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From: mike.evans@asu.edu (Mike Evans)
Subject: Robotic Arm Help Needed...Newbie
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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 11:57:19 MST

I want to build a robotic arm from scratch, but first need to learn simple 
motor control from my serial port. I know how to send bytes and words out of a 
serial port through C and I can make the instruction decoder from motorola 
chips, but I don't want to hook it up to a motor yet because i don't want it 
to feedback into my computer. Can someone help me with designing or finding a 
power shunt/regulator for 12v/ ??amp motors?

Mike
