mega324-based control board for the robot; once I start adding more stuff to the bot (i.e. RF links, GPS, possibly fluxgate compass and / or IMU, manipulators, camera, etc…) I’ll need more horsepower. An ARM7-based board (I’m partial to the LPC21XX series) is in the works, possibly an MSP430-based one as well. Initially I’ll probably be used a Modern Device RBBB board without the Arduino bootloader or code on it (i.e. straight avr-gcc) for it’s compactness, although I might roll my own so I don’t have to use breadboard to connect up the board.
I chose the mega324 because I have one lying around; other possibilities are the m644 and m1280. I’m trying to stick to DIP for now for ease of prototyping, but if I go the ARM or MSP430 routes, that will obviously change.
February 20, 2010, 11:06pm
