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Re: Using CAN to Have More Than 3 Motors/Sensors
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Date: 
Tue, 25 Jul 2000 18:35:10 GMT
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Hi Harri,

The main board typically costs around $199US.  It is available from Infineon
distributors (Insight, Avnet, and Pioneer in the US), or directly from Phytec
(www.phytec.com - look for their Kitcon167).  Phytec also makes smaller
footprint boards using the SABC164CI and SABC167CR microcontrollers.  These
would make a more compact design.  I used the Kitcon167 because I already had
one.

The small node boards are my own design, and I haven't really figured out how
much it would cost to produce them in quantity.

Regards,
Mark

Web - http://www.flash.net/~mfabiny/C505brick.htm

PS - My participation in LUGNET is for fun.  These are my personal opinions and
not necessarily my employers.

In lugnet.robotics, "Harri 'Junkarn' Manni" <junkarn@wombat.ludvika.se> writes:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Mark Fabiny wrote:
> 
> 
> After that I briefly read through the text on your web page i feels like
> this is how it should have been done from the beginning. The bus system
> allows complex structures to be build with great "simplicity" not to talk
> about the flexibility! If I understood it right, this really opens a new
> dimension. As you say, it contains the same wonderful flexibility as the
> LEGO bricks themselves.
> I get visions about distributing the batteries all over the construction
> instead of clustering them together in a big battery box. :)
> 
> How much does the main board cost and how much would each node cost?
> (Next step would be to figure out how to get the money for all the sensors
> and motors.)
> 
> I think it's EXTREMLY intresting!



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  Re: Using CAN to Have More Than 3 Motors/Sensors
 
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Mark Fabiny wrote: After that I briefly read through the text on your web page i feels like this is how it should have been done from the beginning. The bus system allows complex structures to be build with great "simplicity" (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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