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cmcmanis@pepper.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:

> I'm also "on the fence" on whether or not to get their board. What I
> _want_ to buy (and will send $199 to whomever advertises it :-)) is
> a 6811 board that includes 4 motor driver chips like the miniboard,
> plus some high current outputs that I can use to drive a couple of
> stepper motors if I want, plus space for 32K of EPROM and 32K of battery
> backed up RAM. Plus it runs on 5v and has a max232 RS-232 port.
> Optionally it should come with Basic-11 in an EPROM but that isn't
> strictly a requirement. The nice thing about the miniboard is that it
> is _designed_ for robotics. Whereas most other "microcontroller" products
> on the market today are "general purpose" (which means it can do anything
> with a bit more hardware and software). At least the EVB board actually
> has prototype space for you to add your hardware.
> 
> Itt seems that a reasonable design would be one with a "bus" at one end
> of the card and several special purpose daughter board cards like :

I have most of what you want designed already [ except for the Memory -
8Kx8 was the affordable part then (1989) ]

> 	robotics daughter board
> 	sensor daughter board
> 	hicurrent controller board
> 	X-10 controller board
> 	keypad interface board.
> (you get the picture.)

Yep, thats why I put the 50 pin expansion bus on - I knew that many
people want different things...

peter


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