Re: e: Microcontrollers, robots etc... w/qcam

• To: msharkey@softarc.com (Mike Sharkey) (Mike Sharkey)
• Subject: Re: e: Microcontrollers, robots etc... w/qcam
• From: Jack Cawkwell <jackc@bidra87.bbn.hp.com>
• Date: Thu, 12 Jun 97 16:26:06 MESZ
• Cc: quickcam-drivers@crynwr.com
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• In-Reply-To: <fc.00000086007e0c93e9ee6b280044cb79.7e0cf7@softarc.com>; from "Mike Sharkey" at Jun 12, 97 9:59 am
• Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]

> 
> mahesh@gussolomon.ius.cs.cmu.edu,Internet writes:
> >     I am also trying to incorporate a device that can  
> >manipulate the position of the camera
> >. Microcontrollers would  
> >probably be the best way. From the current discussion on  
> >micr
> >ocontrollers, does anyone happen to have any suggestion?
> 
> The Motorolla 68HC11 is a fine little device for such an application, I've
> used it in robotic motion control applications in the past, it's a
> marvelous device, low power, inexpensive, RAM/ROM/EEPROM, timers, serial
> data, flexible I/O, alalog inputs, etc...!   I have all the development
> tools compiled for Linux if you need them.
> 
> Mike Sharkey
> X11 Development
> SoftArc Inc.
> msharkey@softarc.com
> 
> 

I would be very interested in this also. Are these devices available in
a completed unit, or does this involve building with chips and PCB's?

Jack

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