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From: saunderb@tardis.union.edu (Breton Saunders)
Subject: comp.robotics SURVEY:  RISC microcontroller board
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Organization: Union College, Schenectady, NY
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 20:01:09 GMT
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Greeetings All,

  I am planning to design a small, powerful processor board using a RISC 
microprocessor for my senior project.  This post is being made so that I can
get an idea of the demand for a high preformance robotics control board, so 
I can ask companies for support in development.

  I currently cannot give any specific information, but some planned features
are:
		High preformance ~20mhz clock.
		IDE interface for laptop hard disks for mass storage.
		68HC11 on board to provide:
		  timer,
		  sci/spi for direct miniboard spi networking,
		  old hardware compatibility.
		Simple interface bus to connect i/o devices as daughter cards.
		Low power consumption and sleep modes.
		Plans and design documentation released in the Public Domain.

	Price:  Hopefully as cheap as possible, under $150 for parts, not 
		including the board mask prices.

  Your response is vital to my project, and will help influence the design of
it.  If you are currently building or working on a project that could benefit
from a board of this type, PLEASE let me know.

  NOTE:  This is NOT a product announcement, treat this as vapor ware.  It's
currently only an idea, which I hope will become reality, your support is 
needed in doing this.  We plan to have a first documented design within about
two weeks (as there is a short time line for this project).  Also, there are
no plans to produce this device (by me or anyone currently involved with this
project) so, if someone can offer advice on production your input is welcomed.
Please send replies and questions via e-mail to saunderb@tardis.union.edu.

		Thank You,

			Breton M. Saunders


