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Interesting "brain" (SBC) for Bioloid

2008-06-25T16:05:44+01:00

I know the processor used on this board for some time. It is cheap, Linux friendly stuff, made by a long-time Linux friendly company (Axis). However this is not a processor optimized for battery powered systems.

Compared to the first board, you'll get lower performance, and most probably higher power consumption.

Statistics: Posted by jerome — Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:05 pm

What do you think

2008-06-25T15:35:02+01:00

What do you think of this board?

http://www.acmesystems.it/?id=4

Statistics: Posted by JavaRN — Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:35 pm

Interesting "brain" (SBC) for Bioloid

2008-06-23T21:55:21+01:00

Yes for AX-12's (TTL) but you'd still need a breakout board to get USB.

Statistics: Posted by Bullit — Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:55 pm

Interesting "brain" (SBC) for Bioloid

2008-06-23T14:52:19+01:00

Couldn't you use Jon Hylands USB interface board?

Statistics: Posted by Rob — Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:52 pm

Interesting "brain" (SBC) for Bioloid

2008-06-23T00:28:02+01:00

Looks like a nice package but as StuartL says you still need an interface board and although this has USB 2.0, it has really slow USB 2.0 at 12Mbit/sec, USB 2.0 supports up to 480Mbps, at 12Mbps thats basically USB 1.2.

We use the Gumstix Verdex and Linux 2.6.21 to control our bots. I wish it had USB 2.0 but I'm sure a future model will. I'm pretty impressed with how rugged the Verdex is. They sure take a beating

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Statistics: Posted by Bullit — Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:28 am

Interesting "brain" (SBC) for Bioloid

2008-06-22T20:11:09+01:00

I think that's the first REALLY promising CPU board to replace the CM-5. The Hammer also looks interesting but the I/O capability list of this board is impressive. And it's also easily small enough.

What's slightly frustrating is the requirement to make a host board for all of the interconnects.

Pricing is also impressive, 100EUR must be about 60-70 quid?

I'm not sure whether I'd want Linux or my own code. It's a tough call with many benefits each way...

Statistics: Posted by StuartL — Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:11 pm

Interesting "brain" (SBC) for Bioloid

2008-06-20T22:38:15+01:00

Interesting "brain" for Bioloid, isn't it?

Atmel® AT91SAM9261 with ARM926EJ-S core
...
Memory
* 32/64 MB SDRAM
* 16/64 MB Flash
* 256 Byte EEPROM

Interfaces

* USB 2.0 Full Speed (12 Mbit/s)
* 2 x USB host
* 1 x USB device
* 4 x Serial (USART's)
* 1 x SSC
* 2 x SPI
* TWI (I²C compatible)
* SD/MMC card
* Smart card
* Maximum 80 digital I/O ports
* 32-bit Parallel Bus
* JTAG
...
Board Dimensions
* 53 x 38 x 4 mm

http://www.taskit.de/en/products/stamp/tech.htm

Statistics: Posted by siempre.aprendiendo — Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:38 pm