Thread: Private bot - which PIC microcontroller?
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Unread 09-07-2007, 13:32
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Re: Private bot - which PIC microcontroller?
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Originally Posted by Adam Y. View Post
That solution sounds a bit expensive. If the Arduino's source code is open source might as well turn any of the Avrs that it supports into a a boot loadable device because essentially that is what you are paying for.

That really wouldn't be the way I would do it though. Namely because it's $80.00 which is cheap for what it does but not cheap enough that Im willing to stick it on a robot. The Dragon has no use on a robot because of it's limited prototyping area.
You seriously still don't get it do you. If I were to add the open source bootloader to a AVR device I would still need to make a PCB for it (I don't know if your directing this at me or the other kid). It isn't like I put it on with a piece of scothch tape and entered it into battlebots. we set it on the robot so that we could test the motor controllers. The robot wasn't even moving! There is no way it could possibly get damaged. If You still don't understand what I'm trying to say I don't think you ever will.


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