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anand_jain · 1st January 2004, 06:02 AM

i am a newbie for robotics and want to built a linefollowing robot, for these i went through the book " robot buildings for beginners" by David Cook. the robot he suggusted is unable to move fast, stops with the end of line, drive on long striaght line. he sugested to use microcontroller to overcome these limitation. so i want to start to use the MIC, pls guide me to start, how much i should know abt to use them. pls give me some links and book to reffer.

Rescyou · 2nd January 2004, 04:58 AM

Some options to consider:

www.parallax.com
Type: Basic Stamps
Great for learning
Good Support
Best documentation
Lowest amount of features vs. competitors

www.basicmicro.com
Type: Basic Atom
Good for features
Bad Support
Minimum documentation

www.Basicx.com
Type: Basic X's
Good for features
Unknown Support
Unknow Documentation

www.oopic.com
Type: OOPIC's
Good for features
Decent documentation
Unknown support

www.microchip.com
Pic micros
Great for features
More complex for learning
Expensive startup but cheaper processors ($4-10/Each Vs. $50-$100 for the others)
Lots of support

(These are the ones I'm familiar with and have previously owned)

All come with BASIC language interpreter/compilers with the exception of the PIC's. You must purchase programming languages seperately or find it freeware on the net somewhere. ASM comes free with the PICS but is one of the hardest language to learn.

Check out the doc section on Parallax's website, I do believe they have some pretty decent tutorials/learning materials for robotic devices. They also have many free online downloadable training books in the doc section.

Resc.

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1st January 2004, 06:02 AM	(permalink)
anand_jain	want to begin with microcontroller i am a newbie for robotics and want to built a linefollowing robot, for these i went through the book " robot buildings for beginners" by David Cook. the robot he suggusted is unable to move fast, stops with the end of line, drive on long striaght line. he sugested to use microcontroller to overcome these limitation. so i want to start to use the MIC, pls guide me to start, how much i should know abt to use them. pls give me some links and book to reffer.

2nd January 2004, 04:58 AM	(permalink)
Rescyou	Micro's Some options to consider: www.parallax.com Type: Basic Stamps Great for learning Good Support Best documentation Lowest amount of features vs. competitors www.basicmicro.com Type: Basic Atom Good for features Bad Support Minimum documentation www.Basicx.com Type: Basic X's Good for features Unknown Support Unknow Documentation www.oopic.com Type: OOPIC's Good for features Decent documentation Unknown support www.microchip.com Pic micros Great for features More complex for learning Expensive startup but cheaper processors ($4-10/Each Vs. $50-$100 for the others) Lots of support (These are the ones I'm familiar with and have previously owned) All come with BASIC language interpreter/compilers with the exception of the PIC's. You must purchase programming languages seperately or find it freeware on the net somewhere. ASM comes free with the PICS but is one of the hardest language to learn. Check out the doc section on Parallax's website, I do believe they have some pretty decent tutorials/learning materials for robotic devices. They also have many free online downloadable training books in the doc section. Resc.