From: Chad L. <cl...@gm...> - 2006-12-08 10:12:39
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This is a rather open-ended/vague question, but one that I had considered in the not too distant past. It depends of course on the level of complexity of your robot, but if you want something simple, definitely go with the OOPIC. It's easy to program, easy to interface, and has a decent amount of I/O and A2D conversion, and the multitasking is really really handy for a lot of robotics projects. If you're looking for a good robot to start of with on the OOPIC, I tried the Mark III oopic sumobot kit from junun (http://www.junun.org/ MarkIII/Store.jsp). The amount of sensors and board I/O on this kit is great to start off with; I have a GPS, compass and two accelerometers on mine, just as an exercise (they don't do anything really useful, but they do things. :P ) If you want a gumstix, you usually want powerful processing, the flexibility of Linux, multitasking and more complex hardware/software interaction. If you're looking for simple, the gumstix may not be what you're looking for, as you pay for the power and flexibility in direct ease of use. The gumstix is not hard by any means, but it is much more difficult to use than an OOPIC. That's my 2c. Chad Lathe On Dec 8, 2006, at 4:53 AM, Thiago Jackiw wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm planning on starting the creation process of my first and simple > robot (not helicopter) and I was wondering if I should consider > gumstix for it or should I just go straight with OOPic. Could you also > provide the ups and downs of both as well? > > Thanks a lot. > > Thiago Jackiw > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |