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Re: H-bridge for PDA?
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Date: 
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:19:41 GMT
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"Jim Choate" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.33.0301071729410.15696-100000@einstein.ssz.com...
> On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, MiB wrote:
> 
> >  Since the end of story there - I wonder if not would be possible to • make a
> > lego robot out of a CASIOPEIJA PDA or something the only thing that is
> > needed is some H-bridges for motor driving?
> 
> I have an E-125 and it will take a little more than a simple H-Bridge.
> Though I agree, it would be a fine platform for doing robotics. One idea
> that we've been playing around with at Hangar 18 is swarm computing. What
> the basic idea is to use a PDA (we're talking Palm and PocketPC in tandem)
> using 802.11b for the 'mesh' and then use the USB port to drive one of
> these PIC based USB converters. This would give you a reasonable 'Geek
> Port' at that point. The only question we have at this point is the
> various libraries for the PDA's and the PIC's. There is a cash flow
> problem at the current time due to market conditions so we are not making
> a lot of progress on that front.
> 
> 
>  --
>     ____________________________________________________________________

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~reshko/PILOT/

i don't think that it should be too expensive to alter the directions here
for use with a pocket pc or even a PSPC
(somepeople like me got stuck with a 2nd generation one)

anyways i just thought that even the link might be interesting.

mike.



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Now The idea is - Make a kit - sell it, the income shall go to a foundation for creative people around this email list.. And I guess all the schools that are outside there. Was money the problem How much time was it about to take? Maybe of topic: (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) I have an E-125 and it will take a little more than a simple H-Bridge. Though I agree, it would be a fine platform for doing robotics. One idea that we've been playing around with at Hangar 18 is swarm computing. What the basic idea is to use (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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