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This is not a very good picture, but it gives you an idea of what's going to run our robots this year. Btw, for those of you who aren't familiar with money, that is a dime.
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13-10-2003 21:56
miketwalker
Wow, I never really thought it was that small..... so much power in so little space. I like it. 
13-10-2003 22:24
KenWittlief
small?! that thing is HUGE!
if it was a ball grid array (BGA) device it would be 1/4 the size.
14-10-2003 09:07
KenWittlief
the d116 is small, but its still not a BGA device.
BTW, that d116 is so small, you could put in in a cable and nobody would know its in there.
14-10-2003 09:38
KenWittlief
this site has 80 pin Ball Grid Array devices:
http://www.microdynamics.com/MicroBuzzAug03.pdf
14-10-2003 12:44
Joe Ross
I've seen people that can hand solder a gull-wing device, no matter how fine the pitch. Never seen one that can hand solder a BGA, though 
14-10-2003 13:36
KenWittlief
heres the photo of the micro BGA on CD photo page:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...gle&picid=5680
15-10-2003 00:05
Salik Syedokay... but what exactly does it DO ? i'm not familiar w/ this stuff so that may be a stupid question
15-10-2003 09:33
KenWittlief
the PIC chip in the first photo is the microprocessor / microcontroller that runs all the code that we use in the robot controller.
You dont have to worry about its size or anything, the robot controller comes already assembled and sealed, so you dont have to solder it or anything
we were just marveling at how small these things are getting, while running faster and having more functions than the old ones did.
16-10-2003 16:03
Pat Roche
This may seem like a stupid question.....Are they gonna give us a new interface or are we gonna have to play around with last years to put these chips in?
-Pat
16-10-2003 16:15
KenWittlief
we will be getting brand new Robot Controllers this year, for the competition and educational robots.
they come assembled and sealed, so we dont have to worry about the chips inside.
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