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From: wallace@zeus.franklin.edu (Steve Wallace)
Subject: a robotics building kit.
Message-ID: <1993Dec6.191152.22567@zeus.franklin.edu>
Organization: Franklin University (Columbus, OH)
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 19:11:52 GMT
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  ok...im looking into building a Robotics construction set and making it
available on the net. I've decided to do this because it was something i
wish  had been available when i was learning.

 So far i suspect it will be broken up into a series of small I/O stamps.
Things such as a 8 bit PWM card with encoders (3-6 outputs) and a I/O
card with 10-18 opticly isolated bidirctional I/O lines also thers a
possiblilty of a SONAR ranging modual or CCD camera modual.

 Each card is on a I2 C bus thats goes to a interpreter. the interpreter
program memory is expandable in 16K increments up to 128K . im currently
working on expanding the language model to handle up to 8 seperate
processors wich are all linked to a 16k memory modual for I/O remaping

  Ok so please Email me any thoughts on my idea. sugestions for I/O 
cards will be appreciated and any Flames are welcome alsowhat languages
would you like to have implemented..so far i plan to implemant a New 
language since the interpreter needs to fit in about 2k. all this work 
has grown from my experiances of designing with microchips 16C5X series
of microprossers.

Thanks 
     Steve Wallace. 
     <A Digital man in a digital Dream...or is it a nightmare????>
