :)
-William
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