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Re: Parts List
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Sun, 5 Sep 1999 13:57:11 GMT
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Gregory Hayward <ghayward@NOSPAMcisco.com>
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I have just helped 12 people build up the handy board with expansion board at a cost of 165 each. But I live in the Heart of Silicon Valley. I was able to get board and all but five components locally. Those were the 68HC11, LCD, 470 cap, inductor and the IR sensors.
The boards were from Douglas , a local company and very helpful.
The up side of building the board is that you get a chance to really understand what all the components do, The down side is you get to find pout what all the components do during debug.
If you have time and the resources to do it on your own and, someone to ask question of, this can be a lot of fun.
Good luck with what ever route you take.
Greg H
froAt 05:07 PM 9/4/99 -0400, MAR ERICSON wrote:
> It would be cheaper to buy it in kit form.
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> If you try to collect the parts it may wind up more expesive due to
> shipping...depending on how n\many places you gotta go to...and also,
> availability, hunting the parts down, etc. This method is the worst.
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> Unless you want the exercise of building the board, you should buy the
> assembled one. Many problems arise from building the board. Even if you
> have no problems, the time you take to build the board may be quite
> long. It depends on your experience with soldering etc. But if you're a
> board assembling pro, you have no need for the excercise.
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> Each approach has its own merits. It depends on what you want to accomplish.
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> Hope this helps.
>
> -----------
> ericson mar
> Robotics Consultant
> mar@cooper.edu
> (212)353-4356
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> Department of Mechanical Engineering
> The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
> -------------------------------------------------------
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> On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Conboy wrote:
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> > Do any of you have a more informative parts list? (Or did I miss it on the
> > ftp site?) I am looking at buying the gear to build 25 handyboards for a
> > High school project and need to find out if it would be cheaper to buy/ have
> > the parts donated or purchase them in kit form. The maual has a parts list,
> > but some of the components don't have the specs that I need. ie:
> > monolithic capacitors- What capacity, tolerence, etc.
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > Tyler
> >
> >
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