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bloody-orc · 22nd December 2004, 10:58 AM

hey all...

i'm making a robot witch "brain" is a computers motherboard. witch is the best one to use. needed are lpt port, com port and monitor and ceyboard holes.

and what should i use for the power supply

OP system is DOS

bmcculla · 22nd December 2004, 06:12 PM

Via makes a couple x86 motherboards that are designed for embedded systems. An Intel P4 takes something like 90W to run. The Via board claims to run at 5-7W depending on clock speed. It might be worth looking at Single Board Computers. You can buy a 300MHz x86 board for a ~$300 with CPU. If you keep the power requirements low you shouldn't have any trouble finding an off the shelf switching supply to run the board.

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bloody-orc	computer based robot hey all... i'm making a robot witch "brain" is a computers motherboard. witch is the best one to use. needed are lpt port, com port and monitor and ceyboard holes. and what should i use for the power supply OP system is DOS __________________ Need Help? Press F1 If that doesn\'t help you, ask me... I might know better.

22nd December 2004, 06:12 PM	(permalink)
bmcculla	Via makes a couple x86 motherboards that are designed for embedded systems. An Intel P4 takes something like 90W to run. The Via board claims to run at 5-7W depending on clock speed. It might be worth looking at Single Board Computers. You can buy a 300MHz x86 board for a ~$300 with CPU. If you keep the power requirements low you shouldn't have any trouble finding an off the shelf switching supply to run the board.