New board for bot control

Lynxmotion
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Not sure this is the right forum to post this in, but I just stumbled onto something called the Beagle Board. main link is:

beagleboard.org

$150 gets you a 600 mhz cpu, onboard SD and usb port, designed to be powered either from the usb or from external 5v. Serial port, JTAG port, and its all on a 3x3" board.

While not directly designed for robotics I think one of these hooked up to an SSC32 would make a beautiful bot. Bolt on a usb wifi or bluetooth adapter and go crazy :slight_smile:

But, I’m not the most knowledgable in this, I havent even gotten one working bot built yet, so I figured I’d see what the voices of experience think.

So, whaddya think?

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The BeagleBoard has a LOT of potential. From what I have been reading about it though, that potential isn’t necessarily easy to get to and use. It can run full Linux, or you can develop for it using Open Embedded. Again, from what I have been reading, and I have been following things closely, the BeagleBoard is not for the inexperienced and all development is done in a Linux environment (quite alright with me). :slight_smile:

8-Dale