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Posted by David Manegold on October 21, 2008, 1:03 pm
Hello, I'm looking to expand on my interests in robotics and I'm looking for
some help getting started finding places to read up and get some preliminary
purchases. I have a very light background from undergrad in robotic
naviagation. (We used a Rabbit BL2600 processor with A/D stuff, etc) But
I'm looking at trying to set up my own hobby bench and I'm stuck finding the
right microprocessor or microcontroller to buy. Bassically 3 questions
1) Where are the good blogs/ websites / magizines to read up on robotics and
control?
2) Does anyone have any recommendations for good boards to start with. I'm
looking for something general purpose that has a couple of A/D ports, and
isn't enormous, and that also doesn't consume TOO much power. Something
that can be used to do basic control on the bench, but could also be
incorporated into small on-board robotic navigation stuff later. (My only
experience thusfar is on the Rabbit BL 2600) Needs to be programmed in
either C or C++.
3) Are there any surplus stores for other electronic stuff - waveform
generators / Oscilloscopes/ etc? I'd like to get some basic (used) cheap
stuff to get going.
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks - David
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Posted by Rich Webb on October 21, 2008, 2:09 pm
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:03:13 -0400, "David Manegold"
>Hello, I'm looking to expand on my interests in robotics and I'm looking for
>some help getting started finding places to read up and get some preliminary
>purchases. I have a very light background from undergrad in robotic
>naviagation. (We used a Rabbit BL2600 processor with A/D stuff, etc) But
>I'm looking at trying to set up my own hobby bench and I'm stuck finding the
>right microprocessor or microcontroller to buy. Bassically 3 questions
>1) Where are the good blogs/ websites / magizines to read up on robotics and
>control?
"Circuit Cellar" and "Nuts & Volts" and the companion magazine "Servo"
http://www.circuitcellar.com/
http://www.nutsvolts.com/
http://www.servomagazine.com/
>2) Does anyone have any recommendations for good boards to start with. I'm
>looking for something general purpose that has a couple of A/D ports, and
>isn't enormous, and that also doesn't consume TOO much power. Something
>that can be used to do basic control on the bench, but could also be
>incorporated into small on-board robotic navigation stuff later. (My only
>experience thusfar is on the Rabbit BL 2600) Needs to be programmed in
>either C or C++.
Sparkfun is a good place to start for general dev boards. There are lots
of others out there, of course, but they have a pretty representative
selection of most flavors at good prices. The boards are listed under
their "Development Tools" category.
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php
My own preference is for Atmel AVRs as 8-bitters, TI's MSP430s for 16s,
and NXP's LCP2000-series ARM7 32-bits, depending on how much umph is
needed.
I generally use Imagecraft's compilers for all of these. Good value and
quality and, since I also use the compilers professionally, no
complications about L/GPL licensing. http://www.imagecraft.com/
>3) Are there any surplus stores for other electronic stuff - waveform
>generators / Oscilloscopes/ etc? I'd like to get some basic (used) cheap
>stuff to get going.
Mostly new:
http://www.web-tronics.com/
http://www.tequipment.net/
http://www.saelig.com/
New and refurbished:
http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/
http://www.testequipmentconnection.com/
http://www.globaltestsupply.com/
--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
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Posted by David Manegold on October 22, 2008, 10:31 am
Thanks Rich - this is great help
-David
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:03:13 -0400, "David Manegold"
>>Hello, I'm looking to expand on my interests in robotics and I'm looking
>>for
>>some help getting started finding places to read up and get some
>>preliminary
>>purchases. I have a very light background from undergrad in robotic
>>naviagation. (We used a Rabbit BL2600 processor with A/D stuff, etc) But
>>I'm looking at trying to set up my own hobby bench and I'm stuck finding
>>the
>>right microprocessor or microcontroller to buy. Bassically 3 questions
>>1) Where are the good blogs/ websites / magizines to read up on robotics
>>and
>>control?
> "Circuit Cellar" and "Nuts & Volts" and the companion magazine "Servo"
> http://www.circuitcellar.com/
> http://www.nutsvolts.com/
> http://www.servomagazine.com/
>>2) Does anyone have any recommendations for good boards to start with.
>>I'm
>>looking for something general purpose that has a couple of A/D ports, and
>>isn't enormous, and that also doesn't consume TOO much power. Something
>>that can be used to do basic control on the bench, but could also be
>>incorporated into small on-board robotic navigation stuff later. (My only
>>experience thusfar is on the Rabbit BL 2600) Needs to be programmed in
>>either C or C++.
> Sparkfun is a good place to start for general dev boards. There are lots
> of others out there, of course, but they have a pretty representative
> selection of most flavors at good prices. The boards are listed under
> their "Development Tools" category.
> http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php
> My own preference is for Atmel AVRs as 8-bitters, TI's MSP430s for 16s,
> and NXP's LCP2000-series ARM7 32-bits, depending on how much umph is
> needed.
> I generally use Imagecraft's compilers for all of these. Good value and
> quality and, since I also use the compilers professionally, no
> complications about L/GPL licensing. http://www.imagecraft.com/
>>3) Are there any surplus stores for other electronic stuff - waveform
>>generators / Oscilloscopes/ etc? I'd like to get some basic (used) cheap
>>stuff to get going.
> Mostly new:
> http://www.web-tronics.com/
> http://www.tequipment.net/
> http://www.saelig.com/
> New and refurbished:
> http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/
> http://www.testequipmentconnection.com/
> http://www.globaltestsupply.com/
> --
> Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
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Posted by Too_Many_Tools on October 23, 2008, 11:34 pm
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:03:13 -0400, "David Manegold"
> >Hello, I'm looking to expand on my interests in robotics and I'm looking for
> >some help getting started finding places to read up and get some preliminary
> >purchases. I have a very light background from undergrad in robotic
> >naviagation. (We used a Rabbit BL2600 processor with A/D stuff, etc) But
> >I'm looking at trying to set up my own hobby bench and I'm stuck finding the
> >right microprocessor or microcontroller to buy. Bassically 3 questions
> >1) Where are the good blogs/ websites / magizines to read up on robotics and
> >control?
> "Circuit Cellar" and "Nuts & Volts" and the companion magazine "Servo"http://www.circuitcellar.com/http://www.nutsvolts.com/http://www.servomagazine=
.com/
> >2) Does anyone have any recommendations for good boards to start with. I'm
> >looking for something general purpose that has a couple of A/D ports, and
> >isn't enormous, and that also doesn't consume TOO much power. Something
> >that can be used to do basic control on the bench, but could also be
> >incorporated into small on-board robotic navigation stuff later. (My only
> >experience thusfar is on the Rabbit BL 2600) Needs to be programmed in
> >either C or C++.
> Sparkfun is a good place to start for general dev boards. There are lots
> of others out there, of course, but they have a pretty representative
> selection of most flavors at good prices. The boards are listed under
> their "Development Tools" category.http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php
> My own preference is for Atmel AVRs as 8-bitters, TI's MSP430s for 16s,
> and NXP's LCP2000-series ARM7 32-bits, depending on how much umph is
> needed.
> I generally use Imagecraft's compilers for all of these. Good value and
> quality and, since I also use the compilers professionally, no
> complications about L/GPL licensing.http://www.imagecraft.com/
> >3) Are there any surplus stores for other electronic stuff - waveform
> >generators / Oscilloscopes/ etc? I'd like to get some basic (used) cheap
> >stuff to get going.
> Mostly new:http://www.web-tronics.com/http://www.tequipment.net/http://www.saelig.com/
> New and refurbished:http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/http://www.testequipmentconnection.com/http://www.globaltestsupply.com/
> --
> Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
Any suggestions for surplus parts...mechanical and electronic?
Thanks
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Posted by Rich Webb on October 24, 2008, 8:36 am
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:34:02 -0700 (PDT), Too_Many_Tools
>Any suggestions for surplus parts...mechanical and electronic?
Sure; these are the ones that I've used but there are many others.
Not necessarily surplus, a few are hobby/enthusiast targeted and others
carry specialized tools, parts, or equipment that may be of interest or
hard to find.
http://www.allelectronics.com/
http://www.bgmicro.com/
http://www.web-tronics.com/
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/
http://www.futurlec.com/index.shtml
http://www.hobbyengineering.com/
http://www.howardelectronics.com/
http://www.mcmaster.com/
http://www.micromark.com/
http://www.mpja.com/
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/
http://www.saelig.com/
http://www.solarbotics.com/
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php
http://www.starkelectronic.com/
http://www.superdroidrobots.com/shop/
http://www.surplusshed.com/
http://www.usdigital.com/
Have fun!
--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
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>some help getting started finding places to read up and get some preliminary
>purchases. I have a very light background from undergrad in robotic
>naviagation. (We used a Rabbit BL2600 processor with A/D stuff, etc) But
>I'm looking at trying to set up my own hobby bench and I'm stuck finding the
>right microprocessor or microcontroller to buy. Bassically 3 questions
>1) Where are the good blogs/ websites / magizines to read up on robotics and
>control?