Re: Neuron chips for robotics

Article View: comp.robotics

Article #342

#342

From: Olaf Bleck
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 21:54

19 lines
1312 bytes

In article <2984@jeff.mdavcr.mda.ca>, brian@mdavcr.mda.ca (Brian Lemire) writes:
|> 
|> 	Is anyone using (or considering using) Echelon's Neuron chip for
|> robotics work ? It seems to be well suited for the task, especially for
|> complex designs where a number of micro-controllers would be used, since
|> it incorporates hardware and firmware to support networking via different
|> media. (ex twisted pair, RF transceivers)


Have a look at the price of the development software, and I'm sure you'll
loose interest really fast...  I looked into using them, but I didn't bother
to crack the manuals after someone told me the price (at least 2 zeros too
much as I recall).  Sure, the chips are cheap, but that's it!

I guess the marketing ploy is directed at toaster manufacturers or something,
who can drop a few tens of thousands to buy the software for any given
project.

-Olaf

Technical Details

Message-ID: <27823@life.ai.mit.edu>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!aztec!bleck

References: <2984@jeff.mdavcr.mda.ca>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!aztec!bleck
From: bleck@aztec.ai.mit.edu (Olaf Bleck)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: Neuron chips for robotics
Message-ID: <27823@life.ai.mit.edu>
Date: 12 Sep 92 21:54:36 GMT
References: <2984@jeff.mdavcr.mda.ca>
Sender: news@ai.mit.edu
Reply-To: bleck@ai.mit.edu
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Lines: 19

Reply to Parent Message