Re: TI-H: robotics (was TI-H: RE: cool)


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Re: TI-H: robotics (was TI-H: RE: cool)




Uhh, Rich, I don't quite understand. I seriously doubt anybody would
want
to write a robot control program in TI-BASIC, and if you're going to use
assembly your calculator is as tied to a PC as any kind of
microcontroller.
Using a microcontroller doesn't necessarily tie you to a PC for 
reprogramming, either. I know someone who designed a one-way RF link and
used another smaller microcontroller to re-program the main one based on
what was coming in over the link. Cable-less programming.. very cool.

Bryan

Richard Piotter wrote:
> 
> I realize that a little $5 or whatever it is microcontroller can run a robot,
> but if you need to change it, it's back to the PC and the programmer! I
> personaly wouldn't like that. So the calcs are more expensicve, so what! You
> can creat a program on them that will run the bot autonomously, manualy, or by
> a set of predetermined sequences. The bot would process the outputs into
> motion and let the calc do important things like tell it wherre to go and
> recieve data, while the Nv turns "go forward" into actual forward motion. That
> is why the calcs would be so well suited to the purpose of robotics. They are RE-programmible.
> --
> 
> Richard Piotter
> richfile@prairie.lakes.com
> 
> The Richfiles TI Hardware and BASIC web page:
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html

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Bryan Rittmeyer
mailto:bryanr@flash.net
http://www.bridges.edu/horizon/


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