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Z-World/Rabbit Product as a Robot-Brain

Started by itisnt April 15, 2004
Hi everybody

I'am a robotic freak with a six-legged Robot from
www.crustcrawler.com and i'am looking for a new Brain
for my little baby. My Way was from the original Basic-Stamp
--> BX24 (BasicX) --> ??
I'am goot in programming and pluging together ;-) but not
in electronic Details like witch chip and resistor i could
connect together to reach such and such a results

Reasons for search a new microcontroller:
- not enough serial lines
- not enough memory
- don't like basic, like C

Requierments:
- 2-3 serial Lines with TTL-Level
- 2 serial lines with RS232 Level
- possibility to connect analog sensors
- devantech srf04 ultrasonic sensor (i think they are analog...)
- I/R sensors
- bumper switches (i think they need digital I/O

Could anybody give me a hint witch products from Z-World/Rabbit
i should take to get everything i need (if this is possible) ?
Price is not a critiria ;-)

Thanks in Advance

Daniel


At 09:29 PM 4/15/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>Requierments:
>- 2-3 serial Lines with TTL-Level
>- 2 serial lines with RS232 Level

A Rabbit 3000 with a single MAX232 gets you to that point....

>- possibility to connect analog sensors
> - devantech srf04 ultrasonic sensor (i think they are analog...)
> - I/R sensors

RCM 3400 core has A/D on core...

>- bumper switches (i think they need digital I/O

Any core will do that.

Check:

http://www.rabbitsemiconductor.com/products/rcm3400/index.shtml

I think it fits the bill for what you're looking for.

-Mike


--- In rabbit-semi@rabb..., Mike van Meeteren <mike@f...> wrote:
> At 09:29 PM 4/15/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> >Requierments:
> >- 2-3 serial Lines with TTL-Level
> >- 2 serial lines with RS232 Level
>
> A Rabbit 3000 with a single MAX232 gets you to that point....
>
> >- possibility to connect analog sensors
> > - devantech srf04 ultrasonic sensor (i think they are analog...)
> > - I/R sensors
>
> RCM 3400 core has A/D on core...

Yes, the Input seems to be clear, but where do i connect the
Output (Trigger) Pin to the Ultrasonic Sensor ?
I have to create a 10 microseconds TTL Level Puls on the output pin
and then listen on the input pin for a positive TTL level signal,
width proportional to range.

>
> >- bumper switches (i think they need digital I/O
>
> Any core will do that.
>
> Check:
>
> http://www.rabbitsemiconductor.com/products/rcm3400/index.shtml
>
> I think it fits the bill for what you're looking for.
>
> -Mike