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Re: RobotOpen Control Shield for Arduino

Yup, it's another atmega328. It's actually providing the signals for the PWM channels since the Arduino alone doesn't have enough I/O. It also enables/disables all outputs...sort of like a coprocessor. The Arduino sends all of the PWM positions over serial in addition to a checksum to ensure the integrity of the data.

We'll be publishing the spec for how this all works shortly. Believe it or not the atmega is actually cheaper than a PWM IC!
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FYI - Anthony Lapp is an approved paid advertiser on Cheifdelphi.com and has approval to post this product - Banner ads to follow soon.

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Re: RobotOpen Control Shield for Arduino

For anyone who may have missed our advertising sprint at the start of the season we have a very detailed introduction video of the RobotOpen product and protocol available on our website.

RobotOpen Demo Video

There was enough interest in our initial offering to continue developing new hardware and interface concepts...a tablet based operator station is in testing now as well as video support!

Thank you to everyone who has been excited about the development of this product. We appreciate the support.
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Re: RobotOpen Control Shield for Arduino

Myself being one who speaks Arduino like a second language, I was excited to read about this! Is there a place I can access documentation such as source code and schematics? Thanks!
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Re: RobotOpen Control Shield for Arduino

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Everything that is publicly available is listed on our website...www.robotopen.biz.

We are adding new information as soon as it is available. The board schematic should be there, but I see that it is not...we'll get it posted.
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