In a case like this (pun intended) I'd recommend using a PCI IO card
and completely forget about using Oopics (Sorry!) These are available
from vendors like Futurlec (www.futurlec.com) as well as others.
This would simplify alot - standard x86 programming and peripherals are
all over the place. Geez, I'd mount an old 486 or Pentium motherboard
(there are even low-voltage versions of same) and go hog wild with
memory and data storage. It would make everything SO much easier. We
use Oopics and other micros for their size and power advantages.
Something REAL big... just go with a proven platform, x86!!!
--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "wevb.rm" <wevb@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Just need some input from anyone about this Robot I've been working
> on. It's a med to large platform, much like the White box 914 but a
> little bigger. I will be using Via M-1000 x86 board for the main
> controller, talking to the uP(OOPics and a Moto brainstem) network
for
> sensor input and output control. My question is: how would you
network
> 4 OOPics and others. I'm thinking that a seprate USB-to-serial bridge
> at each sub processor.
> My plan is to use MSRS to fuse the inputs and control, of course
I'll
> need to wright/find a MSRS service to 'talk' SCP to the OOPics. My
main
> concern is would it be more trouble having to service 6 or 7 serial
> ports independently or have a I2C network with all sensor data?
>
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