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- From: bleck@aztec.ai.mit.edu (Olaf Bleck)
- Newsgroups: comp.robotics
- Subject: Re: Neuron chips for robotics
- Message-ID: <27823@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 21:54:36 GMT
- References: <2984@jeff.mdavcr.mda.ca>
- Sender: news@ai.mit.edu
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- Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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- In article <2984@jeff.mdavcr.mda.ca>, brian@mdavcr.mda.ca (Brian Lemire) writes:
- |>
- |> Is anyone using (or considering using) Echelon's Neuron chip for
- |> robotics work ? It seems to be well suited for the task, especially for
- |> complex designs where a number of micro-controllers would be used, since
- |> it incorporates hardware and firmware to support networking via different
- |> media. (ex twisted pair, RF transceivers)
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- Have a look at the price of the development software, and I'm sure you'll
- loose interest really fast... I looked into using them, but I didn't bother
- to crack the manuals after someone told me the price (at least 2 zeros too
- much as I recall). Sure, the chips are cheap, but that's it!
-
- I guess the marketing ploy is directed at toaster manufacturers or something,
- who can drop a few tens of thousands to buy the software for any given
- project.
-
- -Olaf
-