i cant find anywhere that tells me the price of the servo erector kit. If there is no straight answer for it, what is it around about? 
I have been looking at that SES hexapod radial version and when it is all said and done with the electronics and stuff it is going to cost me about $875, not including sensors b/c I don’t have any idea what kind of sensors I am going to get.
The SES (Servo Erector Set) is not a kit like you’re probably thinking about. It’s not a box of assorted brackets that you can build anything from like in the popular erector sets we grew up with. Jim may provide such a kit that comes with an assortment of brackets in the future, but right now, you need to figure out what your design is and then buy the brackets you think you would need to construct your idea. You can buy packaged kits such as the Scout II that comes with all the needed brackets.
Note the acronym: SES.
Servo Erector Set.
If it was a kit, it would be called SEK.
oh ok thanks for the replies guys. hmm later on im thinking of buying the parts for the hexapod (the big one) like Hydrohexapod said hes getting… so does anyone else here program in C or use AVR’s?
Someone here does…
Hold on, let me try to remember…
::thinks hard::
Owch!
I think I hurt my head.
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Well, errr… I’m reading a couple C books, now, in preparation for the PICs that I’m going to start using.
Basically, PICs, AVRs, and ARMs are all the same.
I went with PICs because they seemed to be the most beginner friendly.
I’ve heard that most people start with PICs and then either move to AVR or stay.
yeah that sounds fair enough. what C books you reading by the way? yeah i used PIC’s for about mmm a month or 2 but found AVR to be the better choice (for me that is). a few people i know use PIC’s and swear by them… but i guess everyone has their prefs 
Well, right now I’m reading a book called The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie.
It’s not exactly a PIC or even a C microcontroller book, just an all-purpose C programming book.
I like it for a couple reasons:
I got it for free, from an old programmer who recommended it.
It was written in 1978, back when authors got paid by the book’s quality and not its weight (therefore, it’s consise; 219 pages of 12pt font).
It starts out SLOW and explains EVERYTHING.
Most importantly to me, though, each example is less than a half page long and most are only a couple lines.
Those examples are also full programs which output something that you can intuitively SEE.
Dan’s got a book that he got with a PIC kit that he’s going to give to me, so I’ll be covered in that respect soon.
How did you learn your C?
its a great book… i own it. good old K&R. i learned C (well still learning, we never stop) but i used a couple of books. C programming for microcontrollers (using the AVR butterfly) another brilliant book. and The ultimate C reference. also a book called teach yourself C in 21 days. still so much to learn. P.s i got hold of the lynxmotion guys and they are makeing an exception for my credit card. thank god. i ordered lots of goodies hehehe 
How’s that Teach Yourself C in 21 Days?
I’m sort of looking for the fastest way to learn C, right now.
havent read that much into it but so far seems good. (it moves at quit a speedy pace mind you) hence the title 21 days… i picked it up on amazon second hand for a sweet price. 8)
21 day books are good to get your feet wet in the intel world…
I have done some cross compeling and for the ARM processor (Ok I was giving a how-to and followed it to get it working). beyound that you might want to see if someone has a template for setting things up and a how to create the binaries to run.
also knowing how to get things to work under any type of processor / OS would be a big help … I know the information is out there and you sould be able to do it.