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Unread 22-03-2004, 21:43
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Re: Basic Stamp 2 and SSC

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Originally Posted by Rickertsen2
This will suit you http://www.hvwtech.com/pages/product...p?ProductID=48

I wasn't around FIRST in 99, but it sounds like you are describing this guys predecessor. Its basically another preprogrammed microcontroller that takes serial commands and outputs servo signals, saving you the programmign and IO pins of outputting the signal yourself.
BTW how many victors are you looking to drive, and how many pins do you have available? There may be better options.

Ya, that was what was in the 1999 vintage controller. At one point I helped my team build our own copy of the FIRST controller, and it used almost that exact part (minus the board, I believe). Though unfortunately, they switched to the IFI controller shortly there after. (Though they started letting us keep the controllers as well)