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Article #393Re: Miniboard 2.0 - I need to support LOTS of motors..
From: Peter Sleggs
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 16:45
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 16:45
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tlhouns@ns.pacbell.com (Lee Hounshell) writes: > The robotics application I'm constructing (which will probably be using the > miniboard) needs to control a lot of motors. I'll only need one speed, howev > I'll also need forward/backward control. I'm thinking of a modification add- > board that will permit each of the miniboard's 4 motor ports to control 16!!! > motors (for a total of 64 motors per miniboard). I would appreciate any net > feedback/comments/suggestions/etc.. that anyone may have. I been interested in this miniboard - BUT I've never seen a schematic! I have the capabilities to do schematic capture and baord layout here and I've designed witht he HC11 before ( actually my first HC11 design was in 86 ) I have a board I designed for general purpose use with the HC11 in 88 but have not had much of a need to use it for any real project ( HC11's cost more that Super8's) Q. Does anyone have a schematic of this board ? Q. is there interest in variations on this design ? NOTE: my buisness is consulting designing systems like this but its also my hobby so the motives are mixed somewhat - I'd love to sell 1000's of the boards but I also want to play :) I could possibly do a run of boards in the future if thats what is needed ( Greg said it would be a one time thing for his run ), and under similar conditions I like the idea of a 'standard' controller board for experimenters that does not cost an arm and a leg. feedback anyone ? Regards Peter -- Bellatrix Systems Corp. Mississauga, Ontario Canada peters@beltrix.guild.org or beltrix!peters
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!geac!alias!imax!beltrix!peters From: peters@beltrix.guild.org (Peter Sleggs) Newsgroups: comp.robotics,comp.realtime Subject: Re: Miniboard 2.0 - I need to support LOTS of motors.. Message-ID: <LegHqB2w165w@beltrix.guild.org> Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 12:45:32 EDT References: <1992Sep2.001302.3074@PacBell.COM> Organization: Bellatrix Systems Corp., Mississauga, ONT Canada Lines: 39