Pretty good find<div>I&#39;ll still have to add some form of I/O like a usb to pwm module, locally I can find a mini maestro that&#39;ll do the job and it&#39;ll still be cheaper</div><div>Pitty their so much useless stuff, would be nice to cut down on size, power usage and cost</div>
<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Nathaniel Lewis <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:linux.robotdude@gmail.com">linux.robotdude@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I think you would rather get a panda board.  It is cheaper and way more powerful. <a href="http://pandaboard.org/content/platform" target="_blank">http://pandaboard.org/content/platform</a><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Chris Brown <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:chrisneilbrown@gmail.com" target="_blank">chrisneilbrown@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Where can I get an arbotix based module, sensors,
framework, servos, wireless comms etc locally?
  <div>NOTE I do not have Microsoft products at home, If the product is
windows based its pretty useless to me<br>
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      <div>I&#39;d like to start playing with some robot hardware
integrating
ROS</div>
      <div>I have some electronic and programming skills</div>
      <div>Are their any simple cheap development kits out there</div>
      <div>Please note that I do live in Australia and certain products
may
not be available or costly to import</div>
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Hi Chris<br>
I live in Australia (cairns) the Arbotix and the serializer MCU are a
good start the serializer (from robotics connection)<br>
costs about $10 in postage, there is a good fourm at
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Hi <br></div></div>
the arbotix can be bought here
<blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.trossenrobotics.com/c/arbotix-robocontrollers.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.trossenrobotics.com/c/arbotix-robocontrollers.aspx</a></blockquote>
check out this thread<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/showthread.php?t=4410" target="_blank">http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/showthread.php?t=4410</a></blockquote>
i run this under ubuntu 10.4 and ROS <br>
the arbotix with  dynamixel servo sharp IR range finder for about $160
+ a drive base and encoders<br>
will allow you to use the navigation stack (but not gmapping)<br>
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peter<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div>Thanks<div>I know this isnt a hardware mailing list</div><div>But on that site I found the roboard, basically a 1Ghz 486 based SoC with plenty of I/O. I can run ROS on this controller and wifi to my server if need be</div>


<div>Would the roboard make good starting point?</div><div>As for the rest of the hardware I should be able to source it all locally</div><div>Luckily I can make my own aluminium parts</div><br>-- <br>Chris<br><br><br><br>



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