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From: Philip Kahn
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:29
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:29
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I have been using a new 68HC11 board from Coactive Aesthetics. I chose it over the NMI products for several reasons: 1) They offer a complete C development environment 2) They include many libraries to do things like networking controllers, motor drivers, I/O flow control (e.g., XON/XOFF), etc. 3) It includes a high speed RS-485 multidrop networked hardware/software system for simple networked controller systems. 4) It uses the 'F' chip which offers increased port I/O and other features, and it has an expansion bus. 5) It is relatively cheap, plug-and-play, and small (3" x 4" which includes the MAX232 chip). I have no connection to this company other than as a very happy customer. Their phone number is (415) 626-5152 and the company's network address is coactive@coactive.com (an email address: one sign they're good! and it has proven invaluable for technical assistance). phil...
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Newsgroups: comp.robotics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!ads.com!pkahn From: pkahn@ADS.COM (Philip Kahn) Subject: other miniboard alternative Message-ID: <1992Aug31.222956.7194@ads.com> Sender: usenet@ads.com (USENET News) Organization: Advanced Decision Systems Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:29:56 GMT Lines: 23