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  From: Alan Boldock <linux@boldenterprise.com.au>
  To  : Jayson Hay <industry19@iprimus.com.au>
        Andrew Pullin <andrew@hotspurbgc.com.au>
  Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:08:14 +0930

Re: Hardware programming newbie

http://www.robotics.com/robots.html

has links to linux resources for robotics.
Don't know if they are any good.

Alan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jayson Hay" <industry19@iprimus.com.au>
To: "Andrew Pullin" <andrew@hotspurbgc.com.au>
Cc: "Linux SA" <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Hardware programming newbie


> Andrew
>
>
> > It sounds to me that what you need is the O'Reilly book
> > on Linux and Lego Mindstorms.
>
> Cool, I'll have a look into that one as well as the Device Drivers book
>
> > cheap Mindstorms set and a book, you should have enough to
> > get started. There are also some very good books at Dick
> > Smith Electronics on Robots at the moment that include
> > software clips in Visual Basic which should point you in the
> > right direction, and then all you have to do is port them
>
> Also looking into that, thanks.
>
> > There are several HOWTOs available also on
> > Mindstorms, and Device Drivers that would come in handy.
>
> I found a heap on LDP last night, but didn't know about the Mindstorms
one.
> Do now...
>
> > If you are already into electronics,
>
> Not quite! This is the beggining of it d;-j
>
> > communication boards that plug into your PC that you build
> > as a kit that are aimed at just what you want and are also
> > available at DSE and other places. Pretty much it should
> > cost you about A$250 for a mindstorms kit, a com card kit,
> > and a couple of books, and then you should have everything
> > that you need. If you want to do it on the cheap, then I
> > would recommend a book from DSE and an old computer of some
> > description and some parts and away you go. Hope this helps.
>
> It did, thanks.
>
> Jay
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