And if you really want to cut down on power then use PC104. But if your going this route you will cut down on development has much, from my experience PC104 are better than uControllers but they still take up time.
I have build several bots, and after a while you will realize that using a pc as a platform for your bot code cuts down on development. Microcontrollers are great for amatures but doesn't fly when you need to rapidly develop a prototype. Although I use LabVIEW, and using a microATX with an intel atom processor along with solid state relays you can really cut down on power. REMEMBER TIME IS MONEY SO THINGS NEED TO BE DONE QUICK. But if this is strictly for fun then do what you want.
Youtube - how you too can interact with millions of idiots...
All things considered, I'm ready to write this discussion off as "another idiot on youtube".
As a parting query, are you familiar with what it means to develop a "platform"? Specifically that which sets the bar for what a system can and can not do? Just because something comes off the bench controlled by a remote (which could as easily be done with R/C receivers)doesn't mean it doesn't get a camera and SLAM tomorrow.
I agree, I probably would. I've done development in the microcontroller space for nearly 25 years. More than two dozen patents and hundreds of mil in sales. As a CTO in the embedded space for over a decade pushing the envelope in video compression/decompression on everything from FPGAs to the latest ARMs, I just don't get out much... [roll eyes]
What a platform does today is not what it's intended to do tomorrow. Maybe you should look consider THOSE fundamentals?
yah that sounds like i'd enjoy doing that on a pc . a microcontroller wouldn't be up to that challenge .
but this particular project i commented on is a remote control pc . it's not a robot . and all that could be done with a microcontroller . that's all i'm saying .
i'd like to encourage ppl to get into microcontroller development because it helps with understanding the fundementals .
Digijedi569 4 months ago
Robot wars, anyone?
pontus515 1 year ago
Almost without exception, all current commercial mobile robots are uC.
But as I noted, uC's don't have the processing power to accomplish complex tasks. For that you need PC's, and preferably off-board.
hidemyvid 2 years ago
And if you really want to cut down on power then use PC104. But if your going this route you will cut down on development has much, from my experience PC104 are better than uControllers but they still take up time.
ideled 2 years ago
Not solid state relays i meant to say SOLID STATE DRIVES!!
ideled 2 years ago
I have build several bots, and after a while you will realize that using a pc as a platform for your bot code cuts down on development. Microcontrollers are great for amatures but doesn't fly when you need to rapidly develop a prototype. Although I use LabVIEW, and using a microATX with an intel atom processor along with solid state relays you can really cut down on power. REMEMBER TIME IS MONEY SO THINGS NEED TO BE DONE QUICK. But if this is strictly for fun then do what you want.
ideled 2 years ago
Youtube - how you too can interact with millions of idiots...
All things considered, I'm ready to write this discussion off as "another idiot on youtube".
As a parting query, are you familiar with what it means to develop a "platform"? Specifically that which sets the bar for what a system can and can not do? Just because something comes off the bench controlled by a remote (which could as easily be done with R/C receivers)doesn't mean it doesn't get a camera and SLAM tomorrow.
alynn333333 3 years ago
i think u talk a lot more then you yourself have done .
let's not compare the sizes of our members . i never loose .
aliencurv 3 years ago
I agree, I probably would. I've done development in the microcontroller space for nearly 25 years. More than two dozen patents and hundreds of mil in sales. As a CTO in the embedded space for over a decade pushing the envelope in video compression/decompression on everything from FPGAs to the latest ARMs, I just don't get out much... [roll eyes]
What a platform does today is not what it's intended to do tomorrow. Maybe you should look consider THOSE fundamentals?
alynn333333 3 years ago
yah that sounds like i'd enjoy doing that on a pc . a microcontroller wouldn't be up to that challenge .
but this particular project i commented on is a remote control pc . it's not a robot . and all that could be done with a microcontroller . that's all i'm saying .
i'd like to encourage ppl to get into microcontroller development because it helps with understanding the fundementals .
it appears u'd benefit from it too .
aliencurv 3 years ago