Replacing the CM-5
by limor
Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:01 pm
JonHylands wrote:Another interesting option that I'm going to be trying out soon is the Hammer (http://www.tincantools.com). It has USB host, so it should work just fine with the FT232 board I have.
- Jon
and you would run linux on it or just program it in native C/C++ ?
at 100mhz you wouldn't be getting much bang for the buck compared with gumstix.
by JonHylands
Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:18 pm
It is actually a 200 MHz machine, runs at 100 MIPS.
It runs Linux, and of course I will be running Squeak on it. I'm not intending it to replace a gumstix, but rather, because it comes in a DIP-40 package and is easy to prototype with, to replace a micro-controller in one of my sumo-bots (http://www.huv.com/miniSumo/seeker3).
I think it would make an interesting Bioloid controller as well, since you can start using it right off the bat, without requiring daughter-boards. I probably won't use it that way, since I also have a gumstix, but others may want to...
- Jon
It runs Linux, and of course I will be running Squeak on it. I'm not intending it to replace a gumstix, but rather, because it comes in a DIP-40 package and is easy to prototype with, to replace a micro-controller in one of my sumo-bots (http://www.huv.com/miniSumo/seeker3).
I think it would make an interesting Bioloid controller as well, since you can start using it right off the bat, without requiring daughter-boards. I probably won't use it that way, since I also have a gumstix, but others may want to...
- Jon
