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From: jsyer@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (John Syer [SirJ Valiant])
Subject: choosing microcontroller
Message-ID: <1993Mar31.103603.1592@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 10:36:03 GMT
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Greetings to all in the 'comp.robotics' news-group.

    For my honours project in robotics & digital technology at Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia, I am designing and constructing a
controller system for an existing robot.
    I am currently still at the stage of considerations for the
actual microcontroller which I will use for the system.
	The plan is to connect the controller to a PC and use that as the
code compiler, then to 'download' the compiled robot directives to
the on-board RAM on the controller board.

    Currently I am looking into the i80196KC, the MC68HC11 series,
and the MC68HC16 microcontrollers.

    What I am after is suggestions on an appropriate microcontroller
to use as the basis of my control board.  I would like to receive
useful suggestions of 'available' microcontrollers on the market.

    If anyone also has any suggestions about motion controllers, I am
investigating the HCTL1100 motion controllers currently.

Thanks in advance.
    John Syer.
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